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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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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

Mealy Shadow Lichen ⁶
Phaeophyscia orbicularis

Textured Lung Lichen ⁷
Lobaria scrobiculata

Parmotrema crinitum ⁸

Salted Shield Lichen ⁹
Parmelia saxatilis

Varied Rag Lichen ⁸
Platismatia glauca

common greenshield lichen ¹⁰
Flavoparmelia caperata

Lipstick Powderhorn ¹⁰
Cladonia macilenta

Dragon Horn ¹¹
Cladonia squamosa

Hooded Tube Lichen ⁸
Hypogymnia physodes

British soldier lichen ¹²
Cladonia cristatella

freckled pelt lichen ¹³
Peltigera aphthosa

gray reindeer lichen
Cladonia rangiferina

yellow map lichen ¹⁰
Rhizocarpon geographicum

Bushy beard lichen ¹⁴
Usnea strigosa

Thorn Lichen ¹⁵
Cladonia uncialis

Smooth Horn Lichen ¹⁶
Cladonia gracilis

Oakmoss ⁸
Evernia prunastri

Treeflute Lichen ¹⁷
Menegazzia terebrata

Hooded Rosette Lichen ⁸
Physcia adscendens

Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen ¹⁸
Cladonia stellaris

Bottlebrush Shield Lichen ⁹
Parmelia squarrosa

scaly pelt lichen ¹⁹
Peltigera praetextata

horizontal pelt lichen ¹⁰
Peltigera horizontalis

rough speckled shield lichen ¹⁴
Punctelia rudecta

Star Rosette Lichen ²⁰
Physcia stellaris

Concentric Ring Lichen ²¹
Arctoparmelia centrifuga

Trumpet Lichen ²²
Cladonia fimbriata

Powder-headed Tube Lichen ²³
Hypogymnia tubulosa

peppered pelt lichen ²⁴
Peltigera evansiana

Powdered Funnel Lichen ²¹
Cladonia cenotea

Sieve Lichen ⁸
Cladonia multiformis

Chicita's Sea Storm Lichen ²⁵
Cetrelia chicitae

dog pelt lichen ²⁶
Peltigera canina

Tree Jelly ²¹
Collema subflaccidum

Blue Jellyskin ²⁷
Leptogium cyanescens

Finger-scale Foam ²⁵
Stereocaulon dactylophyllum

Powdered Sunshine Lichen ¹⁰
Vulpicida pinastri

Orange-cored Shadow Lichen ²⁸
Phaeophyscia rubropulchra

Crumpled Rag Lichen ²⁴
Platismatia tuckermanii

Boreal Oakmoss ²⁵
Evernia mesomorpha

Sinewed Bushy Lichen ¹⁴
Ramalina americana

Boreal Beard Lichen ²⁹
Usnea subfloridana

Salted Starburst Lichen ³⁰
Imshaugia aleurites

Punctured Bushy Lichen ³¹
Ramalina dilacerata

Abraded Camouflage Lichen ³²
Melanelixia subaurifera

Menegazzia subsimilis ²⁵

rosette lichen ³³
Physcia millegrana

Smooth-footed Powderhorn ³⁴
Cladonia ochrochlora

Shaggy-fringe Lichen ¹⁴
Anaptychia palmulata

Finger Ring Lichen ²⁵
Arctoparmelia incurva

Fishnet Cladonia ³⁵
Cladonia boryi

Giant Cladonia Lichen ³⁶
Cladonia maxima

rim lichen ³⁷
Lecanora conizaeoides

Fringed Kidney Lichen ⁸
Nephroma helveticum

Black-bordered Shingle Lichen ³⁸
Parmeliella triptophylla

Bronzed Pixie Lichen ²⁹
Cladonia gracilis turbinata

Reindeer Lichen ³⁹
Cladonia arbuscula

Pseudocyphellaria holarctica ⁹

Blue Felt Lichen ⁹
Pectenia plumbea

Smooth Lungwort ¹⁴
Ricasolia quercizans

Pixie Cup Lichens ⁴⁰
Cladonia

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Urban mosses and lichens of Atlantic Canada

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

Mealy Shadow Lichen 6 Phaeophyscia orbicularis

Textured Lung Lichen 7 Lobaria scrobiculata

Parmotrema crinitum 8

Salted Shield Lichen 9 Parmelia saxatilis

Varied Rag Lichen 8 Platismatia glauca

common greenshield lichen 10 Flavoparmelia caperata

Lipstick Powderhorn 10 Cladonia macilenta

Dragon Horn 11 Cladonia squamosa

Hooded Tube Lichen 8 Hypogymnia physodes

British soldier lichen 12 Cladonia cristatella

freckled pelt lichen 13 Peltigera aphthosa

gray reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiferina

yellow map lichen 10 Rhizocarpon geographicum

Bushy beard lichen 14 Usnea strigosa

Thorn Lichen 15 Cladonia uncialis

Smooth Horn Lichen 16 Cladonia gracilis

Oakmoss 8 Evernia prunastri

Treeflute Lichen 17 Menegazzia terebrata

Hooded Rosette Lichen 8 Physcia adscendens

Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen 18 Cladonia stellaris

Bottlebrush Shield Lichen 9 Parmelia squarrosa

scaly pelt lichen 19 Peltigera praetextata

horizontal pelt lichen 10 Peltigera horizontalis

rough speckled shield lichen 14 Punctelia rudecta

Star Rosette Lichen 20 Physcia stellaris

Concentric Ring Lichen 21 Arctoparmelia centrifuga

Trumpet Lichen 22 Cladonia fimbriata

Powder-headed Tube Lichen 23 Hypogymnia tubulosa

peppered pelt lichen 24 Peltigera evansiana

Powdered Funnel Lichen 21 Cladonia cenotea

Sieve Lichen 8 Cladonia multiformis

Chicita's Sea Storm Lichen 25 Cetrelia chicitae

dog pelt lichen 26 Peltigera canina

Tree Jelly 21 Collema subflaccidum

Blue Jellyskin 27 Leptogium cyanescens

Finger-scale Foam 25 Stereocaulon dactylophyllum

Powdered Sunshine Lichen 10 Vulpicida pinastri

Orange-cored Shadow Lichen 28 Phaeophyscia rubropulchra

Crumpled Rag Lichen 24 Platismatia tuckermanii

Boreal Oakmoss 25 Evernia mesomorpha

Sinewed Bushy Lichen 14 Ramalina americana

Boreal Beard Lichen 29 Usnea subfloridana

Salted Starburst Lichen 30 Imshaugia aleurites

Punctured Bushy Lichen 31 Ramalina dilacerata

Abraded Camouflage Lichen 32 Melanelixia subaurifera

Menegazzia subsimilis 25

rosette lichen 33 Physcia millegrana

Smooth-footed Powderhorn 34 Cladonia ochrochlora

Shaggy-fringe Lichen 14 Anaptychia palmulata

Finger Ring Lichen 25 Arctoparmelia incurva

Fishnet Cladonia 35 Cladonia boryi

Giant Cladonia Lichen 36 Cladonia maxima

rim lichen 37 Lecanora conizaeoides

Fringed Kidney Lichen 8 Nephroma helveticum

Black-bordered Shingle Lichen 38 Parmeliella triptophylla

Bronzed Pixie Lichen 29 Cladonia gracilis turbinata

Reindeer Lichen 39 Cladonia arbuscula

Pseudocyphellaria holarctica 9

Blue Felt Lichen 9 Pectenia plumbea

Smooth Lungwort 14 Ricasolia quercizans

Pixie Cup Lichens 40 Cladonia