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| Cladonia cristarella & Phellinus gilvus |
What happens when you mix an algae and a fungus?
You get a lichen! The one with the red tips is called British soldier lichen -
Cladonia cristarella. In the photo, it is growing surrounded by the polypore
Phellinus gilvus, on a fence. The weather was so wet these days, end of 2015, that fungi, slime and lichens were having a blast! The algae produces the food and it is protected by the filaments of the fungus. It is a symbiotic relationship. Lichens are not parasites. They use surfaces to anchor.
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| Physcia stellaris |
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| Parmotrema perforatum |
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| Cladonia fimbriata - green trumpet |
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| Pseudevernia consoncians- antler lichen middle left |
On the last two photos, there are several kinds of lichens and even a liverwort (tiny green plants)
Left- Pseudevernia consocians- antler lichen
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