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From: Adaptation and interaction of saxicolous crustose lichens with metals

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Acarospora species (arrowed) colonize a range of extreme habitats with differing geology influenced by metals such as (A) acidic, iron sulphide mineralised boulders and mine spoil at Parys Mountain, 24 March 2008; (B) on calcareous, nutrient-enriched tombstones, 12 May 2004 and (C) denuded, metal-enriched soils in a region heavily influenced by acidic and particulate emissions from the former smelter at Zlatna, Romania, 1996 and (D) iron-stained quartz mica schists on the lower slopes of a recently exposed nunatak on the McLeod Glacier, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Inset approaching the nunatak across McLeod Glacier. 16 November 2009.

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