Orange Sand Lichen

KeenTeen17 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-01-2009, 07:18 PM

What is this orange lichen. It was growing next to a tree stump that was sandy around the base because it was next to the brook.

mollisia · #2 (**permalink**) 05-01-2009, 07:57 PM

Hi,

this is no lichen, I would think.
It looks like the start of the ozonium some Coprinus species have, e.g. Coprinus domesticus.

best regards,
Andreas

KeenTeen17 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-01-2009, 07:59 PM

thanks. Its the area I would expect to find coprinus because it was near a dead tree branch log thing

Chris Yeates · #4 (**permalink**) 05-01-2009, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

thanks. Its the area I would expect to find coprinus because it was near a dead tree branch log thing

I agree about the Ozonium; but don't forget that you can also 'expect to find' Coprinus species on sedge and rush litter; kitchen refuse; grass stems and leaves; burnt ground; soil; dung; even on the damp stuffing of a couch in a Yorkshire hospital (Coprinus kimurae)!

they're everywhere KT!!

cheers

Chris