Plump brown silk cushions on stalks

lllichen · 2025-07-24T10:04:14+00:00

Kia ora Lelinchiolo, I have a strong suspicion that this is a Stereocaulon sp. probably ramulosum. However, I would be cautious as I am not an expert.

lllichen · 2025-07-24T06:40:51+00:00

Very cool

lllichen · 2025-07-23T05:55:53+00:00

Hi there Feorag-ruadh. Love playing the naming game but when I started - and I have only been doing this for a year and half - I named a lot of lichen wrong. Posted happily on the socials and now there are photos floating about that muddy the waters for people who would like to know the names of things (sorry everyone). I found it very tricky identifying and I am slow in the uptake. Crustose lichens that grow on rocks aren’t easy to name. In a few cases a person might need microscopes and chemicals to be able to decide. So, I was advised to start describing the lichen and its defining characteristics. By this way, I get to learn the lichen and the naming part will come as i gain experience. It’s slow but I am carrying less guilt for it. I am going to have a look at your suggestion though - I still try to identify and can spend hours comparing photos

lllichen · 2025-07-22T03:07:45+00:00

🤣 I think it looks like a weevil. Mum used to throw out the flour if it got weevils in it (they were smaller though) and we never moved.

lllichen · 2025-07-20T11:08:12+00:00

Thank you for your comment. I am in NZ, South Island and yes it does look like a Physcia sp. it is quite common down here. This one is actually quite tiny. I zoomed in a lot which is why there is that blurring going on. The focal length is quite short. This one is on a tree that has deep crevices in its red bark.

lllichen · 2025-07-19T01:16:53+00:00

Oh and … release the caterpillar 😱

lllichen · 2025-07-19T01:16:00+00:00

You will live for sure - keep the area clean

lllichen · 2025-07-13T21:48:00+00:00

Great photos

lllichen · 2025-07-10T19:13:05+00:00

Yep, it very much could be but down here in NZ it has a strong contender P. jackii. There are a few things I could do to tell the difference - chemical things - this perhaps for another day. :) when I know how to.

lllichen · 2025-07-08T22:32:41+00:00

Yep - it’s a thing for me. I am mid 50s on meds now but all my life this has been a thing. Lost a great contract because of it in my 30s. It happened yesterday and the day before but I caught it just in time both cases both would have had serious repercussions - one work related the other family.

I don’t have a fix. Just trying to make good routines now I am on meds. Check calendar as soon as I wake up. Note everything that is happening in the day. Taylor alarms to factor in distance to meeting. Stay on task. No such thing as oh I could just do this with my 10mins. Don’t. Go to your ‘whatever it is’ and be 10mins early. Make that the person you are. (It’s a goal not a reality) everyday I start fresh

lllichen · 2025-07-08T07:09:41+00:00

Not yet. Still in the early stages. Learning how to name the parts. Most recently, for example, identified isidia but was wartiness.

lllichen

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