A casual lichen foray part 3: Yellow and orange foliose species
How could we wait until the third post to highlight the lichens that brighten up Chickakoo! Maybe because we need to take better local images. From the size of a dinner plate to lobes less than a millimeter across, these sunny species are a pleasure to learn.
Flavopunctelia flaventior Yellow-green, white dotted lobes with coarse soredia. Sometimes difficult to discriminate from the co-occurring F. soredica. Many large, lovely thalli to be found.
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Xanthomendoza fallax The nest-like, crescent-shaped soralia that arise between the two layers of the lichen are unique.
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Xanthomendoza hasseana/montana If it is orange, apotheciate, and has white rhizines, it goes here. Beyond that - genetic work is ongoing to determine if we've identified these two similar species correctly.
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Candelaria pacifica Teeny, tiny, verging on crustose, with ascending lobes.
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