Every time when I take pictures of decent (=easily ID-able) lichens on stones, I later regret not taking out a loupe - there is almost always another lichen (or a few) lurking nearby. Same here: I noticed only Lecanora (bsky.app/profile/lich...) but at home spotted another lichen - Sarcogyne I guess
Looks like Lecanora (Rim #Lichens), possibly Lecanora campestris, on sandstone in Limburg
Bagliettoa, possibly Bagliettoa calciseda (a type of #lichen -forming fungi)
My favorite so far in the endless series 'Something Completely Covered by Lichen': a pair of sneakers totally swamped in Diploschistes muscorum (appropriately known as Cowpie #Lichen)
The lid of a plastic garbage container is dotted with lichens that skilfully use its reinforcing ribs and curves as footholds; mostly Physcia this time
Lichens almost completely covered the painted meal tube; mainly Xanthoria, with a few other species mixed in
About the limits of my skills: whatever I try, it still looks like a dark, inconspicuous spot on a stone. I guess it’s Verrucaria #lichen (V. nigrescens ?); adding a close-up pic
#Lichen potpourri: The bright orange is likely Sidewalk Firedot Lichen (Xanthocarpia), the whitish-rim apothecia are probably of Myriolecis (M. dispersa). There is an interesting lichen in the upper-left corner - Catillaria? As always, there were more (plus Verrucaria; Verrucaria is always nearby)
Lecidella stigmatea {Rock Disk #Lichen}, on a sandstone in Limburg; ~ 20mm wide
A small, twisted tree with unusually long branches, almost completely clothed in lichens, as a kind of old laced dress. There are, of course, many lichens at work here, but the most dominant in this case is Hypotrachyna (mainly H. revoluta from what I've seen)
Flavoparmelia caperata {Common Greenshield #Lichen} on old birch
Seasonality of genus Ampedus in our region
#Lichen -wise, it seems to be Hypotrachyna, possibly H. afrorevoluta. But when I looked more carefully back at home, the main question became WHAT THE BEETLE? Know very little about beetles, it looks like one of the 'click beetles' (Elateridae), but I can’t narrow down much further
Pale green Cladonia lichen forming dense, curly squamule cushions on decaying wood.
Rusty orange squamules of Cladonia lichen growing on wood
Cladonia #lichen, may be C. squamosa or C. digitata, such squamule clumps are typical for many species. My question was more about these bright orange patches I found nearby. I’m not sure if these are signs of infection or just normal aging. Or reaction to extremely dry weather we have lately?
Parmotrema reticulatum {aka Black Sheet #Lichen)
Everything is catchy at the right scale. Also, amazing color!
Xanthoria parietina #lichen growing on a braided steel cable
Closer look makes the picture even busier - in this close-up we see several more lichen species: likely Myriolecis dispersa, Acarospora (perhaps A. fuscata), possibly Verrucaria, and possibly Rinodina (R. oleae?). The “& Co” is almost always larger than we think
Bright orange splash of Xanthoria calcicola lichen on stone, surrounded by the patches of Protoparmeliopsis muralis and Physcia caesia lichens
Bright orange splash of Xanthoria calcicola #lichen on stone. As often happens, it is Lichen & Co: a few other lichens are around too, most visibly Protoparmeliopsis muralis and Physcia caesia
Thickets of Cladonia #lichen (C. rangiferina or perhaps C. portentosa)
Close-up of a tree trunk covered with a large patch of Xanthoria parietina lichen, with its ruffled yellow-green lobes and many orange disk-like apothecia against the dark bark
Xanthoria parietina {Sunburst #Lichen} is perhaps one of the most omnipresent and 'unremarkable' lichens in the Northern Hemisphere; yet also one of the most surreally beautiful
A large colony of Punctelia lichen (possibly Punctelia subrudecta, or Powdered Speckled Shield Lichen) spreads across a rough tree branch
The weather was bleak, nearly rainy all day, so I didn’t take a camera - all the photos today were made by phone. This is large Punctelia, possibly Punctelia subrudecta {Powdered Speckled Shield #Lichen}.
Close-up
A fallen tree trunk in dry grass is covered by a large patch of Parmelia sulcata (also known as Shield Lichen}, with a small folding hand loupe placed on top for scale
Giant patch of Parmelia sulcata {Shield #Lichen}
Most often I try to ID the #lichen I show here, but in some cases that does not seem to be important, it's simply a nice lichen (also moss, in this case)
I think it's what is known as Candelariella medians {or Lobed Goldspeck #Lichen}
See? no pleating. This is what I think Ptychostomum capillare {Capillary Thread #Moss}
In rare cases I share not only #lichen but other 'morganic' species, like moss. This is a fairly unusual case: normally the setae grow more like grass, standing separately, but here the stalks of Ceratodon purpureus (aka Redshank, or Fire #Moss) form little plaits, intertwining with each other.
This is what it was, once I got my focus back; to my knowledge, Parmotrema perlatum {aka Black Stone Flower #Lichen}
