Help with Lichen Identifications Please.

[Lancashire Lad]

I found these today whilst out fungi hunting. I know virtually nothing about Lichens, and would appreciate any help towards possible ID's.

1...............................2................. ..............3................................4.. ............................5..................... .........6................................7....... .......................8


Regards
Mike.

[CapAndBracket]

Well its novices together here.
i think 2and 3 are Cladonia.sp
6 a Xanthoria.sp
7 a Usnea.sp


Cheers J.P.

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by CapAndBracket

Well its novices together here.
i think 2and 3 are Cladonia.sp
6 a Xanthoria.sp
7 a Usnea.sp


Cheers J.P.

You've gone for the easier families - same as me

I was thinking that 6 might be Xanthoria parietina ?

Regards
Mike.

[CapAndBracket]

4-5 i'm wondering maybe Parmotrema perlatum.(maybe)

Cheers J.P.

[AlanS]

1. Interesting, might be Candelariella coralliza, which grows on acid rocks where birds perch, such as at the highest point of a dry-stone wall. Not very common.

2. Yes, a Cladonia. Critical features not visible, but most likely C. diversa, which will have minute, bright red dots (pycnidia) around the rims of the cups (and, when fruiting, large, bright red lumpy bits (apothecia). The general shape, colour and surface features are all correct for this species. (Alternatively it could be C. chlorophaea, cannot tell for certain from the photo.)

3. This is good Cladonia chlorophaea - brown dots around the margins of the cups, which are narrowed into the cylindrical stalks. There are several similar species but the characters seem clear here.

4. Yes, I agree this is Parmotrema perlatum.

5. Parmelia sulcata. (White flecks, "pseudocyphellae", on the lobe surfaces rule out Parmotrema.)

6. Yes, Xanthoria parietina.

7. Usnea subfloridana. Note the black base to the main stem.

8. There are a LOT of these 'Lecidea' type lichens on rocks, and without microscopic examination it can be difficult to put them even to genus. The rather yellowish thallus and the very convex apothecia might mean this is identifiable, but if so, it is not one I know. Whenever I photograph this group, I usually find the apothecia are immature and unidentifiable anyway.

Alan

[oxycera]

I'm a moss novice, but just in case you might be interested, I think the one in 2 may be Polytrichum piliferum and in 3, Ceratodon purpureus

[Lancashire Lad]

Fantastic responses

Thanks everyone, much appreciated.

I hope that you all won't mind too much if I ask you again, next time I find some interesting Lichens?

The problem is that I love to see these things, but will never be anything other than a complete novice on most of them.

Wild flowers, grasses, sedges, fungi, trees, lichens, mosses, ferns, liverworts, algae.... there is no end to the diversity of what's on our very own doorstep.

Best regards
Mike.

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by oxycera

I'm a moss novice, but just in case you might be interested, I think the one in 2 may be Polytrichum piliferum and in 3, Ceratodon purpureus

Thanks for the heads up on the mosses oxycera, you've reminded me that I have a couple for ID. I'll get them up loaded asap.

Regards
Mike.

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by oxycera

I'm a moss novice, but just in case you might be interested, I think the one in 2 may be Polytrichum piliferum and in 3, Ceratodon purpureus

hi

I think 3 is also Polytrichum piliferum . . . in 2 you can see the 'male inflorescences' and in 3 the developing sporophytes

Chris

[oxycera]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

hi

I think 3 is also Polytrichum piliferum . . . in 2 you can see the 'male inflorescences' and in 3 the developing sporophytes

Chris

I see what you mean, thanks for that