These are all rescued lichens, picked up from the ground on our property, then attached to the blades of this twin whirligig.
These have all been here for some months, since last winter, and all appear to be quite alive.
There are advantages to this method of saving the lichens, as opposed to attaching them to tree bark or rock, as on this whirligig no squirrel nor bird can dislodge them by accident or intent, which was a continual problem with my previous efforts to rescue lichens.
observed earlier this season: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212652051
Can anyone ID the host species of lichen this lichenicolous fungus, which parasitizes lichens, is eating?
On exposed rock in oak woods; thanks to @mhodges1957 for: "Creamy thallus rimose-continuous, mature disks with black rims, immature disks lecanorine", and UV+ yellow-orange thallus. So pleased to see the creamy-tone thallus with faint but bright yellow cast to thallus, plus some young apothecia, also the golden glow shown in some photos with 365nm UV light, the same lichen on the same rock as inaturalist.org/observations/197599934 (seen in last photo on each) which @gillydilly very generously showed @sammyisafuzzydog & me – awesome rock with its native community! A highlight of my day.
unusual fronds on several of these along the Skyline Trail
growing in a mixed oak forest along a ridge trail, leaves with bristle-tipped lobes and stellate hairs on the undersides. No. 871017009.
See also: See also: https:floranorthamerica.org/Quercus_velutina
The Dean Trail Cali Sword Fern. Wow it got big while I was gone.
• non-isidiate
• has apothecia
For the Salted Starburst Lichen (Imshaugia aleurites), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/223467367
growing on a slope near the edge of a trail on an old pioneer railroad ROW, rachis not winged between the lowest two pinnae pairs. No. 871014012.
See also: https://michiganflora.net/genus/Phegopteris
and
http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Phegopteris_connectilis
? Seems like a mix of carthusiana and intermedia characters — proximal basiscopic pinnules long, but abundant glandular hairs on rachis
Photos cropped, then full size
For the Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/221939866
For the Crawfish Lichen (Ochrolechia parella), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/221939841
On periodically inundated siliceous rock in the Haw River.
Edit 19 June 2024
other observations
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178875962
I decided to submit this observation because of the interesting way in which the cracks of the thallus, when covered with water, retained bubbles of air (last two photos).
On the upper, horizontal surface of a silicious rock that is frequently inundated by the waters of the Haw River.
Spotted on a New York Mycological Society mushroom walk by another member
Along a walkway . Spikelets have awns
photos 1, 2, 3, 4 = desiccated condition
photos 5, 6 = hydrated condition
On periodically inundated siliceous bedrock in the Haw River.
There are no dark bearded tufts associated with the lichen, as there would be with Psorula rufonigra.
Edit, 19 June 2024
Accompanied by:
Lower on the same rock were
Also on the rock (if I recall correctly)
Agave ovatifolia x flexispina
Tide in; for tide out, four and a half hours later, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/220363771
growing in an active land slide area, stem pubescent on angles with spreading hairs, leaves narrow, less than 5 mm wide. No. 870912019.
See also: https://michiganflora.net/record/1586
and
https://michiganflora.net/genus/Pycnanthemum
For the Common Malachite-Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus): inaturalist.org/observations/220095301
For adjacent Velvetgrass (Holcus lanatus), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/220112861
growing in an upland mixed oak forest, glandular hairs present. No. 870912010.
See also: https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/Eurybia/macrophylla/
growing along the edges of the upland oak forest. No. 870912005.
See also: https://michiganflora.net/record/358
growing in an upland forest near the edge of the bridle trail. No. 870911019.
See also: http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Agrostis_perennans
growing in a crack in the sidewalk near a brick building, densely tufted annual with toothed and glandular margins. No. 870905001.
See also:
http://floranorthamerica.org/Eragrostis_cilianensis
No sori present, nor any indication they will be produced (no nascent sori).
Cold air flows out of the adjacent boulder slope, creating a microclimate particularly suitable for this plant along the Greenbrier River Trail. Elevation approx.1850'.