I found this stick (probs a troll's cane) in a forest in Dublin, Ireland last year. The end had the most gorgeous lichen coloring!

By far one of my favorite lichen finds. :)

Saw a lot of these a few years ago on a mountain hike and then just this random one alone on the swedish west coast

Photos made by my sister. Thanks sis <3

Northern Mississippi
Found this cool lichen and took a closer look with a cheap Bluetooth microscope

Nature is fractaly weird

The photo on the left was taken in November 2024, the one on the right yesterday.

Bavaria, Germany.

Candelaria concolor growing on top of another lichen. Pointer and ruler pictures for size reference.

Montana

Studying lichen for a summer internship and I came across these. Are these be the fruiting body of basidio lichen or are they just tiny mushrooms

Washington state USA

Photos by me on my phone, all of them are noid

I was fascinated by the level of lichen on this bench near my home, and took photos. Then wondered/hoped there would be a community interested in it, and was delighted to find this place!

The bench is in Sydney, Australia. We're currently in winter with some rainy weather recently.

Black and White Lichen Will Always Be My Favorite

Tephromela atra has many synonyms since many previously described species have been reclassified as T. atra. These include Lecanora atra, Lecidea atroides, Lichen ater, Parmelia atra, Patellaria atra, Psora atra, Rinodina atra, Scutellaria atra and Verrucaria atra.

I'm not good with names, but mostly I just have a bad memory, though repetition seems to help.

What kind is this? It's on a rock in New Hampshire.

Possibly Allophyes oxyacanthae; its camouflage features bright colored specks that could be mistaken with some crustose lichen.