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Title: Lovely Lichens
Post by: BrianI on 09 March, 2013, 05:52:46 pm: Out for a walk today, armed with trusty Canon A590is & field studies council lichen ID guides:
Cladonia uncialis:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/BrianInnes/Lichens/Cladonia_uncialis_img_1740.jpg)

Cladonia pyxidata: (Pixie cup lichen)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/BrianInnes/Lichens/Cladonia_pyxidata_IMG_1738.jpg)

Cladonia floerkeana:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/BrianInnes/Lichens/Cladonia_floerkeana_IMG_1736.jpg)

Evernia pronastri:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/BrianInnes/Lichens/Evernia_pronastri_IMG_1751.jpg)

Rhizocarpon geographicum:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/BrianInnes/Lichens/Rhizocarpon_geographicum_IMG_1743.jpg)

Parmelia saxatilis:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/BrianInnes/Lichens/Parmelia_saxatilis_img_1744.jpg)

Usnea filipendula (Oak beard lichen):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/BrianInnes/Lichens/Usnea_filipendula_IMG_1748.jpg)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Peter on 10 March, 2013, 10:31:13 am: Lovely, Brian. You just needed a yellow xantheria to round the colours out! I love lichens.
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 11 March, 2013, 11:18:16 am: Those are fascinating. I didn't realise lichens were so diverse, having always thought of them as being like Rhizocarpon geographicum.
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Peter on 11 March, 2013, 06:40:43 pm: I'm guessing a mooch round Cheddar would be worthwhile, Cudzo - but any woodland or rocky place is going to yield something. Now is a good time to see the various cladonias with their red fruiting bodies (this kind of lichen is called fructose). The rhizocarpon types that look like spalshes of paint on rocks or walls are known as crustose and the ones that look like leaves and even trees are foliose. Have fun!
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Salvatore on 12 March, 2013, 11:19:52 am: Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 11 March, 2013, 11:18:16 am
Those are fascinating. I didn't realise lichens were so diverse,

I photographed some lichen a couple of years ago, and sat down to identify them. As soon as I read that there were some 10,000* varieties in the UK, I gave up.

*or some other similarly large number big enough to discourage me.
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: PaulR on 03 April, 2013, 03:27:39 pm: The lichen in the Forest of Dean is fruiting nicely.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8616760108_9a580b64db.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62297839@N05/8616760108/)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: longers on 07 April, 2013, 10:24:47 pm: Found this from a couple of years ago, too late to go back for a close up.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/efp0nb.jpg)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Pingu on 28 April, 2013, 10:36:47 pm: (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/8688173753_fff84a517a_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8688173753/)
IMG_1472 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8688173753/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/8688176245_6e0bb1967c_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8688176245/)
IMG_1474 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8688176245/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: BrianI on 29 April, 2013, 06:26:15 pm: Quote from: PaulR on 03 April, 2013, 03:27:39 pm
The lichen in the Forest of Dean is fruiting nicely.
Apparantly the common name for these are "Devils matchsticks". Quite an apt name.

Great lichen pics Pingu! :)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 April, 2013, 06:34:48 pm: Any idea what they are, Brian?
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Peter on 30 April, 2013, 05:16:10 pm: I think it's called Evernia Prunastri - I hope Brian will correct me if I'm wrong!
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Pingu on 08 March, 2014, 09:44:12 pm: (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/13018496344_c8fa648319_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/13018496344/)
IMG_2936 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/13018496344/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: clarion on 03 April, 2014, 03:05:10 pm: (https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2929/13589921294_d1c6b39719_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mGTU8Q)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: clarion on 05 April, 2014, 09:55:24 am: (https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7420/13639271043_57261b221a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mMfQ6z)

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/13639298623_5fd7e81656_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mMfYi6)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Pingu on 08 October, 2016, 09:34:56 pm: (https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8693/30193426425_b355984096_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/N16cKF)
IMG_7545_02 (https://flic.kr/p/N16cKF) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr

(https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5448/29563184604_ec9c8ae60f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/M3p3Po)
IMG_7549_01 (https://flic.kr/p/M3p3Po) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: BrianI on 08 October, 2016, 10:32:46 pm: Quote from: Pingu on 08 October, 2016, 09:34:56 pm
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8693/30193426425_b355984096_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/N16cKF)
IMG_7545_02 (https://flic.kr/p/N16cKF) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr

(https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5448/29563184604_ec9c8ae60f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/M3p3Po)
IMG_7549_01 (https://flic.kr/p/M3p3Po) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr

Top one I think has Beard Lichen in it, Usnea subfloridana

http://www.lichens.lastdragon.org/Usnea_subfloridana.html (http://www.lichens.lastdragon.org/Usnea_subfloridana.html)

Bottom one I think is Parmelia saxitalis.

http://www.lichens.lastdragon.org/Parmelia_saxatilis.html (http://www.lichens.lastdragon.org/Parmelia_saxatilis.html)

Sad to say most of my plant / wildife ID knowledge has gone out the window. I know postcode-fu though....
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Pingu on 09 October, 2016, 05:59:45 pm: Thanks Brian :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: woollypigs on 09 October, 2016, 10:19:30 pm: We camped in this little forest on Tierra del Fuego

(http://random.woollypigs.com/stuff/Lichens_IMG_3723.JPG)

(http://random.woollypigs.com/stuff/Lichens_IMG_3730.JPG)

(http://random.woollypigs.com/stuff/Lichens_IMG_3744.JPG)

And with all the skeletons from dead guanaco's made it a bit eerie, once it got dark :)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 10 October, 2016, 09:53:05 am: When on holiday in the Lakes last month I went for a walk up a hill, one that is private so almost no walkers. It was covered in multi-coloured lichens and mosses, incredibly lovely. Looked like a coral reef. Huge variety of plants, greens, yellows, reds and purples. Wish I had a camera with me.
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: αdαmsκι on 24 October, 2016, 05:27:10 pm: (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rpuJ_R3XY7BeQEL4Q0u2jbQUSVwZXlXNfZGrUB68U_gx5huIeunwrBl1Gr4klDw_3jy5lvIFjXHK60ZjEszBWdY3kQjYaAM4a-nr4ertBS0ZTznqafoaG53w18Ikvo3AiwGyHi6CM8IkzqRsPQjQypIjru0-nkNm3iQn3HKVjdGVQGB6BuX243jHJNrT_3qlt0voQVHgB1g6HUzuPiyS_bc6vrXd0TjY1f7rawc9ZiC5TKacCiaMFUiD4ve0Hnzvv5GgDQNWbUvW4ChCio2cmT78gg06fU1C329ZXl_9HxYBNOTYjrgaMfZ99b5abRrgHbLS_6jHYjgAlgogvQYXMutsH0PtGSkRLUhDpknRVsNmrc8RhNH3Jqbj9IuR9CLDXWkTkQ0Z8yON5CyxAwqsqRVNoVevDRB0IxCeLMjCs5sfeplrWlup9CPggsu0j4nytoLF9ndg-kX5_kCBzyRZ3Ox-WQksv7fYkk0Q1Hitxrcl5FLFHiWrvc_ajNapUXg0aSeB-gDp6Ko0IRa6FX9SQx7PqBVg8PU8-7yrendSV3Fr1TmkxSZVRb_XyyJtVd0oRX2OABpRxj8xsOYB6HNCDOBKUOY8BwhWs69iIn1L7Q=w742-h989-no)

Here's some mossy trees in the Sierra Nevada mountains, California. If the link doesn't work, click here (https://goo.gl/5bihoL).
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: David Martin on 31 October, 2017, 09:59:01 pm: Oh go on, classic Scottish woodland lichen.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4495/38064527471_bcd3453376_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZZCDSp)DSC_3679 (2) (https://flic.kr/p/ZZCDSp) by David Martin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Pingu on 11 November, 2017, 07:57:41 pm: (https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4529/38284453176_b15b572b73_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21k4Q7U)
IMG_0037_01 (https://flic.kr/p/21k4Q7U) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4568/38284459996_fa6025f4c6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21k4S9u)
IMG_0039_01 (https://flic.kr/p/21k4S9u) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Salvatore on 26 November, 2017, 03:20:41 pm: Two from Sweden

(https://i.imgur.com/O9kdl8O.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/tQjp297.jpg)

and two from Norway.

One night I pitched my tent on a bed of this stuff. Until it all got crushed, there was a crunchy sound every time I turned over.

(https://i.imgur.com/Nvtm77k.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/OgAOKGK.jpg)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Salvatore on 04 December, 2017, 06:30:38 pm: This is apparently a lichen (peltigera membranacea) but I'll believe anyone who tells me different.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4539/38803162282_b89cf7cb2b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/227Umgm)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: BrianI on 16 December, 2017, 05:34:10 pm: Nice find, Salvatore!
If/when I get a Proper Macro Lens for my new DSLR, I must try and get some lichen spotting done!
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Salvatore on 04 December, 2018, 09:50:52 pm: Having looked at several pictures on various websites, I'm going to stick my neck out and say this is trumpet lichen (Cladonia fimbriata) but I'll happy accept it if someone tells me I'm wrong.

BTW it was produced using in-camera focus-stacking which produces some odd artefacts but hopefully they aren't too obvious.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4839/46176649771_e7b5143ebe_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2dmtpcZ)
Title: Re: Lovely Lichens
Post by: Salvatore on 16 December, 2021, 04:27:40 pm: This looks light and spongy, as if it will blow away in the slightest breeze, but it is hard as stone and firmly attached to the rock

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51751123504_d61e170254_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mR5335)