Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 8hYoung Protoparmeliopsis muralis #lichen can be easily confused with Diploicia canescens - and this was very young one, what you see is barely one cm in size 061
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 18hThe #lichen was growing on a top of wooden pole, in fact on the very tip of the pyramidal top of the poke (this photo doesn't quite show the structure). It seems to be Trapeliopsis, possibly T. flexuosa, maybe T. granulosa (they are called 'veenkorst' in Dutch, peat lichens) 130
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Circinaria contorta #lichen, on a concrete slab 060
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026My guess would be Athallia holocarpa (ex-Caloplaca holocarpa), aka Firedot #Lichen. They are known as 'muurzonnetjes' in Dutch, literally 'suns of the walls' - but Dutch diminutive suffix '-tje' make it 'tiny suns' (also 'cute suns'), the overtones that are difficult to easily convey in English 050
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Protoparmeliopsis muralis #lichen, this time not on a stone wall but on a wooden pole 0194
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026What a #lichen day without Xanthoria parietina, #2,273 070
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026What a #lichen day without Xanthoria parietina, #2,272 0101
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Parmotrema perlatum #lichen on a piece of the fallen branch... 190
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026A new colony of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) growing on a scorched tree; these are not #lichens, I know :) 050
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026A close-up show it's likely Candelaria concolor (coincidentally known as Candleflame #Lichen) 040
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Fortunately there's some good news too - on some trees I spotted what looks like new Candelaria growth. The older lichen seems to be gone, but these tiny yellow lobes look healthy 150
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026#Lichen -wise, it's not so positive, though - majority of what I've seen are dead, gone in ashes like this ex-Parmelia 140
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026An update from our local heathland, six months after the terrible fire (tinyurl.com/2v6c8kk2). Life is gradually reclaiming the heath back - new green shoots of grass and new shrubs are seen everywhere. Not everything has recovered, but many trees have - we saw new shoots from their bases 150
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This Punctelia #lichen is actually also on the forest floor, growing on a piece of recently fallen branch; seems to be P.subrudecta 060
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The green-and-white mosaic on the branching podetia of this Cladonia, created by the clusters of algal cells seen through the surface 0112
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026A patch of Cladonia #lichen on the damp and mossy autumn forest floor. Possibly C. portentosa (can't rule out C. furcata, though, or other similar 'reindeer' Cladonia's - perhaps there are Jedi here who can) 1200
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dense carpet of small, leaf-like scales of Cladonia #lichen (they are called basal squamules). It's likely Cladonia pyxidata though it could be the usual Cladonia somethingelse. The two objects in the bottom-left corner are a pair of pine needles (also used here for scale) 050
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Caps of Cladonia #lichen (possibly Cladonia fimbriata ) 0103
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Close-up: the inner world you can easily see with just an average 5 euro loupe; in fact it can bring even more alive and immersive experience 060
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What a #lichen day without Xanthoria parietina? 0120
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Close-up of the Flavoparmelia #lichen (possibly F. soredians): overlapping lobes densely covered with granular soralia merge into a nearly continuous crust 080
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Cladonia #lichen - and of course I noticed this cute tiny bug (Acalypta parvula, or Moss Lacebug) only at home, when working with the image :( The bug is sitting at the base of the lichen stalk, in the lower-left corner; in Dutch they are called 'mosnetwants' - moss net bugs 1153
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Too much stress at my 'real' work (lichen is a hobby); or too much stress from too little work - the flow of projects has declined drastically this year :( Still try to take pics of #lichen - fewer, but still. I actually find much consolation in it; just don't share them here lately #Cladonia 1501
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026#Lichen 'carpets' (mainly Lecidella, some Lecanora) 0111
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026More #lichens from the burned heide (bsky.app/profile/lich...) I think itwas Punctelia of a kind 041
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Some #lichens from the burn heide (bsky.app/profile/lich...); not sure if they survived the fire or not, need to visit the site again and take better pics 051
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Our nearest - and most beloved - heathland (heide in Dutch), almost entirely burned after the recent fires caused by military training. One of the ways war knocks at our door, not with explosions (yet), but as a scorched landscape where we used to have lovely walks just yesterday 050
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Every time when I take pictures of decent (=easily ID-able) lichens on stones, I later regret not taking out a loupe - there is almost always another lichen (or a few) lurking nearby. Same here: I noticed only Lecanora (bsky.app/profile/lich...) but at home spotted another lichen - Sarcogyne I guess 0111
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Looks like Lecanora (Rim #Lichens), possibly Lecanora campestris, on sandstone in Limburg 060
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Bagliettoa, possibly Bagliettoa calciseda (a type of #lichen -forming fungi) 020
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026My favorite so far in the endless series 'Something Completely Covered by Lichen': a pair of sneakers totally swamped in Diploschistes muscorum (appropriately known as Cowpie #Lichen) 0163
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026The lid of a plastic garbage container is dotted with lichens that skilfully use its reinforcing ribs and curves as footholds; mostly Physcia this time 081
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Lichens almost completely covered the painted meal tube; mainly Xanthoria, with a few other species mixed in 070
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026About the limits of my skills: whatever I try, it still looks like a dark, inconspicuous spot on a stone. I guess it’s Verrucaria #lichen (V. nigrescens ?); adding a close-up pic 040
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026#Lichen potpourri: The bright orange is likely Sidewalk Firedot Lichen (Xanthocarpia), the whitish-rim apothecia are probably of Myriolecis (M. dispersa). There is an interesting lichen in the upper-left corner - Catillaria? As always, there were more (plus Verrucaria; Verrucaria is always nearby) 030
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Lecidella stigmatea {Rock Disk #Lichen}, on a sandstone in Limburg; ~ 20mm wide 070
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026A small, twisted tree with unusually long branches, almost completely clothed in lichens, as a kind of old laced dress. There are, of course, many lichens at work here, but the most dominant in this case is Hypotrachyna (mainly H. revoluta from what I've seen) 0253
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Flavoparmelia caperata {Common Greenshield #Lichen} on old birch 092
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026#Lichen -wise, it seems to be Hypotrachyna, possibly H. afrorevoluta. But when I looked more carefully back at home, the main question became WHAT THE BEETLE? Know very little about beetles, it looks like one of the 'click beetles' (Elateridae), but I can’t narrow down much further 292
Licheomancy™ @licheomancy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Cladonia #lichen, may be C. squamosa or C. digitata, such squamule clumps are typical for many species. My question was more about these bright orange patches I found nearby. I’m not sure if these are signs of infection or just normal aging. Or reaction to extremely dry weather we have lately? 031
