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Dibaeis arcuata
Perhaps two things living here, the pink mushroom and the green surface it grows upon. -"‘Freshwater’ cyanobacterial lichen" Dibaeis arcuata -Allison Knight, LICHENS of New Zealand An Introductory Illustrated Guide.
Forest floor.
Spotted on Sep 22, 2013
Submitted on Nov 1, 2014
7 Comments
Great searching Max. I would go with that B fungoides. (Definitely not a Peltigera :)
Here is a pink earth lichen from vermont U.S.A. :
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/442...
Could it really be the same lichen?
"Two other epigean lichens — the distinctively pink-fruited
Baeomyces fungoides and the dog-lichen Peltigera canina — have been found on
clay banks." -p209 A SUMMARY OF LICHEN ASSOCIATIONS IN DIFFERENT HABITATS
FROM FOUR OFF-SHORE ISLANDS, NORTH-EAST NEW ZEALAND
by Glenys C. Hayward* and B.W. Haywardf
Very nice info! If only I knew that at the time, I might have taken a moment to appreciate it. Marta, Mark, thank you both for your help. Mark, that picture is definitely the lichen.
sorry no ID but http://molvray.com/photos/picture.php?/1...
The green below forms part of the same lichen (crust). The mushroom like parts are called fruticous thallus. I am no expert though, so my genus suggestion above is temptative. I hope it can help you narrow down the species. If it would not be Cladonia it may be a family-related genus.
This is a fabulous lichen. Lichens are both algae and fungi in cellular symbiosis. You have captured the lichen when it has decided to fruit revealing the fungal component. Well done.