Candleflame lichen / Candelaria concolor

Not as sharp as it should have been, but needed to add this macro shot of this very common, tiny foliose lichen to my album on the JJ Collett Natural Area. Photographed this bright lichen on 6 October, when I went way north of Calgary with friends, to spend the day searching for mosses, liverworts and lichens - and anything else that we were lucky enough to see - including a Moose. This Natural Area consists of 635 acres of Aspen Parkland habitat underlain by ancient sand dunes - though you would never guess it. The various trails are nicely groomed.