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    <title>DigitalNatura.Org - Squamarina lentigera</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Picture taken on the third May 2008 near Sant Jaume Ermitage, not far from Almemara Alta, Almenara range of Mountains, Lleida, Catalonia, on gypsicolous soil, in a very rich community with:

Acarospora placodiformis
Psora decipiens
Squamarina lentigera
Toninia sedifolia
Fulgensia desertorum
Fulgensia poelti
Fulgensia bracteata ?
Psora saviezii
Acarospora nodulosa
Diploschistes diacapsis
Buellia epigea

and sometimes it is posible to find a lichen carried out by the wind Teloschistes lacunosus.

In the picture you can see a small plant, Helianthemum squamatum. The lichens grow in the alliance Gypsophilon. There, it is posible to observe:

Ruac (Ononis tridentata)
Tríncola (Gypsophila hispanica)
Heliantem esquamós (Helianthemum squamatum)

and Tarantula nests.

Dr. Xavier Llimona defined the association Acarosporetum placodiforme-reagentis (inside the alliance Toninion coeruleonigricantis) and the list of species found belongs to this association.

X. Llimona (1973) Tesis Doctoral, Universidad de Barcelona.

Foliose terricolous lichen always linked to gypsicolous soils, thick thallus more or less squamulous with rifged lobed rims, from white to pale green.  It grows to 6 cms, apothecia sometimes not present, prominent, disc from brown to red.

Very common in the Ebro valley on gypsum.

Negative spot reactions

Armand Tomás Vidal

Nikon Coolpix 4.500

Autoeye. PH and HTLM Editor]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:33:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Molt bona</title>
      <link>http://www.digitalnatura.org/details.php?image_id=9429#comment11161</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 05:29:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Molt bona la captura i molt interessant l'explicació. Felicitats.]]></description>
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              <author><![CDATA[fbaldris@sigmascorpii.com (Francesc Baldrís)]]></author>
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