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Urban mosses and lichens of Atlantic Canada

This guide is meant to assist Atlantic Canadians with continuing their natural history explorations through the year, as mosses and lichens (and liverworts!) are some of the few groups that are just as easy to identify in the winter as they are in the summer. There are a broad diversity of ...more ↓

Tree Lungwort 1
Lobaria pulmonaria
Mealy Pixie Cup 2
Cladonia chlorophaea
shield lichen 3
Parmelia sulcata
Globe Ball Lichen 4
Sphaerophorus globosus
Common Sunburst Lichen 5
Xanthoria parietina
Smooth Rock Tripe 6
Umbilicaria mammulata
Mealy Shadow Lichen 7
Phaeophyscia orbicularis
Pink Earth Lichen 8
Dibaeis baeomyces
Textured Lung Lichen 9
Lobaria scrobiculata
Parmotrema crinitum 10
Salted Shield Lichen 11
Parmelia saxatilis
Varied Rag Lichen 10
Platismatia glauca
common greenshield lichen 12
Flavoparmelia caperata
Lipstick Powderhorn 12
Cladonia macilenta
Dragon Horn 13
Cladonia squamosa
Hooded Tube Lichen 10
Hypogymnia physodes
British soldier lichen 14
Cladonia cristatella
freckled pelt lichen 15
Peltigera aphthosa
Candy Lichen 10
Icmadophila ericetorum
gray reindeer lichen
Cladonia rangiferina
yellow map lichen 12
Rhizocarpon geographicum
Bushy beard lichen 16
Usnea strigosa
Thorn Lichen 17
Cladonia uncialis
Smooth Horn Lichen 18
Cladonia gracilis
Oakmoss 10
Evernia prunastri
Treeflute Lichen 19
Menegazzia terebrata
Hooded Rosette Lichen 10
Physcia adscendens
Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen 20
Cladonia stellaris
Common Toadskin Lichen 21
Lasallia papulosa
Bottlebrush Shield Lichen 11
Parmelia squarrosa
scaly pelt lichen 22
Peltigera praetextata
horizontal pelt lichen 12
Peltigera horizontalis
rough speckled shield lichen 16
Punctelia rudecta
Star Rosette Lichen 23
Physcia stellaris
Powdery Goldspeck 11
Candelariella efflorescens
Concentric Ring Lichen 24
Arctoparmelia centrifuga
Trumpet Lichen 25
Cladonia fimbriata
Powder-headed Tube Lichen 26
Hypogymnia tubulosa
peppered pelt lichen 27
Peltigera evansiana
Powdered Funnel Lichen 24
Cladonia cenotea
Sieve Lichen 10
Cladonia multiformis
Chicita's Sea Storm Lichen 28
Cetrelia chicitae
dog pelt lichen 29
Peltigera canina
Tree Jelly 24
Collema subflaccidum
Blue Jellyskin 30
Leptogium cyanescens
Finger-scale Foam 28
Stereocaulon dactylophyllum
Powdered Sunshine Lichen 12
Vulpicida pinastri
Orange-cored Shadow Lichen 31
Phaeophyscia rubropulchra
Crumpled Rag Lichen 27
Platismatia tuckermanii
Boreal Oakmoss 28
Evernia mesomorpha
Sinewed Bushy Lichen 16
Ramalina americana
Boreal Beard Lichen 32
Usnea subfloridana
Salted Starburst Lichen 33
Imshaugia aleurites
Punctured Bushy Lichen 34
Ramalina dilacerata
Abraded Camouflage Lichen 35
Melanelixia subaurifera
Menegazzia subsimilis 28
rosette lichen 36
Physcia millegrana
Smooth-footed Powderhorn 37
Cladonia ochrochlora
Shaggy-fringe Lichen 16
Anaptychia palmulata
Finger Ring Lichen 28
Arctoparmelia incurva
Fishnet Cladonia 38
Cladonia boryi
Giant Cladonia Lichen 39
Cladonia maxima
rim lichen 40
Lecanora conizaeoides
Eastern Ragged-rim Lichen
Loxospora ochrophaea
Fringed Kidney Lichen 10
Nephroma helveticum
Black-bordered Shingle Lichen 41
Parmeliella triptophylla
Bronzed Pixie Lichen 32
Cladonia gracilis turbinata
Reindeer Lichen 42
Cladonia arbuscula
Lesser Rocktripe 11
Umbilicaria muhlenbergii
Pseudocyphellaria holarctica 11
Blue Felt Lichen 11
Pectenia plumbea
Smooth Lungwort 16
Ricasolia quercizans
Pixie Cup Lichens 43
Cladonia

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