Foliose lichen, Xanthoria parietina, on hawthorn

Foliose lichens are some of the largest and perhaps most complex lichens. The thallus generally forms flat, leaf-like lobes.

The first PiP shows a Crustose lichen, possibly Lecanora muralis, growing on a sandstone wall. The thallus forms a crust over the substrate and is firmly attached to it. Consequently, the lichen normally cannot be collected intact without collecting a portion of the substrate along with it.

The second PiP shows a Fruticose lichen, possibly Usnea subfloridana growing an a larch tree. The thallus is extended up into a tufted or pendant branched structure and is attached to the bark by a basal holdfast.

Crustose lichen on sandstone. Possibly Lecanora muralis

Fruticose lichen on Larch. Usnea subfloridana.

Gudrun, micritter, Narvik 08, bonsai59 and 35 other people have particularly liked this photo

42 comments - The latest ones

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Beautiful details.

6 years ago.

Boro

Excellente ************

6 years ago.

LotharW ^club

Wunderbar gemacht! ***

6 years ago.

Taormina ^club

Wirkt wie eine Pflanze... gar nicht so,
als würde es wo anders sich ansiedeln.

6 years ago.

Steve Bucknell ^club

Wonderful. I thought the group might like this poem by Sylvia Legris :

Genus II. Lichen.
On a scale of Lustrous to Sockeye,
Fishscale to Fire-Dot. Not Ichthyosis:
Lichen. Fruiting bodies in a calcareous
spot. Goldspeck. Blushing.

O the diffuse eruption of dazzling papulæ!

Usher the Wild Lichen. Usher spring
and the furfuraceous scurf recurs.
The Brain-Scaled (the hairline cracked).
The Blue-Blistered, the Earth-Wrinkled.

Neither Strophulus nor stoppable.
Like wildfire rash the crustose rush
of successive crops. Tundra Sulphur,
circumpolar, the snowy excoriations.

So squats the Dog Lichen, the Freckle Pelt.
Cobblestoned, chronic, the not contagious.

6 years ago.

Karl Hartwig Schütz ^club has replied to Steve Bucknell ^club

Die deutsche Übersetzung ist genial:)

6 years ago.

Steve Bucknell ^club has replied to Karl Hartwig Schütz ^club

In a good way or a bad way?

6 years ago.

Ghislaine ^club

***** pour la troisième PiP !
:)))

6 years ago.

Edward Bowthorpe

Brilliant find dear Amelia,eddie,xx

6 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

marvellous also the PIPs

6 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

WOW, such a pretty find, Amelia ************************

6 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

6 years ago.

Annaig56 ^club

du plus bel effet

6 years ago.

Ko Hummel ^club

this one looks like a flattened ravioli. very special.

The second Pip is realy great

6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Ko Hummel ^club

I didn't use the second PiP as the main photo as it was taken in March 2017. The other 2 photos were taken this morning, which is more in the spirit of the group I think. ;-)

6 years ago.