Erlend Haarberg / Crustose lichens (Lecanorales) on rocks in Swedish Padjelanta National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Sweden. August. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year com...
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Chris Mattison / Cup lichen (Cladonia fimbriata) growing on conifer stump. Whitelye Common SSSI, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. February.
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Chris Mattison / Yellow bloodstain lichen (Haematomma ochroleucum ochroleucum) on headstone The Old Church churchyard, Penallt, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. November.
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Robert Thompson / Reindeer moss (Cladonia portentosa) Peatlands Park, Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. November
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David Woodfall / Cladonia lichens with fruiting bodies. Wild Ennerdale, Cumbria, England, UK, October 2017.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Detail of centuries-old Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) covered in lichens and mosses. Val Cervara old-growth beech forest. Europe's oldest beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Par...
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Temperate cloud forest with Usnea lichens hanging from trees, near the glacier lake at Mount Bawu Bameng, Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan, China. October 2017.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lichen covered (Usnea longissima) and lichen hanging from the trees in temperate cloud forest, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan China. October
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lichen (Usnea Longissima) covered trees in temperate cloud forest, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan China. October
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lichen covered (Usnea Longissima) and lichen hanging from the trees in temperate cloud forest, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan China. October
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lichen (Usnea Longissima) covered trees in temperate cloud forest, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan China. October 2017.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Temperate cloud forest with Lichen (Usnea longissima) near the glacier lake at Mount Bawu Bameng, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan China. October 2017.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Temperate cloud forest with lichen (Usnea longissima) hanging from tree, near the glacier lake at Mount Bawu Bameng, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan, China. October.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wild Wonders of China. team holding up their flag in the lichen-covered (Usnea longissima) temperate cloud forest, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan China. October
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lichen (Usnea longissima) and other plants on tree trunk in cloud forest , near the glacier lake at Mount Bawu Bameng, Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan China. October.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lichen (Usnea longissima) hanging from a tree. Temperate cloud forest sceneries, near the glacier lake at Mount Bawu Bameng, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan, China. October 2017.
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Felis Images / Sikkim spruce (Picea spinulosa) branches with male (purple) and female (orange) cones covered in Usnea lichen. Lava, Bhutan.
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Felis Images / Sikkim spruce (Picea spinulosa) branches with male (purple) and female (orange) cones covered in Usnea lichen. Lava, Bhutan.
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Nick Upton / Blackthread lichen (Placynthium nigrum) with squamules of Bruised lichen (Toninia verrucarioides) growing on limestone rock, Cheddar Gorge, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK, April.
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Adrian Davies / Lichen (Cladonia fimbriata) Surrey, England, UK. August.
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Physcia aipolia) growing on fence pole. Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, September
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Physcia aipolia), growing on fence pole. Catbrook, Monmouthshire, September
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Guy Edwardes / Lecanora rupicola (Lecanora rupicola) lichen on gravestone, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, August.
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Chris Mattison / Fruticose lichen (Ramalina fastigiata) among others, growing on a dead Sycamore twig, Catbrook, Monmouthshire. Focus-stacked image.
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Sue Daly / Sea ivory lichen, (Ramalina siliquosa), Sark, British Channel Islands, April.
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Adrian Davies / Map Lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on grave stone, Capel Curig, Snowdonia, north Wales, October.
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Adrian Davies / Map Lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on grave stone, Capel Curig, Snowdonia, north Wales, October.
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Chris Mattison / Cumberland rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia) with numerous apothecia. San Diego, California, May.
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Hypogymnia tubulosa) growing on pine twig, Norfolk, UK, November.
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Hypogymnia tubulosa) growing on pine twig, Norfolk, UK, November.
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Adrian Davies / Lichen (Usnea florida) Snowdonia, North Wales, October.
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Adrian Davies / Lichen (Usnea florida) Snowdonia, North Wales, October.
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Adrian Davies / Lichen (Usnea florida) Snowdonia, North Wales, October.
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Adrian Davies / Lichen (Cladonia squamosa) North Wales, October.
Chris Mattison / Lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) Algarve, Portugal
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Ramalina sp) growing on a pine cone. Atlantic coast, Algarve, Portugal
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Edwin Giesbers / Titania's fritillary (Boloria titania) basking on rock with Lichens (Rhizocarpon geographicum) and houseleek plant (Sempervivum arachnoideum) Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy.
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Adrian Davies / Lichen on old tombstone (Parmelia caperata) in village churchyard. Slapton, Devon, UK, August 2016.
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Chris Mattison / Foliose lichen (Parmotrema perlatum) on apple twig. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, November. Focus-stacked image.
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Nick Upton / Reindeer moss (Cladonia portentosa) lichen growing on the mossy floor of a pine wood, Glengarry forest, Lochaber, Scotland, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata) patch growing on a Birch tree trunk in ancient Atlantic woodland, Knapdale Forest, Argyll, Scotland, UK, May.
SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on gneiss, North Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, April.
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Chris Mattison / Coastal lichen (Tephromela atra) Mull, Scotland June.
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Bernard Castelein / Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica) in flower, Rondane, Norway July
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Bernard Castelein / Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica) in flower, Rondane, Norway July
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Bernard Castelein / Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica) in flower, Rondane, Norway July
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Nick Upton / Common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata) patch growing on a tree trunk in montane Laurel forest, Anaga Mountains, Tenerife, May.
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Nick Upton / Common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata) patch growing on a tree trunk in montane Laurel forest, Anaga Mountains, Tenerife, May.
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Cladonia pocillum) Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK October
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Xanthoparmelia protomatrae) La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain.
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Xanthoparmelia protomatrae) La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain.
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Chris Mattison / Foliose lichen (Melanelixia glabratula) Calver, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK February
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Chris Mattison / Reindeer moss (Cladonia portentosa) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Cladonia coniocraea) on oak stump, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire UK
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Chris Mattison / Mosses and lichen (Cladonia fimbriata) and (Peltigera hymenina) Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK
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Alex Hyde / Map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) growing on schist boulder. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, 2250 metres above sea level. August.
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Alex Hyde / Map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) growing on schist boulder. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.
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Alex Hyde / Map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) growing on schist boulder. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.
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Alex Hyde / Basalt covered in various coastal lichen species including Sea ivory (Ramalina siliquosa). Anglesey, Wales, UK. December.
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Orsolya Haarberg / Rock covered in Concentric ring lichen (Arctoparmelia centrifuga) with old Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) in the background, Stora Sjofallet National Park, Laponia, Sweden, June 2013.
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Solvin Zankl / Lichen (Usnea dasypoga) on English oak tree (Quercus robur) near Norra Kvill National Park, Rumskulla socken, Smaland, Sweden, August.
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Solvin Zankl / Lichen (Usnea dasypoga) on English oak tree (Quercus robur) near Norra Kvill National Park in Rumskulla socken, Smaland, Sweden
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Solvin Zankl / Lichen (Evernia prunasti) on English oak tree (Quercus robur) near Norra Kvill National Park in Rumskulla socken, Smaland, Sweden, August.
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Alex Hyde / Lichens (Lecidea sp.) and mosses (Spagnum sp. and Polytrichum sp.) growing on moorland. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. September.
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Alex Hyde / Lichens (Lecidea sp.) and mosses (Spagnum sp. and Polytrichum sp.) growing on moorland. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. September.
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Alex Hyde / Lichen (Parmelia saxatilis) growing on a gritstone boulder in shady woodland, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.
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Alex Hyde / Lichen (Parmelia saxatilis) interspersed with orange patches of a Green alga (Trentepohlia sp.) that gets its unusual colouration from the haematochrome (-carotene) it contains. Found growing on a gr...
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Philippe Clement / Oakmoss / stag lichen (Evernia prunastri) close up, La Brenne, France, June.
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Philippe Clement / Reindeer lichen (Cladina portentosa) on pine tree bark, Italian Alps, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. June
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Philippe Clement / Reindeer lichen (Cladina portentosa) on pine tree bark, Italian Alps, Gran Paradiso National Park, June
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Chris Mattison / Cup lichen (Cladonia diversa) showing red apothecia. Derbyshire, England, UK, September
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata) growing on granite. Gower, South Wales, UK, June.
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Chris Mattison / Crustose lichen (Lecidea lithophila) on sandstone, Derbyshire, England, UK, September.
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Chris Mattison / Lichen (Lecanora sp probably L. chlarotera) growing on a birch twig. Focus-stacked image, X3 magnification.
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Chris Mattison / Two lichens, Concentric boulder lichen (Porpidia crustulata) and Lecidea lithophila, on sandstone. Derbyshire, England, UK, September.
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Chris Mattison / Gold dust lichen (Chrysothrix candelaris) growing around and over Shield lichen (Parmelia sulcata) on sycamore bark, Padley Woods, Derbyshire, England, UK, December.
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Chris Mattison / Crustose lichen (Lecanora gangaleoides) on coastal granite, Iona, Scotland, UK, June.
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Chris Mattison / Sea ivory (Ramalina siliquosa) and Crustose lichen (Lecanora gangaleoides) on coastal rocks, Mull, Scotland, UK, June.
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Orsolya Haarberg / Fallen Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) with Concentric ring fungus (Arctoparmelia centrifuga) Swedish Lapland, Sweden. July 2013.
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Erlend Haarberg / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest in fog, with rocks covered by arctoparmelia lichen (Arctoparmelia centrifuga), Stora Sjofallet National Park, Laponia, Lapland, Sweden, July.
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Erlend Haarberg / Arctoparmelia lichen (Arctoparmelia centrifuga) on rock, Stora Sjofallet National Park, Laponia, Lapland, Sweden, July.
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Erlend Haarberg / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest, with rocks covered by arctoparmelia lichen (Arctoparmelia centrifuga), Stora Sjofallet National Park, Laponia, Lapland, Sweden, July.
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Erlend Haarberg / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest with rocks covered by arctoparmelia lichen (Arctoparmelia centrifuga), Lapland, Sweden, June.
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Erlend Haarberg / Arctoparmelia lichen (Arctoparmelia centrifuga) on rock, Lapland, Sweden, June.
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Nick Upton / Smooth-footed powderhorn lichen (Cladonia ochrochlora) with spore forming reproductive cups, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, November.
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Nick Upton / Smooth-footed powderhorn lichen (Cladonia ochrochlora) with spore forming reproductive cups, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, November.
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Nick Upton / Pixie cup lichen (Cladonia fimbriata) with spore forming reproductive cups, growing on mossy log, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, October.
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Dong Lei / Forest with trees covered in Old man's beard (Usnea) and Rhododendron flowers (Rhododendron sp) Lijiang Laojunshan National Park, Yunnan Province, China. April.
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Kerstin Hinze / Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) amongst cup lichens (Cladonia sp) at night, Germany, captive, August.
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Kerstin Hinze / Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) amongst cup lichens (Cladonia sp) at night, Germany, captive, August.
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Adrian Davies / Lichens, mainly Map Lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) in old churchyard, Capel Curig, Snowdonia, north Wales, UK, July, 2014.
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Adrian Davies / Lichens, mainly Map Lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) in old churchyard, Capel Curig, Snowdonia, north Wales, UK, July, 2014.
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Adrian Davies / Lichens, mainly Map Lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) in old churchyard, Capel Curig, Snowdonia, north Wales, UK, July.
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Adrian Davies / Map Lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) in old churchyard, Capel Curig, Snowdonia, north Wales, UK, July.
