SUGAR MAPLE AT SLATE RUN
–click a lichen or moss to see it closeup–

SRMP Maple Tree
Punctelia missouriensis Frullania eboracensis Physcia millegrana and Punctelia missouriensis Punctelia missouriensis Orthotrichum stellatum and Frullania eboracensis Punctelia, Phaeophyscia and Pyxine Orthotrichum in a sea of Frullania Frullania eboracensis Candelariella efflorescens Frullania eboracensis Phaeophyscia rubropulchra Pyxine subcinerea and Punctelia missouriensis Phaeophyscia rubropulchra Punctelia missouriensis Frullania eboracensis Flavoparmelia caperata Pyxine subcinerea Platygyrium repens Punctelia missouriensis Punctelia missouriensis Orthotrichum Parmotrema reticulatum Punctelia missouriensis Punctelia missouriensis Parmotrema hypotropum Frullania eboracensis Flavoparmelia caperata Punctelia missouriensis

Punctelia missouriensis

A large-lobed gray foliose lichen with pseudocyphellae and lobules.

Frullania eboracensis

 A leafy liverwort.

Physcia millegrana and Punctelia missouriensis

The very fine-lobed lichen is mealy rosette lichen, Physcia millegrana.

Punctelia missouriensis

A large-lobed gray foliose lichen with pseudocyphellae and lobules.

Orthotrichum stellatum and Frullania eboracensis

A bristle moss. The species are challenging to identify.

Punctelia, Phaeophyscia and Pyxine

A trio of foliose lichens.

Orthotrichum in a sea of Frullania

Kind of rude, dontcha think, Orthotrichum, growing right on top of this innocent liverwort?

Frullania eboracensis

Frullania eboracensis is so common it's called "Frullania e-boring-censis."

Candelariella efflorescens

A crustose lichen that is most often "sterile" (lacking apothecia).

Frullania eboracensis

A lovely leafy!

Phaeophyscia rubropulchra

Phaeophyscia rubropulchra and Frullania and Orthotrichum

Pyxine subcinerea and Punctelia missouriensis

This is mostly Pyxine, but see the Punctelia at 10 o'clock!

Phaeophyscia rubropulchra

Phaeophyscia rubropulchra with a bit of Candelariella efflorescens.

Punctelia missouriensis

A large-lobed gray foliose lichen with pseudocyphellae and lobules.

Frullania eboracensis

Frullania is leafy, complicate-bilobed, with the lower lobes modified into pitchers.

Flavoparmelia caperata

Flavoparmelia caperata is yellow-green thanks to usnic acid.

Pyxine subcinerea

Pyxine subcinerea is pruinose.

Platygyrium repens

Platygyrium repens is a dingy looking moss that is more often found on logs.

Punctelia missouriensis

A large-lobed gray foliose lichen with pseudocyphellae and lobules.

Punctelia missouriensis

This old specimen seems dead in the middle.
A large-lobed gray foliose lichen with pseudocyphellae and lobules.

Orthotrichum

A bristle moss, as yet unidentified.

Parmotrema reticulatum

Ruffles with a dark undersurface all the way to the lobe margin.

Punctelia missouriensis

Gray greatness!

Punctelia missouriensis

A closeup showing lobules and coarse soredia.

Parmotrema hypotropum

Ruffles, with a broad white marginal zone beneath the lobes.

Frullania eboracensis

Frullania sounds like the name of a country. I want to move there!

Flavoparmelia caperata

Common greenshield has a distinctive color.

Punctelia missouriensis

A large-lobed gray foliose lichen with pseudocyphellae and lobules.