by Moewing | Mar 27, 2021
Frilly Drawers or Helmut Sunburst Lichen (Xanthomendoza galericulata) (Teloshistaceae family) is a foliose lichen with a distinct dark orange color. Using a handlens, one can ID X. galericulata by its soredia particulates clustered into “helmut-shapped” soralia. This...
by Moewing | Mar 27, 2021
Egg Yolk Lichen (Candelariella rosulans) in the Candelariaceae family, can be a bit variable in appearance, ranging from rosulate to lobate to squamulose but almost always distinguishable from other Candelariella species by its thick, convex thallus and broad spores....