Captured during summer 2024
Found on the forest floor in the mother bog
Found on the forest floor in the Bamfield mother bog. This species is extensively branched with a small reddish-brown coloration at the tips of the lichen. It is most often found in Canadian boreal forests, but can also be located in temperate regions.
Lives on wet substrates like logs. Yellow green shoots, irregularly branched and erect. Toothed margin on leaves.
Asymmetric oblong leaves, glossy, erect-spreading, 1-2mm wide. Thin and dense mats observed.