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Parmelia sulcata is a foliose lichen commonly known as the hammered shield lichen. It forms grey to grey-green lobes with a ridged or wrinkled surface and powdery soralia that produce vegetative propagules. The species grows on tree bark and stone and has a broad distribution across temperate and bo...

Physcia adscendens is a foliose lichen in the family Physciaceae, commonly called the hooded rosette lichen. It has narrow pale gray lobes, hood-like inflated tips that expose cream-colored soralia, and long marginal cilia, with black apothecia sometimes present. It grows on bark, twigs, limestone,...

Marpissa muscosa is a jumping spider in the family Salticidae found across much of Europe and extending into parts of Asia. It is among the larger European jumping spiders and has a flattened, mottled brown and gray body that provides camouflage against bark. The species commonly hunts on tree trunk...

Nuctenea umbratica, called the walnut orbweaver, is a European orb-weaving spider with a distinctly flattened body. That shape allows it to fit into narrow spaces under loose bark and in similar crevices, where it can remain concealed when inactive. It belongs to the true orb-weaver group and is ass...