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0 0 Caloplaca Lichen

Caloplaca Lichen

by MartinUrbanGemeinde Perchtoldsdorf, Niederösterreich, Austria

Krustenflechte Caloplaca

1 0 Caloplaca

Caloplaca

by adela.cremeneBrașov, Brașov, Romania

Piatra Mare mountain, Romania

0 1 Calpplaca sp.

Calpplaca sp.

by arlandaSerradilla, Extremadura, Spain

Crustose lichen, maybe caloplaca

3 0 Bark Sulphur-firedot Lichen

Bark Sulphur-firedot Lichen

by Brian38Washington, USA

A crustose lichen with orange disc apothecia.

0 1 Orange Sea Lichen

Orange Sea Lichen

by theericksonsAlaska, USA

Orange and flakey

1 2 Red Crustose (Paint) Lichen

Red Crustose (Paint) Lichen

by SFShepPocatello, Idaho, USA

Bare rock.

12 16 Lichen communities

Lichen communities

by arlandaMadrid, Madrid, Spain

Different lichen species on a Holm oak twig

0 1 Firedot Lichens

Firedot Lichens

by JakubkoNew York, USA

A rust colored lichen with disk-like growths.

0 0 Florida Orange Lichen

Florida Orange Lichen

by Hema ShahFlorida, USA

woods by Bay lake.Bald Cypress habitat.

1 0 California orange lichen

California orange lichen

by Brian38Washington, USA

Caloplaca californica is a marine crustose ...

1 0 Caloplaca crenularia

Caloplaca crenularia

by arlandaExtremadura, Spain

The thallus is a thin, whitish-grey to grey, cracked-areolate crust. The ...

1 2 Firedot Lichen

Firedot Lichen

by MachiAlaska, USA

The habitat and appearance point to

6 12 Red Crustose Lichens

Red Crustose Lichens

by DespinaTsafetopoulouWest Coast, New Zealand

like Caloplaca crustose lichens, but it ...

6 6 Caloplaca carphinea

Caloplaca carphinea

by arlandaTorrejón el Rubio, Extremadura, Spain

Caloplaca carphinea is a crustose lichen, ...

1 0 Firedot lichen

Firedot lichen

by Brian38Washington, USA

A bright orange crustose lichen.

0 1 Map Lichen

Map Lichen

by Hema ShahWest Glacier, Montana, United States

A colony of lichen on a rock.

1 0 Yellow Lichen

Yellow Lichen

by MachiKodiak, Alaska, United States

Golden lichen that forms a generally circular shape. Granular, folded-looking ...

1 0 Caloplaca arenaria

Caloplaca arenaria

by arlandaO Saviñao, Galicia, Spain

Crustose lichen. Little or none thallus, crustose, without elongated lobes. The ...

4 6 caloplaca ferruginea

caloplaca ferruginea

by arlandaMadrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

The apothecia are characteristically a deep red colour with a flexuose or ...

1 3 Caloplaca crenularia

Caloplaca crenularia

by arlandaO Saviñao, Galicia, Spain

The thallus is a thin, whitish-grey, rarely almost black, cracked-areolate ...

0 0 Crustose Lichen

Crustose Lichen

by TelseKelowna, British Columbia, Canada

A deep orange color. Hard and crusty like.

2 0 Bloodstain Lichen

Bloodstain Lichen

by MachiFlorida, USA

Tiny lichen with red apothecia. Haematomma or

6 1 Yellow-orange beach lichen

Yellow-orange beach lichen

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

This little patch of lichen was on rocks just above the high tide mark. It ...

9 2 Firedot Lichen

Firedot Lichen

by MachiAlaska, USA

Yellow lichen with some patches tending toward orange. Orange apothecia with ...

1 2 Physcia stellaris and Caloplaca ferroginea

Physcia stellaris and Caloplaca ferroginea

by arlandaMadrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Foliose lichen, with lobes without marginal cilia (though sometimes with ...

20 30 Lichens

Lichens

by arlandaMadrid, Madrid, Spain

Comunity of lichens on a Holm oak twig. In red we have

0 1 Orange beach lichen

Orange beach lichen

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Many of the larger rocks in this small marine nature reserve had 'splatters' of ...

1 0 Firedot Lichen

Firedot Lichen

by MachiAlaska, USA

Found on a large boulder at the beach. Most of the time the base of the boulder ...

3 0 Coral Orange Lichen

Coral Orange Lichen

by MachiBodega Bay, California, United States

Yellow coral-looking lichens. They were somewhat sparse on this rock

0 0 Caloplaca ferruginea

Caloplaca ferruginea

by arlandaMadrid, Madrid, Spain

Crustose lichen. The apothecia are characteristically a deep red colour with a ...

4 0 Caloplaca ferruginea

Caloplaca ferruginea

by arlandaMadrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Crustose lichen, in the center of the image. On the left we have a foliose ...

1 0 Yellow Scale Lichen?

Yellow Scale Lichen?

by rat.tumour aka lipaseEngland, United Kingdom

X. elegans? Caloplaca flavescens? My boss ...

4 0 Pulvinate dry rock moss

Pulvinate dry rock moss

by Brian38Lakeview, Oregon, United States

Small clumps of dry rock moss surrounded by crustose lichens (

2 0 Sunburst Lichen

Sunburst Lichen

by MachiMarshall, California, United States

Rusavskia, Caloplaca, or Xanthoria

2 0 Yellow Scale Lichen?

Yellow Scale Lichen?

by rat.tumourWales, United Kingdom

I've never seen so much lichen before in one area (around the lake), according ...

4 5 Gold cobblestone lichen

Gold cobblestone lichen

by Brian38Washington, USA

(Ochrolechia parella) and the red lichen is firedot lichen(

6 2 Unknown red lichen

Unknown red lichen

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Red and yellow lichen? patch high on a huge lichen covered, granite boulder. ...

0 0 porpidia crustulata?

porpidia crustulata?

by LipaseHigh Peak, England, United Kingdom

://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12356619 judging by zachs spotting on mushroom ...

0 2 Parmelina tiliacea parasitized by Marchandiomyces corallinus

Parmelina tiliacea parasitized by Marchandiomyces corallinus

by arlandaAlcobendas, Madrid, Spain

Foliose lichen Parmelina tiliacea paratitized by the lichenicolous fungus ...

2 12 Crustose sp. lichen

Crustose sp. lichen

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Fungus or lichen? At first I would have said this is a crustose variety of ...

4 2 Red Crustose Lichen

Red Crustose Lichen

by ivan.zuateg

probably a species of lichen, found in the Andes Mountains, Argentina. But, ...

4 3 lichen

lichen

by AlexKonigHorst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

Lichens ( /ˈlaɪkən/, sometimes /ˈlɪtʃən/) are composite organisms consisting of ...

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