@aspenecology.comExcited to be in Diss on Norfolk/Suffolk border for @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social and @norfolknats.bsky.social joint conference on ‘Recording for Nature Recovery’. Flying flag for ecologically vital but hugely overlooked and under-recorded world of #lichens! Thanks to SNS and NNNS for organising.
@lawrencelighthill.bsky.socialPhoto taken October 3, 2026, of what looks like a flowering shrub called Mountain Pride. It was growing on a rock outcropping with some colorful lichens covering the rock. Also, some Native Nations used it for medicinal purposes. #photography #nature #shrubs #FungiFriends #fungi #lichens #landback
@gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gyI've grown tired of learning new things about myself through the boundless joys (/s) of extended burnout. On a far brighter note, however, I've just learned about #lichens, and now the many spots and growths on rocks and trees and things that I've seen my entire life, but never thought too much […]
@lawrencelighthill.bsky.socialPhoto taken October 3, 2026, of a pine tree branch with some lichens growing on it. #photography #nature #FungiFriends #fungi #lichens
@mothfluencer.bsky.socialYou know, we should probably reproduce. What do you say algae? Let’s gather together some of your cells with my fungal filaments into soredia and see if the wind will blow them to that tree. It looks like it could use some Rosette Lichen. Fun!
#NonHumanNeighbours #Fungi #Lichens #Nature #Photography
@piotrgasiorowski.bsky.socialPolytrichum piliferum (bristly haircap moss), in the third photo accompanied by Cetraria aculeata (spiny Iceland lichen). Koziegłowy, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#mosses #mchy #bBryophyta #lichens #porosty #fungi #grzyby #bryology #lichenology #mycology
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@aspenecology.comLooking forward to welcoming my tutees for this weekend's 'Lichens for beginners' course at FSC Epping Forest. The classroom is ready, the weather is sunny and warm, and the secret world of #lichens awaits its newest explorers! @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social @britishlichensociety.org.uk #lichenGBI
@lawrencelighthill.bsky.socialPhoto taken September 26, 2026, of a chert rock with some colorful lichens on it. #photography #nature #Rocks #FungiFriends #fungi #lichens
@princetonupress.bsky.socialA photographic field guide to the lichens commonly found in the southeastern uplands of the United States.
Common Lichens of the Upland Southeast by James Lendemer and Jason P. Hollinger is out now!
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@minnesotaseasons.bsky.socialLuciearl uploaded 1 photos of Sinewed Bushy Lichen 9/28/2026.
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@petravergunst.bsky.social#Churchyard #lichens at Kirkton of Tealing, #Angus. Many species indicating #sandstone and more nutrient-rich conditions. Flavoparmelia caperata on the northern edge of its range. Miriquidica leucophaea standing out as a #bioindicator of acidic #rock.
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@aspenecology.comContinuing #marine #lichens theme below. This is Lichina pygmaea. Found in #barnacle zone between high and low tide. Tolerates long periods of saltwater immersion. Distinguished from L confinis by flattened branchlets but also position: L confinis found in splash zone above high-tide line. Scotland.
@aspenecology.comJoin me on the weekend of 3 & 4 October for my 'Lichens for beginners' course at FSC Epping Forest! #Lichens are a secret world all around you: curiously beautiful, ecologically vital, unique on Earth...and totally overlooked. Let's explore it together! www.field-studies-council.org/courses-and-...
@petravergunst.bsky.socialHypogymnia tubulosa and Physcia tenella on a cone at the @wtscotsocial.bsky.social reserve #Moncreiiffe Hill.
Want to learn to identify these species? The distance learning #course #Lichens on #Trees starts Monday 28 September.
@petravergunst.bsky.socialThe next start date for the four week Field Studies Council course Discovering #Lichens is 6 October. The #webinars tend to be particularly enriching.
#scottishlichens #britishlichensociety #lichenfriends #fungifriends #naturalhistory #biodiversity
@aspenecology.comLovely day out exploring #lichens of an old chalk pit in Creeting St Mary Pits SSSI with @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social! Many thanks for the kind words @timholtwilson.bsky.social and for your excellent company on the lichen walk. Very pleased you enjoyed it!
@aliennextdoor.bsky.socialScholarly lichen: when a lichen writes... #writing #lichens #scriptlichen #ecology #crustose #lichen #Graphisscripta themeaningofwater.com/2025/04/12/s...