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2 0 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiNew Hampshire, USA

Crustose lichen with rounded ascocarps. ...

1 0 Cobblestone Lichen

Cobblestone Lichen

by MachiIdaho, USA

White lichen with black ascocarps. They ...

1 0 Pixie Cup Lichen

Pixie Cup Lichen

by MachiMaine, USA

Cladonia maxima? Green lichen with reddish brown

0 0 Bloodspot Lichen

Bloodspot Lichen

by MachiKodiak, Alaska, USA

Pale yellow/greenish lichen (can look white from afar) with bright red

2 3 Cobblestone Lichen

Cobblestone Lichen

by MachiBodega Bay, California, United States

Yellow and brown lichen that had the appearance of little cobblestones as the ...

4 4 Common Toadskin

Common Toadskin

by MachiMaine, USA

Bumpy lichen with black ascocarps

1 0 Snow Lichen

Snow Lichen

by MachiYukon, Canada

White lichen with brownish-red ascocarps

2 0 Cup Lichen

Cup Lichen

by MachiYukon, Canada

Plentiful ascocarps present on one of the ...

10 2 The orange peel fungus

The orange peel fungus

by MauronSlovenia

The brilliant orange, cup-shaped ascocarps ...

0 0 Bloodspot Lichen

Bloodspot Lichen

by MachiKodiak, Alaska, USA

It is very cracked looking with distinctive chunks, and only a few patches had ...

2 0 Carbon Antlers (sexual stage)

Carbon Antlers (sexual stage)

by EdwardNathanReulbachJr.Seattle, Washington, USA

Fruit bodies (ascocarps) are cylindrical or ...

6 3 British Soldier Lichen

British Soldier Lichen

by Jared_CKentucky, USA

, an open ascocarp (fruiting body) that ...

6 4 Orange Peel

Orange Peel

by Greg Shchepanek

The brilliant orange, cup-shaped ascocarps ...

0 0 Rapp's Cup Lichen

Rapp's Cup Lichen

by MachiFlorida, USA

Multi-tiered lichens in a large colony. Pale pinkish brown

3 0 Jester Lichen

Jester Lichen

by MachiFlorida, USA

Bright red ascocarps. Pale greenish gray ...

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiNew Hampshire, USA

Green thallus with white/pinkish ascocarps. ...

2 0 Map Lichen

Map Lichen

by MachiColorado, USA

Cracked-looking neon green-yellow lichen with black

1 0 Whiteworm Lichen

Whiteworm Lichen

by MachiKodiak, Alaska, USA

Otherworldly lichens. Bleach white with little nodules on them. Not sure if ...

1 0 Cup Lichen

Cup Lichen

by MachiFlorida, USA

Large clump of lichen with pale green, foliose lobes and rusty-colored

1 0 Cladonia Lichen

Cladonia Lichen

by MachiFlorida, USA

Pink ascocarps; green crusty thallus. It ...

0 0 Glyphis Lichen

Glyphis Lichen

by Brian38Orange Beach, Alabama, USA

A crustose lichen with a whitish thallus and dark brown to black,

2 0 Tube Lichen

Tube Lichen

by MachiAlaska, USA

The large brownish structures are the

1 0 Cladonia Lichen

Cladonia Lichen

by MachiYukon, Canada

Bushy Cladonia with some ascocarps showing ...

3 1 candlestick fungus

candlestick fungus

by arlandaO Saviñao, Galicia, Spain

plants Fruit bodies (ascocarps) are ...

3 1 Ragged Lichen

Ragged Lichen

by MachiMaine, USA

Platismatia tuckermanii? Loaded with brown

1 0 candlestick fungus

candlestick fungus

by AlexKonigLandgraaf, Limburg, Netherlands

Fruit bodies (ascocarps) are cylindrical or ...

0 0 candlestick fungus

candlestick fungus

by AlexKonigLandgraaf, Limburg, Netherlands

Xylaria hypoxylon is an inedible species of fungus in the genus Xylaria. It is ...

0 0 candlestick fungus, the candlesnuff fungus, carbon antlers, or the stag's horn fungus

candlestick fungus, the candlesnuff fungus, carbon antlers, or the stag's horn fungus

by AlexKonigHorst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

Fruit bodies (ascocarps) are cylindrical or ...

0 0 candlestick fungus, the candlesnuff fungus, carbon antlers, or the stag's horn fungus

candlestick fungus, the candlesnuff fungus, carbon antlers, or the stag's horn fungus

by AlexKonigHorst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

Fruit bodies (ascocarps) are cylindrical or ...

1 0 Candlestick Fungus

Candlestick Fungus

by LarsKorbSachsenwald, Schleswig-Holstein (Landmasse), Germany

, mature ascocarps are charcoal-black, and ...

1 2 Lungwort ascocarp

Lungwort ascocarp

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Tan, irregularly shaped growth. "In sexual reproduction, the species produces ...

5 5 Dead Man's Fingers

Dead Man's Fingers

by pamsaiPuntarenas, Costa Rica

Xylaria polymorpha, commonly known as dead man's fingers, is a saprobic fungus. ...

7 4 Orange Peel Fungus

Orange Peel Fungus

by misakoCalifornia, USA

. The brilliant orange, cup-shaped

4 2 Green Elfcup

Green Elfcup

by Jessie AguilarProvincia Puntarenas, Costa Rica

This beautiful species has apothecia (cup-shaped

7 7 Mustard powder lichen

Mustard powder lichen

by Brian38Washington, USA

structures like ascocarps. I thought it ...

16 8 Cordyceps fungus on dead weevil

Cordyceps fungus on dead weevil

by Marta RubioTexeiraMonte Verde, Provincia Puntarenas, Costa Rica

elongated fruiting body (ascocarp) may be ...

2 6 Orange Peel Fungus

Orange Peel Fungus

by AntónioGinjaGinjaBraga, Portugal

brilliant orange, cup-shaped ascocarps ...

3 2 Orange Peel Fungus

Orange Peel Fungus

by AlexKonigBrunssum, Limburg, Netherlands

In Europe, the orange peel may be confused with Otidea or Caloscypha species ...

7 8 Candlestick Fungus

Candlestick Fungus

by LarsKorbSchönstedt, Freistaat Thüringen, Germany

season, mature ascocarps are ...

2 3 Orange Peel Fungus

Orange Peel Fungus

by AntónioGinjaGinjaBraga, Portugal

. The brilliant orange, cup-shaped

3 1 Orange Peel Fungus

Orange Peel Fungus

by EdwardNathanReulbachJr.Seattle, Washington, USA

. The brilliant orange, cup-shaped

7 2 Cordyceps sp. on host spider

Cordyceps sp. on host spider

by JanineLingTurnerEngland, United Kingdom

fruit body (ascocarp) may be cylindrical, ...

2 1 parasitic fungi on truffle

parasitic fungi on truffle

by AlexKonigHorst, Limburg, Netherlands

Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 400 ...

3 5 White morel

White morel

by KarenLTennessee, USA

a network of ridges with pits between them. These

1 2 Mustard Powder Lichen

Mustard Powder Lichen

by Emma Tulare, California, USA

on tree bark and does not show ascocarps ...

8 1 Orange Peel Fungus

Orange Peel Fungus

by SargonRSisters, Oregon, United States

Orange Peel Fungus spotted along a hiking trail in the Willamette National ...

1 6 parasitic "caterpillar" fungus

parasitic "caterpillar" fungus

by AlexKonigHorst, Limburg, Netherlands

Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 400 ...

0 0 Cladonia furcata

Cladonia furcata

by arlandaMadrid, Madrid, Spain

soredia and isidia, but instead has apothecia—cup-like

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