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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 ↓

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Mealy Pixie Cup ¹
Cladonia chlorophaea

shield lichen ²
Parmelia sulcata

Globe Ball Lichen ³
Sphaerophorus globosus

Parmotrema crinitum ⁴

Salted Shield Lichen ⁵
Parmelia saxatilis

Varied Rag Lichen ⁴
Platismatia glauca

common greenshield lichen ⁶
Flavoparmelia caperata

Lipstick Powderhorn ⁶
Cladonia macilenta

Dragon Horn ⁷
Cladonia squamosa

Hooded Tube Lichen ⁴
Hypogymnia physodes

British soldier lichen ⁸
Cladonia cristatella

gray reindeer lichen
Cladonia rangiferina

Bushy beard lichen ⁹
Usnea strigosa

Thorn Lichen ¹⁰
Cladonia uncialis

Smooth Horn Lichen ¹¹
Cladonia gracilis

Oakmoss ⁴
Evernia prunastri

Treeflute Lichen ¹²
Menegazzia terebrata

Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen ¹³
Cladonia stellaris

Bottlebrush Shield Lichen ⁵
Parmelia squarrosa

rough speckled shield lichen ⁹
Punctelia rudecta

Concentric Ring Lichen ¹⁴
Arctoparmelia centrifuga

Trumpet Lichen ¹⁵
Cladonia fimbriata

Powder-headed Tube Lichen ¹⁶
Hypogymnia tubulosa

Powdered Funnel Lichen ¹⁴
Cladonia cenotea

Sieve Lichen ⁴
Cladonia multiformis

Chicita's Sea Storm Lichen ¹⁷
Cetrelia chicitae

Finger-scale Foam ¹⁷
Stereocaulon dactylophyllum

Powdered Sunshine Lichen ⁶
Vulpicida pinastri

Crumpled Rag Lichen ¹⁸
Platismatia tuckermanii

Boreal Oakmoss ¹⁷
Evernia mesomorpha

Sinewed Bushy Lichen ⁹
Ramalina americana

Boreal Beard Lichen ¹⁹
Usnea subfloridana

Salted Starburst Lichen ²⁰
Imshaugia aleurites

Punctured Bushy Lichen ²¹
Ramalina dilacerata

Abraded Camouflage Lichen ²²
Melanelixia subaurifera

Menegazzia subsimilis ¹⁷

Smooth-footed Powderhorn ²³
Cladonia ochrochlora

Finger Ring Lichen ¹⁷
Arctoparmelia incurva

Fishnet Cladonia ²⁴
Cladonia boryi

Giant Cladonia Lichen ²⁵
Cladonia maxima

rim lichen ²⁶
Lecanora conizaeoides

Bronzed Pixie Lichen ¹⁹
Cladonia gracilis turbinata

Reindeer Lichen ²⁷
Cladonia arbuscula

Pixie Cup Lichens ²⁸
Cladonia

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Urban mosses and lichens of Atlantic Canada

Mealy Pixie Cup 1 Cladonia chlorophaea

shield lichen 2 Parmelia sulcata

Globe Ball Lichen 3 Sphaerophorus globosus

Parmotrema crinitum 4

Salted Shield Lichen 5 Parmelia saxatilis

Varied Rag Lichen 4 Platismatia glauca

common greenshield lichen 6 Flavoparmelia caperata

Lipstick Powderhorn 6 Cladonia macilenta

Dragon Horn 7 Cladonia squamosa

Hooded Tube Lichen 4 Hypogymnia physodes

British soldier lichen 8 Cladonia cristatella

gray reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiferina

Bushy beard lichen 9 Usnea strigosa

Thorn Lichen 10 Cladonia uncialis

Smooth Horn Lichen 11 Cladonia gracilis

Oakmoss 4 Evernia prunastri

Treeflute Lichen 12 Menegazzia terebrata

Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen 13 Cladonia stellaris

Bottlebrush Shield Lichen 5 Parmelia squarrosa

rough speckled shield lichen 9 Punctelia rudecta

Concentric Ring Lichen 14 Arctoparmelia centrifuga

Trumpet Lichen 15 Cladonia fimbriata

Powder-headed Tube Lichen 16 Hypogymnia tubulosa

Powdered Funnel Lichen 14 Cladonia cenotea

Sieve Lichen 4 Cladonia multiformis

Chicita's Sea Storm Lichen 17 Cetrelia chicitae

Finger-scale Foam 17 Stereocaulon dactylophyllum

Powdered Sunshine Lichen 6 Vulpicida pinastri

Crumpled Rag Lichen 18 Platismatia tuckermanii

Boreal Oakmoss 17 Evernia mesomorpha

Sinewed Bushy Lichen 9 Ramalina americana

Boreal Beard Lichen 19 Usnea subfloridana

Salted Starburst Lichen 20 Imshaugia aleurites

Punctured Bushy Lichen 21 Ramalina dilacerata

Abraded Camouflage Lichen 22 Melanelixia subaurifera

Menegazzia subsimilis 17

Smooth-footed Powderhorn 23 Cladonia ochrochlora

Finger Ring Lichen 17 Arctoparmelia incurva

Fishnet Cladonia 24 Cladonia boryi

Giant Cladonia Lichen 25 Cladonia maxima

rim lichen 26 Lecanora conizaeoides

Bronzed Pixie Lichen 19 Cladonia gracilis turbinata

Reindeer Lichen 27 Cladonia arbuscula

Pixie Cup Lichens 28 Cladonia