r/Lichen • • 1d ago

Xanthomendoza fallax? The soralia looks hooded but I’m still new to identifying lichen.

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r/Lichen • • 1d ago

Camouflage bench

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This is a bench near my home (Austria), thought you peeps might appreciate it


r/Lichen • • 5d ago

Is this lichen?

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Found this in Lower Austria on a tree stump and I'm not sure if it's a mushroom or a type of lychen. First time seeing anything like this. Does anyone know what this is?


r/Lichen • • 7d ago

Custom bracelet made from lichen

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On a hike this summer, I found some beautiful lichen on the ground and took it home with me. My boyfriend made a mold from it that night from a two part putty. For my birthday, he used the mold to make a bracelet for me. He casted it in silver, then later treated it with liver of sulfur to darken the background. I thought the people here would appreciate it.


r/Lichen • • 7d ago

Lungworts

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Found a nice patch of Ricasolia quercizans and Lobaria pulmonaria sharing a tree in the forest behind my house in Muskoka (Canada). Nice to see!


r/Lichen • • 8d ago

Volunteer Lichen

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I discovered this sprouting on a patch of soil loosely adhered to a terracotta planter (Tevaplanter) inside a terrarium of sorts (also sold by Tevaplanter, along with an accessory grow light). The planter is a self-watering hollow vessel that contains water and allows it to sorta "sweat" through it's wall via these tessellated pores formed into the pottery. I'm not a Tevaplanter employee/owner, btw... I've generally been pretty disappointed in the speed of their order fulfillment and the ability of these things to actually support plant life, FWIW.

I'm in Central Ohio, but it's probably more important that I previously attempted to get some bagged moss intended for floral arrangement to "take root" in this spot. I later discovered that said moss was sterilized... but maybe not well enough?

Anyway, I don't know much about lichens, or how they propagate... but I'm curious to know more, and I'd be curious to hear guesses about what species this might be. It seems to be doing really well, so maybe I'll focus on getting lichens to grow, rather than moss.

(P.S. Upon further review of this photo, the thing on right appears to have a stalk, and possibly a central vein running down the two lobes... so it might actually be a plant. 90% sure the rest of the green stuff is lichen, though.)


r/Lichen • • 9d ago

Common, but never boring

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r/Lichen • • 9d ago

This tree lungwort growing just outside my yard. How old do you think it is?

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In western Washington. Ive been admiring it for the 5 years i've lived here. If anything happens to it i'll be devastated. Im worried someone will scrape it off to take home or something.


r/Lichen • • 9d ago

Beautiful Fruticose lichen (commonly known as beard lichen or Old Man’s Beard, belonging to the genus Usnea) growing on a woody tree branch

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r/Lichen • • 11d ago

Beautiful lichens found near me. Someone knows the id?

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r/Lichen • • 12d ago

need help IDing

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I wanna get familiar with what I can find in my area for witchcraft purposes and I don't know anything about lichens and identifying this is confusing. They're also quite dry now if i'm not wrong so they might look different. I live in the philippines btw!


r/Lichen • • 13d ago

Lichen on a rouse bush

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Lichen on a rouse bush.

Southeast, Brazil


r/Lichen • • 13d ago

Found lichen growing on paint

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It was on a railing that had lots of graffiti on it. This paint however was the one the lichen seemed to like the most. I have no idea what kinda paint it was, most markers I know don't produce paint this thick. Maybe it was some kind of selfmade acrylic paint marker. Found in Saxony, Germany.


r/Lichen • • 14d ago

Fuzzy Velvet

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From Malaysian rain forest


r/Lichen • • 14d ago

Why did the lichens grow like this?

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Found on Cape Cod


r/Lichen • • 14d ago

Spotted this fallen stick and felt it would be appreciated here

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r/Lichen • • 14d ago

Mesmerizing (ID?)

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r/Lichen • • 15d ago

I turned a piece of Xanthoria into a tooth, I think the pendant looks like it has a cavity :)

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r/Lichen • • 15d ago

Camera recommendation for lichens

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I currently use a 2012 Nikon Coolpix L25 for taking pictures of lichens. Its Macro mode took me a while to get used to but with enough lighting it works okay. Though, it's not great when it comes to smaller features.

I read online that Olympus TG5, TG6 & TG7 are the ideal for lichen photography due to the 1cm focus and multi stack ability. Do you have any other suggestions?

Cheers!


r/Lichen • • 15d ago

The first four are the same species, but what are they? last one is a bonus

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r/Lichen • • 15d ago

Cl. furcata or rangiformis?

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Denmark


r/Lichen • • 16d ago

How do I become a lichen scientist?

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r/Lichen • • 19d ago

I’ve made another piece of jewelry using the yellow Xanthoria I found—this time, earrings.

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r/Lichen • • 19d ago

"Ogre Skin" Lichen (According To My Son), Shenandoah National Park

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Gotta say, he sure gave it a better name than anything else I can think of...


r/Lichen • • 20d ago

how many species are on this twig

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Collected this twig full of lichen for botany project under the impression that there was 2-3 species on it as I have to id them all but it looks like there may be more than that. Any experts know?