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A few Lichens from Ithaca, New York

  • 06 Dec 2025 4:29 PM
    Message # 13570540

    I thought maybe you all would enjoy seeing some far-flung lichens from my hometown of Ithaca, NY!


    It's so different there, lichen-wise! Outside of a swampy bird sanctuary, grocery store parking lots had the most lichen-rich trees I could find. I only found one fruticose species.


    Check out the cool liverwort in photo 1.


    Any ID's or would be greatly appreciated! I recognize the Ramalina, Graphis and (I think) Flavoparmelia but I am especially curious about photos 3, 4 and 7. 

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  • 08 Dec 2025 9:48 AM
    Reply # 13570900 on 13570540

    I'm guessing just for fun-I don't know eastern things.

    3 is a Physcia.

    4 is a Phaeophyscia

    7 is mayb Physcia millegrana


    That liverwort is beautiful!



  • 09 Dec 2025 11:23 AM
    Reply # 13571336 on 13570540

    The liverwort is almost certainly Frullania. There are several species in that genus in the east. The most common one I encountered was F. eboracensis, but one cannot be sure without a microscope.

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