Lichens by continent

North America

Europe

South America

Asia

Australia

Antarctica

Africa

Oceania

Some species on page:

Order: Arthonilaes

Family: Arthoniaceae

Baton rouge or Christmas lichen(Herpothallon rubrocincta)

Family: Arthoniaceae (Christmas lichens, comma lichens)
Arthoniaceae: White blanket (Cryptothecia striata)

Order: Lecanorales

Family: Cladoniaceae

Coral lichen (Cladia retipora)

Family: Ramalinaceae (bushy lichens, sea fog lichens)

Ramalinaceae: Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii)

Family: Parmeliaceae (shield lichens - beard lichen)

Powder-headed tube lichen (Hypogymnia tubulosa)

Parmeliaceae: Arizona beard lichen Usnea intermedia

Order: Teloschistales Sunburst Lichens

Family: Teloschistaceae

Elegant sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans)

Order Peltigerales

Family: Lobariaceae (lung lichens, moon lichens, specklebelly lichens)

Lobariaceae: Powderedmoon lichen Sticta limbata

Misc

North America

Baton Rouge lichen

Baton Rouge or Christmas lichen (Herpothallon rubrocinctum)
Family: Arthoniaceae (Christmas lichens, comma lichens)
Loxahatchee
March 30, 2009

Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
March 30, 2009

Tree lichen

Photographing Nature reunion field trip
Edgewood Park California
February 28, 2015

Lichen on leaf

Jasper Ridge
October 26, 2013
Photographing Nature class

Lichen walk - December 4, 2015
Skyline Ridge Open Space Reserve - Devil's Canyon

Lichen

Skyline Ridge Open Space Reserve - Devil's Canyon
December 4, 2015

Skyline Preserve
December 4, 2015

Skyline Preserve
December 4, 2015

Skyline Preserve
December 4, 2015

Skyline Preserve
December 4, 2015

Lichenous milieu

Skyline Preserve
December 4, 2015

Lichenous rock

Lilly Lake hike
Stanford in the Wild
April 29, 2016

Lichen

Stanford in the Wild
April 30, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Lichen

Lichen
Pinnacles
December 21, 2017
Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Powder-headed tube lichen (Hypogymnia tubulosa)

Powder-headed tube lichen (Hypogymnia tubulosa)
Family: ()
Wunderlich Park
July 4, 2020 with Jennifer, Leslie, and Christin
Canon 7Dmark2

Elegant sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans)

Elegant sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans)
Family: Teloschistaceae
Alum Rock State Park
Bioblitz
March 13, 2021
Canon 7dmark2

Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii)

A little lace

Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii)
Family: Ramalinaceae
Jasper Ridge
With Bob and Jack
June 21, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Moon lichens

Powderedmoon lichen Sticta limbata
Family: Lobariaceae (lung lichens, moon lichens, specklebelly lichens)
San Bruno Mountain
Nature Through Photography class trip
July 24, 2021
Canon 7D MarkII

Powderedmoon lichen Sticta limbata
Family: Lobariaceae (lung lichens, moon lichens, specklebelly lichens)
San Bruno Mountain
Nature Through Photography class trip
July 24, 2021
Canon 7D MarkII

Arizona beard lichen (Usnea intermedia)

Arizona beard lichen

Arizona beard lichen (Usnea intermedia)
Family: Parmeliaceae (shield lichens)
Los Trancos
March 11, 2023
Canon 7Dmark2

Central America

Christmas lichen

Christmas lichen (Herpothallon rubrocinctum)
Family: Arthoniaceae (Christmas lichens, comma lichens)
El Valle, Panamá
August 28, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Australia

Coral out of water

Coral lichen (Cladia retipora)
Bruny Island, Tasmania
September 1, 2015
Canon 7DMark2

South America

Branching out in Patagonia

Europe

England

White lichen, Tintagel Castle, England

Roof lichens

England
2009

Antarctica

Lichenous antarctica

Antarctic Peninsula
December 26, 2013

Banana belt symbionts

Antarctic Peninsula
December 26, 2013

Rockin the Lichens

Antarctic Peninsula
December 26, 2013

Lichen

Lichen
Dunford Fort
Slea Head Drive
Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
September 8, 2017
Canon rebel T5i

Asia

When lichening strikes

Jiuzhaigou
May 14, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Africa

Likin' Table Mountain

Lichens on rock
Table Mountain, Cape Town
April 26, 2013

What's black and white and red all under?
A black millipede with red feet on white lichens

Cape Town, Africa
April 20, 2013
Canon 5D mark2

Lichen rocks

Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i

Lichen

Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i

Lichen

Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i

Lichen

Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i

Lichen irony

Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i

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Last modified: March 21, 2023
Created: April 19, 2009
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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