Hi all,
To skip my rambling about iNaturalist, go to >>>> for the Lichen question

Over the last few months I have been identifying on lichens stuck at a taxon level higher than family in the PNW and giving refining id's so that others can find them and identify to species. Turns out I have now left an ID on ~10,000 lichen observations.
In doing so I have realized that there are some distinct species that I can sight ID confidently, which had very few observations a few months ago and were not yet in the CV(computer vision, iNats proprietary AI image recognition)

These include:
Pertusaria subambigens
Pertusaria glaucomela(lookalike P. suboculata differentiated on habitat?)

Coccotrema maritima

Porpidia carlottiana

Multiple Fuscopannarias
Nephroma tropicum

Pannaria oregonensis

Cyclohymenia epilithica

Japewia tornoensis

Protoparmelia ochrocca

and more not coming to mind at this time
(Some of these fall into the category I describe further on, of finding multiple images that look the same and not having a name attached, identifying one then filling the rest in)

The next CV update will probably add a few of the afforementioned sp (threshold of 60 images to be trained) due to my efforts.
As much as I like to complain about the CVs inaccuracies and peoples over reliance on it, it is simply a tool. When trained incorrectly or when lacking alternatives, it will not work as intended. So one must put in the work to sort through laymen lookalikes and out of range things, and to add id's to species not yet in the system, and only then will the system improve.

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In viewing over 100k pictures of Lichens I have a few "species" that I feel are consistent in morphology and habitat that I feel someone should be able to sight ID.
This being one example:

Consistently on foreshore driftwood

Photo Credit: Randal Sourced from:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40246264

Some more examples:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183266377
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71851127

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183878762

There are probably more of this thing lying at Lecanoromycetes waiting to be found and identified
Any clue what this is, or what genera it might be and where to start from if I personally collect this?
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In case there are people curious about my identifying url, I am searching for pezizomycotina to include all asco lichens then excluding orders/classes that are non lichenized then only showing those above family (Guide to iNat url modifiers)
Explore Page & Identify Page sorted by longest since updated or randomly

Additional side tangent, since calicioid lichens are not a monophyletic group, I've made a project to collect those that I come across, to easily find and review in the future or to help others

Maybe I am a bit of a weird nerd, (who here isn't) but I've found it satisfying to clear a page or two of these observations in the evening while watching something in the background.