I had to find this lichen 3 times before getting a positive identification on it. The first time I found…
I’m not happy to be making this post with ‘possibly’ in the title, although I feel fairly comfortable calling this…
Peltigera canina is the type species for this genus, and many tomentose Peltigera utilizing Nostoc cyanobacteria as a photobiont have…
Peltigera collina is most often found decorating the bark of trees. It is the most common epiphytic Peltigera, and is…
This is a very common lichen on dry rocks. It is so common that it has engendered a rarity; a…
Peltigera neopolydactyla is the first Peltigera that I ever positively identified, which isn’t surprising since it is the most abundant…
Cladonia as a genus has a bewildering array of forms and morphology, but, since the revision of the C. gracilis…
It always makes me happy to encounter a Peltigera sp. in my wandering, but I have never identified one in…
Parmelia sulcata is everywhere! You can find it from sea level thickets to high in the mountains, on high desert…
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post on Evernia prunastri, I’ve been misidentifying Ramalina farinacea as E. prunastri for 2 years.…