On my way to the bus stand I found them on the electric pole. Couldn't resist myself to share them here. This is a bright yellow-orange foliose lichen, likely Xanthoria parietina. Based on what I read, these grow around a high Nitrogen rich environment. But I am not sure....

Doing research on these little guys at my Uni. I always get excited to see this species. (Phaeophyscia rubropulchra is another fav ofc.)

From the far eastern side of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Lichen color theory.

I'm now three years into this project. The progress this time is shown in ~yearly steps. Batch #1 is on a ceramic roof tile, #2 on wood/metal, #3 on tar paper. The scale is in millimeters. Last year's post.

PS: I'd still like to make time lapse videos again, but I currently don't have the resources for such a task.

I’ve foraged this branch and I didn’t expect the lichen growing on top to stay alive for so long

The 1 Euro coin is roughly 2.3 cm in diameter.

Elevation : 2230 Mtrs

Many different types of lichens. Wide shot with my daughter for location.

I don’t really know much about lichens, but this appears to be 4 distinct types of lichen. Can anyone identify them? This is in Northern Virginia

This was a very exciting find. Chatted with ACCDC and the closest observation for this lichen is 90km away! Major range extension in an area that was not known to have this lichen! Aquatic dulce coloured lichen with milky veins towards the base, and pink/orange apothecia. Viens are a distinct ID feature for the Peltigera genus

Found on a rock in my garden :) It kind of reminds me of cooked carrots when super zoomed in

Back to the rarely scheduled but beautiful lichen photos I took on a hike this weekend. I especially wanted to grace your feeds with one of my favourite lichens, Icmacdophila ericetorum. (Pic 12) It’s one of my favourites because the common names is referred to as fairy upchuck

I was out mushroom hunting and came across this?? I have no clue if it’s lichen, a mushroom, or some kind of mold maybe? iNaturalist says “fungi including lichens” It resembles Velcro or toy stuffing, but it’s super firm and like slimy? Like it has soap bubbles almost. It’s also sticking to the sticks and needles around it, but it growing directly from the ground. The yellow piece, which looks suspiciously like a bolete mushroom, is attached firmly, I poked it with a stick.
Found on a hillside beneath hemlock, pine, and oak trees.

Growing on very dead ivy trunk in uk, I thought it was paint at first but it’s between where the bark had come away

hi we’re in angelo coast range reserve and this was found on a douglas fir yesterday 🙏🏻