My #photo shows #lichens #Xanthoria #parietina (Teloschistales) and #Physcia #adscendens (Caliciales) on a branch of #tree Carpinus betulus. The #symbiosis of #mycobiont (fungus) and #photobiont (algae) = lichens has still much #research potential. The authors C. Lorenz et al. (2023) e.g. have successfully tested X. parietina for use in #space under #Martian conditions.

©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

Reference
C. Lorenz et al. (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32008-6

Photos: lichens © S. F. Wirth Berlin

Illosporiopsis christiansenii ex Xanthoria parietina

#Illosporiopsischristiansenii #Illosporiopsis #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends #Xanthoriaparietina #Xanthoria

Some pictures from up and down our road this weekend

* The patterns of feathers on the back of one of our hens
* An ivy leaf backlit by the sun
* The fading flower cluster of a Statice
* A globby yellow lichen (Xanthoria parietina)

#Nature #Flowers #Photography #Chickens #Texture #LichenSubscribe #Xanthoria #Ivy #Limonium #SeaLavender #Statice #Macro #MacroPhotography #Lichen #Leaf

Tiny lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a twig

This is approximately 7 mm in reality.

#photography #photo #nature #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #stacked #focusstacked #zerenestacker #lichen #flechten #closeup #xanthoria #xanthoriaparietina #yellow #gelbflechte

Well I am absolutely beside myself with excitement to discover #mosstodon & #lichensubscribe!

Here are my humble contributions, some #Umbillicaria, #Bryum, #moss encrusting a chunk of former pengiun and #Xanthoria from Casey Station, Antarctica 🇦🇶