Was a productive day today. I'd estimate that we repackaged about 300+ lichen specimen into smaller packets to save space (All genera starting with letters L to P), and mounted about a dozen grass specimen. 2 more meetups and the lichens should be as neatly sorted as they're ever gonna be.

Herbarium Sunday tomorrow at the NS Museum of Natural History. 1pm

Wrinkled Shingle Lichen - Pannaria lurida A real goodie. For being a cyanolichen it's a bit on the brown side. Tends to prefer red maples

Are notifications broken for everyone else today? It's got me to check the same notification like 15 times today

A Stinky Sticta (I think it’s a Sylvatica? ) I discovered while coppicing in October last year and it changed the whole plan as we had to start haloing around the willow with these specimens on. #FungiFriday #Moss #Lichen #Cornwall #GolithaFalls

Flavoparmelia baltimorensis - Rock Greenshield Lichen Critically Imperiled in Nova Scotia (S1) I think around the time this was shown to me a few new locations near it had been found, so I hope that's a sign it's only endangered (S2) now. Saw this on a field trip, don't expect to see it in my parts

Just got back from the dentist. Hopefully third time's the charm, my past three trips have all been the same repair on the same tooth.

Collema nigrescens - Blistered Jelly Lichen This one's a goodie. Usually prefers oceanic climates, but will grow inland too if there's a big enough lake (like Lake Superior) with enough humidity.

Rock Bushy Lichen - Ramalina intermedia Growing on a granite outcrop.

Just some little fellas I saw once

Was hardly an inch of snow yesterday without a snow flea crawling on it yesterday. (technically they're springtails, they're just flea sized) Bonus points if you see the snow flower

Orange Disco - Aleurodiscus amorphus new to me There's always another fungus to see.

The river was a bit "subterranean" today. Looked crossable but I wasn't going to test it.

On the BioBlitz this week I think I saw the most impressive fog lichen display of my life. The fog lichen genus Niebla only occurs from Northern California to Baja and only within a short distance of the ocean. #lichen #fungifriends #FogLichen

May have just lost access to my email again.

OOOO Some people just IDed one of my cranefly photos and it turns out it's rare. After looking at every photo I can find (which isn't many) I think I get to make a fun/silly claim. This may be the first images of Phalacrocera tipulina engaging in coitus.

Was mistaken for someone else today. Here I thought I was enough of a weirdo to prevent that from ever happening.

Cladonia #lichen. NWT, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Good morning and happy #MushroomMonday

The 12 days of crustose lichens Day 12: The finest in crustose lichens, the Rhizocarpon geographicum complex. This is one of several similar yellow and black Rhizocarpon species. Rhizocarpon geographicum (Yellow Map Lichen) is the most common. From Enterprise, BC (south of 150 Mile House). 🪶🌿

Happy #mushroommonday afternoon Bluesky 🦋 #fungifriends.

Ricasolia querzicans - Olive Thorn Lichen Some of you may already see the trick I'm setting up here. Fungi don't like to make it easy for us to classify them.

An unexpected find in Norwich city centre today, a Peltigera lichen growing on some stone near riverfront flats. The dry upper surface was powdery/felty, whilst the underside had white rhizines that didn't look like bottle brushes @robyaxley.bsky.social

My new year's resolution is to check my email.

Countless colors and textures out today on the Ferncliff peninsula! #Mushrooms

Small worlds.

Diploschistes muscorum #lichen on calcareous ground with many Cladonia.

#FungiFriday A quick ramble and I found this Going back out soon I hope

Just because the past few winters have been usual I just have to give this one credit where it's due. This is a very average winter. Not the warmest, coldest, snowiest, or least snowy winter on memory for once. Just what's expected. People forget to point it out when things are normal.

I’ve found some laurel leaves that decay in an interesting mosaic-like pattern. I don’t know what does this, maybe a fungus? #forest #nature #photography

Got gutation? #FungiFriday

Found this fella last year. The running hypothesis was that this was a new host fungus for a somewhat generalist parasitic fungus, or maybe an unknown host specialist cousin. The DNA tests seem to support the first hypothesis.

Almost cold enough to start trusting the lake/bog ice. Kinda borderline right now. Covered, but probably not thick. There isn't much that I enjoy doing outdoors in the winter, but checking out the calicioid fungi on the bogs/marshes I drive past the rest of the year is a satisfying experience.

Winter fungus vibes! #Mushrooms #FungiFriends

Splotches of Dimelaena oreina (Golden Moonglow) lichen. Northwest Territories, Canada. Each lichen is several inches in diameter. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

I think this is a Physcia sp., possibly P. orientalis, although it has the molten lava look of the Dirinaria sp. Sakura-saku Lane, Saku, Nagano #Lichen #FungiFriends シロムカデゴケかな。ヂリナリアにも見える。長野県佐久市さくラさく小径 #地衣類

The only year in review that matters. Merry Christmas folks!

A very fairy cupsmas...

Found some Scarlet Waxcrust (Phlebia coccineofulva) on an American hornbeam stem! 😍 #Mushrooms

I like to think that the bugs that decide to crawl on people are like the extreme sports bros of the insect world, just seeing what crazy stunts they can get away with without getting hurt. They know it's not wise, but that's the fun of it for them.

I lichen #MossyMonday

Lichens are always interesting but not necessarily beautiful. This one is quite large and looks as if someone has been sick on the wall. Withens Clough Reservoir, 21st December 2025.

www.inaturalist.org/observations... An excellent discovery by dylantomtaylor on iNat. We love to see things swallowed up by rapidly spreading fungal masses in these parts.

A #lichen mosaic and #moss

You know, I'm starting to feel quite worldly for a person who's only ever been to one other country. How many people can say they've seen a blue lobster in person? (probably a lot in a few weeks once this aquarium has been open a full month)

Think I saw my first bobcat today while driving someone to the post office. I say "I think" because there was something I've been calling a lynx sighting in the Musquodoboit area during my teenage years, but it can be hard to tell them apart confidently.

Sea Raven - Hemitripterus americanus These are actually extremely pretty. I had no idea. If you don't believe me, scroll down a bit.

Spotted Wolffish - Anarhichas minor One of the more low-key rarities at the Beaty Center for Marine Biodiversity. This species' Canadian population was almost wiped out by trawlers and bycatch at one point, but fortunately we have regulations now. Canadian Species at Risk Act ranks this Vulnerable