Xanthoria parietina?

I'm fairly confident that this lichen is Xanthoria parietina. It can be found in several places in and around York, and this example was on the trunk of a tree on Clifton Ings.

Wikipaedia says 'Xanthoria parietina is a foliose, or leafy, lichen. It has wide distribution, and many common names such as common orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen and shore lichen. It can be found near the shore on rocks or walls (hence the epithet parietina meaning "on walls"), and also on inland rocks, walls, or tree bark. It was chosen as a model organism for genomic sequencing (planned in 2006) by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI). In the past it was used as a remedy for jaundice because of its yellow colour.'

For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthoria_parietina

Fascinating what you can see on a local walk, and what can be revealed using a macro!

Ian

[Mark Prince]

Great macro shot, you should tag this for macro-march3

[Graham Thresher]

What an interesting close up.

[Therese]

A fabulous close up shot... Lichens fascinate me too!

[Julie Ells]

Love the different shapes of the Lichens. Nice close up

[Pyrrhula]

Great micro shot. Beside it`s nature it`s also a beautiful patterns and color pic.Fav . Thanks for the interreseing info

[Lindsay]

Lovely texture to this shot, really interesting to look at all the shapes!

[Gill W]

Well spotted! Love the patterns and texture.

[Cathie]

Such an interesting lichen, Ian. Beautiful in it's own way.

[Molly]

A fascinating shot. As you say, it's interesting to see what a macro lens reveals!

[Dianne]

Great macro - we have a breakfast cereal in NZ called 'corn flakes' - that's what your lichen looks like…...

[Pete Roberts]

Very clear shot excellent detail

[Fisher Family]

@markp

Thank you Mark, glad you like it. I've tagged it as you suggest.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@thresheg

Thank you Graham - there seems to be quite a lot of this lichen near us, and it makes some fascinating patterns.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@monkeykid

Thank you Therese - this specimen is a lovely colour and has some fascinating shapes.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@crawest

Thank you Julie, it was interesting experimenting with close-ups of this.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Ferry, and thank you for the fav. I love the way that nature has created this fascinating pattern.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lindsaydaisyboo

Thank you Lindsay - it's fascinating what a macro reveals!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@gillg

Thank you Gill - nature has made a great job of sculpting this!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@cathieg

Thank you Cathie - it's nice to see what a macro can reveal!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dolphin

Thank you Molly - I really am going to have to use the macro more to reveal the detail of the small world around us!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dide

Thank you Dianne - we have corn flakes here too, and you're right, it is quite similar to this!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pjr

Thank you Pete - it's always fascinating to see what the macro reveals!

Ian