r/Lichen

Found this cool lichen and took a closer look with a cheap Bluetooth microscope

Nature is fractaly weird

The photo on the left was taken in November 2024, the one on the right yesterday.

Bavaria, Germany.

Candelaria concolor growing on top of another lichen. Pointer and ruler pictures for size reference.

Montana

Washington state USA

Studying lichen for a summer internship and I came across these. Are these be the fruiting body of basidio lichen or are they just tiny mushrooms

I was fascinated by the level of lichen on this bench near my home, and took photos. Then wondered/hoped there would be a community interested in it, and was delighted to find this place!

The bench is in Sydney, Australia. We're currently in winter with some rainy weather recently.

Photos by me on my phone, all of them are noid

I'm not good with names, but mostly I just have a bad memory, though repetition seems to help.

What kind is this? It's on a rock in New Hampshire.

Black and White Lichen Will Always Be My Favorite

Tephromela atra has many synonyms since many previously described species have been reclassified as T. atra. These include Lecanora atra, Lecidea atroides, Lichen ater, Parmelia atra, Patellaria atra, Psora atra, Rinodina atra, Scutellaria atra and Verrucaria atra.

I love the old branches - thick with lichen and moss - that are left behind after I trim up my fruit trees!

Possibly Allophyes oxyacanthae; its camouflage features bright colored specks that could be mistaken with some crustose lichen.