Thick lichen layer on a mound of a peatland at Khanymey Research Station, Western Siberia
by Laurent Orgogozo, University of Toulouse - Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
In this discontinuous permafrost area the highest, driest mounds of peatlands are often covered by a 10-20 cm thick layer of Cladonia sp. lichen.
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July
2018
Submitted on March 14, 2022
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lichen, permafrost, peatland, cladonia sp., western siberia
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