RHH's photos with the keyword: lichens

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.

These lichens were photographed near the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park.

These lichens, which I was unable to identify, were photographed along the trail in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park.

These lichens were photographed along the Laguna Meadow trail in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park. The Green appears to be Usnea cirrosa, one of the beard lichens and the grey to be Heterodermia appalachensis.

Today's photos are of what we sometimes call "small nature," little things we see along the way as we are walking and hiking and stop to photograph, in this case some lichens on the branch of a Ponderosa that my wife noticed. If I am not mistaken there are three different lichens here, including the little patch of orange at the top, but I've not tried to identify any of them. Note: Janet has correctly identified the orange lichen, I believe, as Xanthoria parietina, the Common Orange Lichen and I believe the green lichen with the fruiting bodies to be the Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen, Letharia columbiana. The third, appearing as blue-green scaly patches I can't see well enough in the photos and will have to look for it again.

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.

We have had snow and more snow the past few weeks, close to a one and half meters (five feet). Some of it has melted but most of it is still on the ground. In spite of the snow we take a walk every day looking for things to photograph and this snowy lichen was one of our finds and one of the few things that's green at this time of the year.

We had freezing fog the day these photos were taken but that was all the more reason to get out with the camera and the effort did not go unrewarded. There are several different kinds of lichens on this branch and I believe the the long, gray, hairy lichen is known as Witches' Hair but lichens are notoriously difficult to identify and I've made no real effort to do so.

Since lichens and mosses are hard to identify without a microscope and chemicals, I have not made an effort to identify these but just enjoyed them with their beautiful frosted coating, produced by a morning of freezing fog.

Freezing fog produced these wonderful ice crystals on these lichens. We were out for a walk on a wintry morning when these photos were taken.

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.