RHH's photos with the keyword: lichen

There are at least three different lichens in this photo. Lichens are difficult to identify, but the wispy Lichen is probably Witch's Hair, the branched Lichen may be Forking Bone and the Lichen growing close to the twig in several places Ragbag. These were photographed on a family hike to Newman Lake and Turtle Rock east of Spokane. Our daughter from Northern Ireland was visiting and wanted to do some hiking. We went with two of our daughters and a number of grandchildren. These photos remind me of a hike we did years ago with a lady who was an expert on lichens. We learned a lot from her but she left a trail of belongings behind that we quickly learned to pick up and take along for her so that they would not be lost. If I remember she left her glasses, her camera, her hiking pole and her coat behind in the woods, along with other items. She confessed that she was on her third or fourth camera, having lost the others, though none of them were expensive cameras.

These lichens were photographed near Newman Lake in Eastern Washington. I am not very good at identifying these but this may be Antlered Bone.

Photographed near Newman Lake in Eastern Washington, these Lichens and Mosses were growing on a twig. Lichens are difficult to identify but these are probably Ragbag and Bearded Bone and the Moss probably Twisted Ulota.

The lichens and mosses are about the only things green during the winter here besides the Ponderosas and is seems to be that most of them fruit late in the winter. Most of my photos of lichens are from the winter months, therefore, and ass with these photos include the frost and snow.

These ice-encased lichens were photographed near our home on a winter morning.

As seems to be the case with many of them, these lichens are producing their fruiting bodies late in thee winter. The photo was taken near our home on one of semi-daily walks.

My wife and I have been hunting for lichens on our walks the last few days. She discovered what she called a miniature garden of them and we've since been taking more notice of them. There are at least four different kinds on this branch though I've made no effort to identify them. We've also noticed that in spite of the cold weather we've had many of them turn a brighter green and start producing their fruiting bodies, here the darker patches on the frilled leaf-like lichens. Perhaps this is a sign of spring, but if so it is the only sign we've seen.

My wife and I have been hunting for lichens on our walks the last few days. She discovered what she called a miniature garden of them and we've since been taking more notice of them. We've noticed that in spite of the cold weather we've had many of them have turned a brighter green and are producing their fruiting bodies, in this case the raised darker patches on the lichens. Perhaps this is a sign of spring, but if so it is the only sign we've seen.

My wife and I have been hunting for lichens on our walks the last few days. She discovered what she called a miniature garden of them and we've since been taking more notice of them. There are at least three different kinds on this branch though I've made no effort to identify them. We've also noticed that in spite of the cold weather we've had many of them have turned a brighter green and are producing their fruiting bodies, in this case the little cups on the end of the branches of one of them. Perhaps this is a sign of spring, but if so it is the only sign we've seen.

My wife and I have been hunting for lichens on our walks the last few days. She discovered what she called a miniature garden of them and we've since been taking more notice of them. We've also noticed that in spite of the cold weather we've had many of them have turned a brighter green and are producing their fruiting bodies, in this case the raised cup-like growths. Perhaps this is a sign of spring, but if so it is the only sign we've seen.

Some of these lichens can be told apart only by chemical analysis, but this appears to be the Cup Lichen growing on a fallen log in the Hoh Rainforest. The photo was taken by my wife. Lichens are interesting for several reasons. They are a "mutalistic" association of a fungus and an alga (sometimes a bacterium). They also concentrate radioactive fallout passing it up the food chain. This happened with the Reindeer Lichen, reindeer and their herders following the Chernobyl disaster.

The branches are the branches of a Madrone tree (Arbutus menziesii), one living and one dead. The dead branch has two kind of lichens growing on it, the branched lichen which appears to be the Farinose Cartilage Lichen (Ramalina farinacea) and the flat grayish lichen which appears to be the Hooded Bone (Hypogymnia physodes). The photo was taken in Sharpe Park on Fidalgo Island while there with my son-in-law last December and if anyone knows better than I as to the identification of the lichens I'd appreciate a correction.

I believe this is the endemic lichen species, Alectoria vancouverensis, the Vancouver Witch's Hair. That species grows at low elevations and this was photographed along the coast in Sharpe Park on Fidalgo Island.

Just a rock covered with moss and lichens along the trail as we hiked to Dusty Lake early in the morning. I thought the shot turned out reasonably well and hope you like it too. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/04/ancient-lak...