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Chrysothrix sp.
A bright yellow crustose lichen with a thin thallus.
Spotted on dead leaves (bootjacks) of a Sabal palm tree. Located on the North side of the tree and somewhat in a protected area in a backyard.
Spotted on Jan 23, 2019
Submitted on Feb 4, 2019
11 Comments
Thanks Brian, I finally managed to see some coloured lichens of my own!
Wow! Thanks everyone for all the wonderful comments and for the SOTD!
Congrats Brian. Super cheerful spotting.
Amazing find Brian,beautiful striking collour,your lichen collection is astonishing,super work,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congratulations Brian....and thanks for reminding me about the macaques...it is a nice thought to counter the envy :)....i do see lichens in some of the more pristine areas I visit...but till now none i have seen are as colourful as the ones you have posted...the colours are so unexpected...so vivid. Thank you, machi....you are right lichens are everywhere except in polluted metro cities....:(
Congratulations Brian, your gold dust lichen is our Spotting of the Day! You are spoiling us with marvelous lichens at the moment!
"Nothing like a splash of yellow to brighten up your Tuesday! This Gold Dust Lichen (Chrysothrix sp.) is our Spotting of the Day. Lichens in the genus Chrysothrix are characterized by a bright yellow color, which is due to the presence of derivatives of a compound known as pulvinic acid. Chrysothrix grows on a variety of substrates such rock and wood, and has a broad distribution which includes Europe, North America, Australia, South America, and India".
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I second Brian's comment Sukanya! There are lichens everywhere! Even Antarctica. I am sure once you look, you will see them in more places than you could have imagined.
Thanks Sukanya. I'm sure there are beautiful lichens where you live somewhere. If not at least you have cool macaques that hop on motorcycles.
Brian...we have a festival in India...it is called HOLI. People spray colours on each other. But that is just once a year...to celebrate the onset of spring. I think the lichens you see come alive at night and play Holi everyday! Honestly, WHERE are you finding these...all I get are greenish-white ones!! So totally envious (but in a nice way)....
Ha ha thanks Mark! I need to find a blue one.
Wow !! Red then yellow. Don't get caught with those spray cans Brian.