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I see this everywhere on the Canadian Shield in Ontario, for context

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[–] Balaquina@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When purchasing my previous home, I asked the inspector about a suspicious goopy substance on a window.

"Goop," he labeled it, then advised me not to worry about it.

He was right; it was gone by the time we closed on the house and, as far as I could tell, never returned.

So anyway, are you that inspector? It would be nice to give him credit.

[–] felsiq@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago
[–] magpie@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Looks to be in the family Parmeliaceae, which is pretty large. I'm really just beginning to learn how to ID but I might start at a genus like Xanthoparmelia or similar.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

Tried using Seek by iNaturalist but it couldn't get any more specific than the rock shield lichens genus: