Another day, another lichen mosaic (Fuscidea cyathoides)
#donegal #macro #biodiversity #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea #donegal
#donegal #macro #biodiversity #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea #donegal
December 27, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Another day, another lichen mosaic (Fuscidea cyathoides)
#donegal #macro #biodiversity #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea #donegal
#donegal #macro #biodiversity #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea #donegal
On the lead work which we were replacing i noticed Physcia caesia and possibly Fuscidea lygaea 🙂 @larkinlichen.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
On the lead work which we were replacing i noticed Physcia caesia and possibly Fuscidea lygaea 🙂 @larkinlichen.bsky.social
Lichen mosaic made by Fuscidea cyathoides.
#donegal #macro #biodiversity #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
#donegal #macro #biodiversity #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
December 24, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Lichen mosaic made by Fuscidea cyathoides.
#donegal #macro #biodiversity #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
#donegal #macro #biodiversity #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
Fuscidea cyathoides, with it's warm mosaic in a cold windy place. Cnoc Fola, Donegal, August 2024
#donegal #macro #biodiversity
#eire #republicofireland #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
#donegal #macro #biodiversity
#eire #republicofireland #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
December 30, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Fuscidea cyathoides, with it's warm mosaic in a cold windy place. Cnoc Fola, Donegal, August 2024
#donegal #macro #biodiversity
#eire #republicofireland #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
#donegal #macro #biodiversity
#eire #republicofireland #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
More crustose mosaic lichens growing on the top of Cnoc Fola (Bloody Foreland). Likely to be Fuscidea cyathoides (many thanks to Di Napier fo the ID!)
#donegal #macro #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
#donegal #macro #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
December 23, 2024 at 7:01 AM
More crustose mosaic lichens growing on the top of Cnoc Fola (Bloody Foreland). Likely to be Fuscidea cyathoides (many thanks to Di Napier fo the ID!)
#donegal #macro #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
#donegal #macro #eire #lichen #crustoselichen #mosaiclichen #cnocfola #bloodyforeland #gweedore #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
My favourite Fuscidea cyathoides stone, Cnoc Fola, Donegal.
I've photographed this stone for three years in a row. I keep meaning to put together a stop motion animation of the lichens!
#donegal #macro #biodiversity
#eire #lichen #crustoselichen #cnocfola #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
I've photographed this stone for three years in a row. I keep meaning to put together a stop motion animation of the lichens!
#donegal #macro #biodiversity
#eire #lichen #crustoselichen #cnocfola #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
January 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
My favourite Fuscidea cyathoides stone, Cnoc Fola, Donegal.
I've photographed this stone for three years in a row. I keep meaning to put together a stop motion animation of the lichens!
#donegal #macro #biodiversity
#eire #lichen #crustoselichen #cnocfola #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
I've photographed this stone for three years in a row. I keep meaning to put together a stop motion animation of the lichens!
#donegal #macro #biodiversity
#eire #lichen #crustoselichen #cnocfola #fuscideacyathoides #Fuscidea
On birch bark at Kelling Heath - Normandina pulchella, Jamesiella anastomosans, Fuscidea lightfootii. And a fruiting Hypotrachyna, maybe afrorevoluta.
February 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
On birch bark at Kelling Heath - Normandina pulchella, Jamesiella anastomosans, Fuscidea lightfootii. And a fruiting Hypotrachyna, maybe afrorevoluta.
More lichen from my adventure yesterday on Hesworth Common, Sussex - Fuscidea lightfootii, looking all bobbly, Evernia prunastri, and Graphis elegans #lichen
August 17, 2024 at 3:47 PM
More lichen from my adventure yesterday on Hesworth Common, Sussex - Fuscidea lightfootii, looking all bobbly, Evernia prunastri, and Graphis elegans #lichen
Lichen on a Hawthorn branch - Fuscidea lightfootii - the bobbly one, and Parmelia sulcata - Devil's Dyke, Sussex
October 21, 2023 at 8:37 PM
Lichen on a Hawthorn branch - Fuscidea lightfootii - the bobbly one, and Parmelia sulcata - Devil's Dyke, Sussex
Mitt tips är klipplav
Fuscidea cyathoides
Fuscidea cyathoides
March 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Mitt tips är klipplav
Fuscidea cyathoides
Fuscidea cyathoides
Upland weathered fence posts are #lichen-rich with a wide range of species. Factors at play: exposure, usually well-lit, wood type and chemical treatment. Bird perching leads to manuring and an ornithocoprophilous lichen community. #lichengbi
July 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Upland weathered fence posts are #lichen-rich with a wide range of species. Factors at play: exposure, usually well-lit, wood type and chemical treatment. Bird perching leads to manuring and an ornithocoprophilous lichen community. #lichengbi
Other lichen finds from our trip up to the disused Dufton lead mine include Peltigera neckeri, which likes lead-contaminated soil, and more common rock and heath species: Porpidia tuberculosa, Fuscidea kochiana and Cetraria islandica. #LichenGBI #lichens
January 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Other lichen finds from our trip up to the disused Dufton lead mine include Peltigera neckeri, which likes lead-contaminated soil, and more common rock and heath species: Porpidia tuberculosa, Fuscidea kochiana and Cetraria islandica. #LichenGBI #lichens
Been liking the lichen (Fuscidea cyathoides) on this sunny (but bitterly cold) Boxing Day.
December 26, 2023 at 2:40 PM
Been liking the lichen (Fuscidea cyathoides) on this sunny (but bitterly cold) Boxing Day.
Fuscidea lightfootii and Flavoparmelia caperata on fallen cone of am introduced Monterey Pine, Pinus radiata. Ashburnham Park SSSI, High Weald, nr Battle.
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Fuscidea lightfootii and Flavoparmelia caperata on fallen cone of am introduced Monterey Pine, Pinus radiata. Ashburnham Park SSSI, High Weald, nr Battle.
1/3 This is Fuscidea lightfootii from Bracorina, Loch Morar, Scotland. First for hectad NM79. Normally fertile, it's sometimes found infertile as here, with soredia (powdery vegetative propagules) only. In this state, it's easy to confuse with other 'dreaded green sorediate crusts': dreaded…
September 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
1/3 This is Fuscidea lightfootii from Bracorina, Loch Morar, Scotland. First for hectad NM79. Normally fertile, it's sometimes found infertile as here, with soredia (powdery vegetative propagules) only. In this state, it's easy to confuse with other 'dreaded green sorediate crusts': dreaded…
Fuscidea lygaea is a possibility
December 24, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Fuscidea lygaea is a possibility
In the first photo the yellow one is Rhizocarpon geographicum, brown foliose one is probably Parmelia omphalodes, pink-brown crustose a Fuscidea, probably P. cyathoides. 2nd photo Tephromela atra with a dark prothallus (shown in crop below)
November 20, 2024 at 10:30 PM
In the first photo the yellow one is Rhizocarpon geographicum, brown foliose one is probably Parmelia omphalodes, pink-brown crustose a Fuscidea, probably P. cyathoides. 2nd photo Tephromela atra with a dark prothallus (shown in crop below)
The close up photo shows soralia so not Fuscidea lygaea. If the chemical tests are -ve it could be Porpidea tuberculosa. K/UV would help.
December 24, 2024 at 7:56 PM
The close up photo shows soralia so not Fuscidea lygaea. If the chemical tests are -ve it could be Porpidea tuberculosa. K/UV would help.
Buellia disciformis is one of those crustose lichens on twigs with a white thallus and black lecideine apothecia (wine gums). Similar looking lichens are Lecidella elaeochroma, Amandinea punctata or Fuscidea lightfootii so need to do spores and testing to narrow it down. 2/4
November 29, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Buellia disciformis is one of those crustose lichens on twigs with a white thallus and black lecideine apothecia (wine gums). Similar looking lichens are Lecidella elaeochroma, Amandinea punctata or Fuscidea lightfootii so need to do spores and testing to narrow it down. 2/4
In my search for Fuscidea lightfootii (which as I understand has a more coarse thallus than Amandinea punctata) I came found this #lichen. Compared to the other Amandinea it had a coarser thallus. Microscopically I would say still Amandinea - but heavily colonized by al lichenicolous fungus.
December 17, 2024 at 8:41 PM
In my search for Fuscidea lightfootii (which as I understand has a more coarse thallus than Amandinea punctata) I came found this #lichen. Compared to the other Amandinea it had a coarser thallus. Microscopically I would say still Amandinea - but heavily colonized by al lichenicolous fungus.
Could be wrong, but I think that lovely mousy-brown patchwork with black outlines is Fuscidea cyathoides
December 21, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Could be wrong, but I think that lovely mousy-brown patchwork with black outlines is Fuscidea cyathoides
After recent conversations about Amandinea punctata and Fuscidea lightfootii @peterbraubach.bsky.social @larkinlichen.bsky.social Here's a thread on F. lightfootii, though at the time I was more concerned to show the difference between it and Lecidella elaeochroma NN7298, Inverness-shire 1/5
December 16, 2024 at 11:55 AM
After recent conversations about Amandinea punctata and Fuscidea lightfootii @peterbraubach.bsky.social @larkinlichen.bsky.social Here's a thread on F. lightfootii, though at the time I was more concerned to show the difference between it and Lecidella elaeochroma NN7298, Inverness-shire 1/5
This looks lije Fuscidea cyathoides. Mousy brown not yellow green.
June 1, 2026 at 9:22 PM
This looks lije Fuscidea cyathoides. Mousy brown not yellow green.
@sueinscotland.bsky.social suggested Fuscidea lightfootii as a differential. My spores are approximately 12,5-14,1 µm x 5,8-5,9 µm. For me this seems to better fit A. punctata. Its in the extremes for F. lightfootii.
What do you think?
What do you think?
December 15, 2024 at 10:08 PM
@sueinscotland.bsky.social suggested Fuscidea lightfootii as a differential. My spores are approximately 12,5-14,1 µm x 5,8-5,9 µm. For me this seems to better fit A. punctata. Its in the extremes for F. lightfootii.
What do you think?
What do you think?