SmugMug > all-time keyword > canada > Icmadophila ericetorum 'Candy Lichen, Spraypaint' A crustose lichen growing on rotting wood and moss. Photo taken while raining. Fir needle for scale. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1734July_25__2009
SmugMug > all-time keyword > canada > Umbilicaria virginis 'Blushing Rock Tripe' a foliose lichen "Thallus ... coarsely pruinose or encrusted with crystal-like material at least close to the umbel ....lower surface smooth to minutely roughened .. pale buff with ...abundant long slender, pale to dark, sparsely branched rhizines. Apothecia common  .... having a single sterile ring or button in the center." Brodo pp 708/09 Found growing on rock on a scree slope. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1728July_25__2009
SmugMug > all-time keyword > canada > Umbilicaria virginis 'Blushing Rock Tripe' a foliose lichen "Thallus ... coarsely pruinose or encrusted with crystal-like material at least close to the umbel ....lower surface smooth to minutely roughened .. pale buff with ...abundant long slender, pale to dark, sparsely branched rhizines. Apothecia common  .... having a single sterile ring or button in the center." Brodo pp 708/09 Found growing on rock on a scree slope. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1727July_25__2009
SmugMug > all-time keyword > canada > Xanthoria sorediata 'Sugared Sunburst Lichen' a foliose lichen with abundant soredia and no apothecia. This lichen stuck out because it was the only orange lichen on a long walk. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1724July_25__2009
SmugMug > all-time keyword > canada > Cetraria aculeata 'Spiny Heath Lichen' growing on the ground along with Peltigera leucophlebia. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1679July_25__2009
SmugMug > all-time keyword > canada > Solorina crocea "Orange Chocolate Chip Lichen" is a green foliose lichen having brown apothecia and with the underside of the thallus being orange. Growing in moss and forest debris, Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1674July_25__2009
SmugMug > all-time keyword > canada > Letharia columbiana 'Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen' a rare fruticose lichen, compared to L. vulpina which is very common, growing on branches of a fir tree. This was the only tree that we came across that had L. columbiana growing on it. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1644July_25__2009
SmugMug > all-time keyword > canada > Nodobryoria oregana "Pendant Foxtail Lichen" is a distinct reddish brown colour as compared to the adjacent brown Bryoria sp. A very uncommon lichen amongst the fir trees that are heavily draped with Bryoria. There is a possibility that this could be Bryoria fremontii. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1643July_25__2009
SmugMug > all-time keyword > canada > Letharia columbiana 'Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen' a rare fruticose lichen, compared to L. vulpina which is very common, growing on branches of a fir tree. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1642July_25__2009
Icmadophila ericetorum 'Candy Lichen, Spraypaint' A crustose lichen growing on rotting wood and moss. Photo taken while raining. Fir needle for scale. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1734July_25__2009
 > Icmadophila ericetorum 'Candy Lichen, Spraypaint' A crustose lichen growing on rotting wood and moss. Photo taken while raining. Fir needle for scale. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1734July_25__2009
Icmadophila ericetorum 'Candy Lichen, Spraypaint' A crustose lichen growing on rotting wood and moss. Photo taken while raining. Fir needle for scale. Pocaterra Cirque Trail, Kananaskis Country, 1734July_25__2009
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