@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Anaptychia crinalis, saxicolous, at mod elev in dry IDF near Merritt, Southern Interior BC Canada Oct.1/26 * had mistaken for Physcia tenella, even though it was esorediate

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Umbilicaria proboscidea and great stands of Xanthoparmelia mougeottii, @ 800m on shaded vertical rock seeps near Lillooet in dry IDF, S. Interior BC Canada; Dec.14/25

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Jellytots! Possibly Acarospora nodulosa, shrub-steppe @ 300m, Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada Dec4/25

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Psora elenkinii, on limestone in Marble Canyon Nov.21/25

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Cache Creek delivers! These tiny 1cm white rosettes in full sun on calcium infused basalt looked like Squamarina or Rhizoplaca miniatures but keyed out as an elusive in BC Canada, Lecanora neodegelii (was Squamarina degelii)...I think

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Psilolechia lurida on sheltered, north facing basalt, vernal seep sharing some green camou with a greenish Owlet Moth thru the heat of the day; near Ashcroft BC, Canada Sept. 2/25

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Jackpot! Acarospora macrospora on north facing limestone crevices...first find 2 yrs ago in Thompson Valley identified by Kerry Knudsen with help from Jana Kocourková; Nicola Valley Southern Interior BC Canada Aug.31/25 will send samples to Toby Spribille😁

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Old growth IDF ravine @1360m, Kane Valley near Merritt, Southern Interior BC Canada: Fuscopannaria mediterranea (Midnight Crackers)on moss over north facing vertical face of rocky outcrop; Acolium inquinans (Cupped Soot Lichen) on decaying Doung Fir root; Aug.7/25

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Heterodermia sitchensis is common on moss at xalmost every north-facing limestone seep from Marble Canyon to several other parallel valleys S. Interior BC..this one unusually erect, narrower and denser lobes than any others I have seen; Aug.4/25

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social I did not find Brodoa oroarctica at Tweedsmuir alpine hike last wknd but saw this liverwort I might not have noticed without Brodoa in mind...Anthelia juratskana

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Lecanora swartzii of Lecanora rupicola Group; on basalt seep @ 1600m near Merritt, BC Canada July 19/25

How many ways can you be with Rhizoplaca phaedrophthalma?

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Umbilicaria arctica had me digging for an ID since last Summer 2024...@800m on northwest rock face in dry IDF above Ashcroft, BC...until my new Macrolichens of PNW book gave me a clue that made the diff

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Trabecular bone with Caloplaca sp., found in shrub steppe Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada Feb.11/25

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Semi-arid shrub steppe, low elev, Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Feb.10/25

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest 3rd Edition by Bruce McCune and Linda Geiser is a game changer for my field identifications...cuts to the chase immediately with specific traits for differentiation...helped me with this Physcia dimidiata and many others

@nwlichenologists.bsky.social Lecanora epanora, sounds like the name of a Spanish galleon...crustose, saxicolous, @268m, on vertical NW facing sheltered underhang of large boulder in Fraser Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Jan.15/25