Licheomancy™

Close-up of the lobe tips of Physcia adscendens (aka Hooded Rosette #Lichen)

Flavoparmelia {Greenshield #Lichen}, possibly F. soredians

Physcia, possibly P. aipolia {Hoary Rosette #Lichen}

Peltigera canina {Dog Pelt #Lichen}

Pseudevernia; possibly P. furfuracea (aka Tree Moss - but which is actually #lichen)

Physcia caesia {Blue-gray Rosette Lichen#}

Ramalina #lichen, Possibly R.fastigiata {Dotted Ribbon Lichen}. The spider, idk; don't know much about Araneae. iNat says it's Philodromus, or Running Crab Spiders; ook leuk

Cladonia #lichen; possibly Cladonia floerkeana or something

I'd say Parmotrema #lichen, perhaps P. perlatum; though it's also a bit confusing picture - it looks like a meta-symbiote of a kind, with two different lichen intermixed.

Feathery green moss dusted with pale lichen; possibly Lepraria (appropriately, Dust #Lichen)

The world of Parmelioideae #lichens in b/w

Parmotrema, likely P. reticulatum {Black Sheet #Lichen}

Same story, most likely it's Lecidella #lichen (possibly L. elaeochroma) but could be Amandinea

Coccinella septempunctata {Seven-spotted ladybird} in the vicinity of an outgrowth of Lecidella #lichen (or Buellia, no way to be certain)

The Guardian publishes a large and super-colorful review of this book 'The amazing world of fungi – in pictures' (www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...) More than 20 absolutely stunning pictures of different fungi (mainly from Southern hemisphere), and yes, luckily the one of them is of lichens

Physcia jackii and Teloschistes sieberianus #lichens growing in Australia; these are not my pics but of Stephen Axford, from the recently published book 'Planet Fungi' (by Australian mycologist Tom May). I assume it's mainly about 'fungi' and lichens pop-up only occasionally

2025 Photomicrography Competition View the winning entries from the 2025 Photomicrography Competition

ps: link to all the winners www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

Compared to all these micro-photo champions, own pics look pretty bleak, of course. Oh, well. Let's chose to be inspired and not demotivated ^_^ This is Trentepohlia aurea, or Orange 🧡 Rock Hair, in full bloom (it's not #lichen but alga)

Alas, no #lichen among the finalists of the Nikon's SmallWorld microphotography contest :(

№ 13 is a pretty stunning image of Arcyria major (it's slime mold) releasing spores, by Henri Koskinen from Helsinki U. yet another slime mold - Cribraria purpurea - got IoD (Image of Distinction) award

A tiny Ramalina #lichen (could be R. farinacea, difficult to say because it's too young). The bright orange spots in the background are created by Trentepohlia aurea alga

wow! 🔮

It’s a fairly common Xanthoria parietina (aka Common Sunburst #lichen), though this particular specimen seems to be infected by a certain lichenicolous fungus - which could explain its discoloration and tiny dark spots; perhaps Lichenoconium xanthoriae?

This is a more zoomed-out view of how the lichen grows

Cladonia #lichen (I think it's C. caespiticia, or Stubby-stalked Cladonia)

One more Cladonia #lichen - possibly Cladonia floerkeana

Also Cladonia (possibly Cladonia chlorophaea, or Mealy Pixie Cup #Lichen - intermixed with 'other' Cladonias)

Cladonia #lichen (possibly Cladonia macilenta aka Lipstick Powderhorn Lichen)

It resembles Peltula, eg Peltula euploca. The lichen doesn't grow here in NL but I've seen it in Switzerland - and mainly on rocks

Bright yellow foliose lichen - likely Candelaria concolor - with its tiny frilly lobes covering dark tree bark

Bright yellow patches of Candelaria concolor {aka Candleflame #Lichen}; the close-up picture reveals its almost coral-like surface

Not #lichen (definitely not lichen :) It's a moss, and a very common one. So common that it used to be called just Bryum capillare (from Greek βρύον, brýon - literally 'moss'). It was later split into Rosulabryum capillare, and most recently to Ptychostomum capillare {πτύχη στόμα, folded mouth}