Cladonia #lichen

More of the burned #lichens

More #lichens from the burned heide (bsky.app/profile/lich...) I think itwas Punctelia of a kind

Some #lichens from the burn heide (bsky.app/profile/lich...); not sure if they survived the fire or not, need to visit the site again and take better pics

Our nearest - and most beloved - heathland (heide in Dutch), almost entirely burned after the recent fires caused by military training. One of the ways war knocks at our door, not with explosions (yet), but as a scorched landscape where we used to have lovely walks just yesterday

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

#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

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)

Lecanora #lichen & Co (Lecanora campestris, I think); close-up with apothecia

Xanthoria parietina #lichen growing on a braided steel cable

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)

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

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}.

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 was actually #lichen, I swear. I rarely show anything here but lichen

Graphis scripta agg. {Common Script #Lichen} A journal of lichenology is named Graphis Scripta after the lichen.

A large sunlit mat of Physcia caesia {Blue-gray Rosette #Lichen}

Cladonia, possibly Cladonia fimbriata {Trumpet #Lichen}. AI suggests unusually poetic description, comparing it to the 'miniature forest of goblets, lit by warm golden light'; it's getting better and better, with every hour

Physcia adscendens (Hooded Rosette #Lichen) grows in a small knot hole of an aspen

Fifty shades of light and shadow of Lobothallia radiosa #lichen. Okay, maybe not 50, but still quite a spectrum

Small rosette of Calogaya, probably C. pusilla {Tiny Firedot #Lichen} rather than C. saxicola but it's hard to say from a photo alone

Bright yellow-orange Flavoplaca #lichen covers the rock so heavily that the surface looks dusted with gold. My guess it's F. flavocitrina but could be others, hard to say from this image only. There patches of other lichen too, most notably rosettes of Calogaya

Circinaria calcarea {Calcareous Rimmed #Lichen} spreads across stone in multiple patches, creating a cracked mosaic, like a map of tiny kingdoms.

Physconia, possibly P. enteroxantha {aka Yellow-edged Frost #Lichen}. In Dutch the lichen is know as 'rijpmos', hoarfrost lichen

Parmelia sulcata {I used to write here 'aka Shield #Lichen', or Cracked Shield Lichen; but then I learned that iNat had introduced a new nickname - Netted Shield Lichen. It likely alludes to the 'nets' of characteristic cracks on the lichen’s lobes. Sulcata comes from the Latin for 'furrowed'}

The War of Lichen: Lecidella (L) and Lecanora (R), possibly L. chlarotera {Dusted White-Rim #Lichen}

Punctelia, possibly P. subrudecta {Powdered Speckled Shield #Lichen}; not very well visible here, but some of the lobes were densely covered by laminal pycnidia

Flavoparmelia caperata {Common Greenshield #Lichen} with a very heavily sorediate central mass; after heavy rain, the center turned into messy lumpy cushions, resembling Lepraria powdery lichen

A tiny young Philodromus spider, barely 2mm long, making its way through the thick lobes of Flavoparmelia caperata {Greenshield #Lichen}

Ramalina spp; perhaps Ramalina farinacea {Farinose Cartilage #Lichen}

Lecanora, possibly Lecanora chlarotera {Dusted White-Rim #Lichen} It's all picturesque & stuff, but some of the apothecia seem to be affected (infected?) and show orange-red stains and discoloration, perhaps caused by a lichenicolous fungus

Physcia, possibly P. aipolia {aka Hoary Rosette #Lichen}

Cladonia; *they say*, it could be C. gracilis {aka Smooth Horn #Lichen}, though it could as well be C. ramulosa. Or C. somethingelse

Myriolecis dispersa {Mortar Rim #Lichen}