Jeff, Stopping by Woods

Photo of a flat section of rock completely covered in flat-growing lichens. Includes two yellow lichens, one orange lichen and one grey lichen.

A lichen collage on seaside rock. Newfoundland, Canada. Includes Xanthoria (leafy yellow), Physcia (grey), Rusavskia (orange) and Polycaulinia (the other yellow lichen). #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

I was thinking something similar…but in the fox family.

It’s actually creeping juniper. This up-close view has a bit of a succulent look.

Photo of a fungus on a juniper branch. The fungus consists of a small reddish ball with several long, oval jelly-like growths.

Cedar Rust Fungus. NWT, Canada.
#fungus #fungi #fungifriends
Fungus in pic is about 2 to 3 cm high.

Photo of a light grey lichen comprised of numerous octopus-looking branches covered in dark grey discs (the apothecia).

A Physcia sp lichen on a poplar tree.
NWT, Canada. photo covers about 6cm, left to right. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Photo of an off-white lichen growing on rock. The lichen has several orange discs (apothecia) and a large brain-looking growth.

Another brainy Orange Rock Posy #lichen. NWT, Canada. Pic covers about 5cm, left to right. #fungi #fungifriends.
Typically this species doesn’t have these brainy growths, but over the years, I’ve found several dozen specimens that do.

Photo of a roundish, cream coloured lichen growing flat on dark rock. About 80%of the lichen (all but the edges) is covered in dozens (hundreds?) of small round discs called apothecia.

Orange Rock Posy Lichen. NWT, Canada.
lichen is about 3cm in diameter.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Beautiful lichen/photos, Uta!

Thanks! Like flowers, the orange parts are reproductive structures. They‘re called apothecia and they are the structures that produce spores.

Photo of an off-white lichen. One section of the lichen looks like brain. The rest looks like frilly leaves. Five large, orange apothecia are visible on the lichen. The lichen is growing on grey rock and on other (crustose) lichens.

Orange Rock Posy Lichen. NWT, Canada.
lichen is about 3cm in longest dimension.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends

👍😀

Photo of a grey-green lichen growing flat on pinkish rock. The lichen is covered in prominent octopus sucker like discs which are the apothecia (spore producing structures).

Green Rock Posy Lichen. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Lichen is about 4cm in longest dimension.

Photo of several Cladonia podetia that look like cream coloured trumpets (growing vertically) with the trumpet openings ringed in red.

Cladonia sp #lichen
#Newfoundland Canada.
Lichens are about 3cm high
#fungi #fungifriends

😀
We elect some too. So far though, they aren’t in charge.

Photo of a bright orange lichen growing flat on grey rock. The sort of round lichen is comprised of numerous branches radiating out from the centre.

Elegant Orange Sunburst Lichen, Rusavskia elegans. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Ah, thanks, Toby!

Photo of three Cladonia podetia that look like a bouquet of red flowers.

A bouquet of Cladonia #lichen.
#Newfoundland, Canada
#fungi #fungifriends
The lichens are approx 3cm high.

Photo of a larger, off-white lichen on the left, growing over a smaller, round, grey and black lichen on the right. About half the round lichen had been over grown, half is visible. These are crustose lichens growing flat on brownish rock.

Two worlds collide. Leconara sp lichen (on left) overgrows a Rhizocarpon sp lichen (on the right). NWT, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

A snowshoe trek to a wave-powered geyser along the East Coast Trail, yesterday. #hike #trail #geyser #snowshoe

Photo of a rectangular section of crustose lichen that consists mainly of hundreds of really tiny yellow discs…the apothecia. The lichen is growing flat on rock.

Gold Speck Lichen, Candelariella species.
NWT, Canada. Photo covers about 6cm left to right. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Another species of lichen. Possibly a Candelariella species.

Gross!

Photo of a crustose lichen on tree bark. The lichen is light green-grey with numerous brown discs that have white rims (the apothecia). The lichen is roughly oval in shape, with pointed ends.

Lichen, Lecanora epibryon. NWT, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Lichen is approximately 5cm long.

There are a number of red-tipped Cladonia species. Many grow in temperate and boreal climates…northern states plus Canada. But I believe at least some grow as far south as the gulf coast.

Photo of a tuft of red-tipped Cladonia lichen growing on a slender, dead tree branch. A field of cotton grass is in the background, looking like large falling snowflakes.

Cladonia lichen on a stick, in a field of cotton grass. #Newfoundland, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #wildflower

A truly giant world, compared to yours 😀

Isn’t it beautiful?! I find these exotic little landscapes mesmerizing!

Close up photo of a small section of a crustose lichen that’s grey in places and orange in others. It looks sort of like a barren landscape with mountains and valleys.

I love how the surface of some crustose lichens can look like an aerial view of an exotic landscape. This picture covers about 5cm, left to right.
Porpidia #lichen. #Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

The original use of the common name british soldier lichen was for a similar looking, related Cladonia species...but nowadays it often gets used for any of the many Cladonia lichen species that have red apothecia. So...in this latter sense, using “british soldier lichen“ for this lichen is good:)

Looks like a dog lichen (Peltigera species). Possibly this one.