Toniniopsis aromatica (syn. Toninia aromatica)
Fun fact that I found about this lichen on a sketchy FB post that may be fake since I cannot find a source for this info: Despite what the name T. aromatica might lead you to believe, it doesn't have a noticeable smell, but got it's name because it was sent to the dude who described it, Sir James Edward Smith, in a perfumed envelope. It's just stupid enough that I want to believe it. This squamulose (scale-like) lichen grows on soil, rock, brick, and shingles, often associated with/parasitizing other lichens. In humid environments, it has green, white-flecked squamules and swollen, black apothecia, but in drier environments, it has gray squamules and shriveled, pruinose apothecia. T. aromatica has a couple of look-alike species including T. verrucarioides, T. mesoidea, and T. fusispora , because lichens like to make my life difficult. Makes me wish it did have a distinct smell . . .
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