Vouauxiella lichenicola on L.chlarotera

Not from Fife this one, but a lichenocolous fungus which starts its work around the rim of the epithecium

Cullaloe Epiphytes - Birch

INTRO
Birches at Cullaloe don't have a great deal of lichens on them - most of what is there is on young branches/twigs. A characteristic species is Lecanora symmicta, which is seemingly present on every twig axil.

EPIPHYTIC LICHENS

Lecanora chlarotera

Lecanora symmicta

apothecia orange with bleach

Lecidella elaeochroma

Rinodina sophodes

sandwiched between L.symmicta

Epiphytes of Cullaloe - Hawthorn

EPIPHYTIC LICHENS

Arthonia radiata

Evernia prunastri

Hypogymnia physodes

Hypogymnia tubulosa

Lecanora chlarotera

bottom

Lecidella elaeochroma

top

Melanelixia subaurifera

Parmelia sulcata

Platismatia glauca

Physcia tenella

Physcia adscendens

Ramalina farinacea

Xanthoria parietina

Epihphytes of Cullaloe - Rowan (Mountain Ash)

WINTER ROWAN BRANCH

EPIPHYTIC LICHENS

Arthonia radiata

Lecanora chlarotera

Lecidella elochroma

Xanthoria parietina

Epiphytes of Cullaloe - Horse Chestnut

WINTER HORSE CHESTNUT BRANCH

EPIPHYTIC LICHENS

Arthonia radiata

Evernia prunastri

Lecanora chlarotera

Lecidella eleochroma

Parmelia sulcata

Physcia adscendens

Physcia tenella

Xanthoria parietina

Epiphytes of Cullaloe - Ash, Fraxinus excelsior

The smooth bark of Ash makes for pretty lichens. A characteristic species on Ash at Cullaloe is Arthonia radiata, which can cover large areas.

WINTER ASH BRANCH

EPIPHYTIC LICHENS

Arthonia radiata

Opegrapha atra

Lecanora chlarotera

L.chlarotera - top

Lecidella eleochroma

L.eleochroma - bottom

Physcia tenella

Xanthoria parietina

Lichen modelling

Found while looking for links between lichen growth and fractals, this is an interesting paper on modelling lichens in computer graphics, in order to "enhance the realism of any natural scene". Certainly it's hard to look around outside without seeing a lichen somewhere.

http://liris.cnrs.fr/Documents/Liris-1914.pdf

Lomond Hills Reservoirs, Xanthoparmelia loxodes

A nice morning in the most and easterly wind around the Lomond Hills reservoirs. I managed to mostly dodge the rain, though I did have a bit of a trudge back to the car with my hood up.

Xanthoparmelia loxodes. This one took me some time since I started from the false premise that is was a Melania type. I had to back off to the broader Parmelia group key in Dobson to finally get there.

Verrucaria mucosa, Kinghorn

A nice one from Kinghorn below high water mark, this slimy looking Verrucaria mucosa with a nice pale prothallus, a very smooth, continuous thallus surface and small warty pycnidia