Xanthoria parietina

203 - A short walk on Clifton Ings, and I found this attractive lichen on a small tree branch.

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.'

[Miley]

That's alotta lichen.

[Anya]

Nice capture!

[Jen]

oh this is great! lovely shot!

[Pyrrhula]

Great micro with beautiful textures and colors

[Caren]

Gorgeous find! Well captured!

[bkb in the city]

Great find

[Kristin]

I've never seen lichen that colour... fantastic!

[Roslyn Brown]

Great shot.. love the colour..

[Livia]

I've never seen lichen that's this color before. Cool find, great shot!

[Louise]

Wonderful close up, such interesting texture as well as having a vibrant colour!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Beautiful colour and light.

[Ian Fisher]

@miley89

Thank you, it certainly is!

[Ian Fisher]

@acousticlover

Thank you Anya, glad you like it!

[Ian Fisher]

@marshmallows

Thank you Jen, it was certainly a fascinating display of lichen!

[Ian Fisher]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Pyrrhula, it was one of the best pieces of this kind of lichen I've seen for a while.

[Ian Fisher]

@clmiller

Thank you Caren - it was a lovely display of lichen.

[Ian Fisher]

@bkbinthecity

Thank you Brian - the amusing thing about this is that I regularly walk past where it is, and have only just noticed it!

[Ian Fisher]

@kph129

Thank you Kristin, it was a lovely display to find.

[Ian Fisher]

@roslynjoy

Thank you Roslyn - I agree, it is a lovely colour.

[Ian Fisher]

@myautofocuslife

Thank you Livia, it is a beautiful piece of lichen!

[Ian Fisher]

@louisefrance

Thank you Louise, it was a fascinating and attractive display of lichen to find!

[Ian Fisher]

@ruthmouch

Thank you Ruth, this was a beautiful piece of lichen to find!

[Tanja Carda]

Fantastic find, wonderful texture and color. I find a lot of lichen around here but not as big and beautiful =)

[Ian Fisher]

@tanja_1211

Thank you Tanja - it is a fascinating and colourful display

[Marie]

Nice find and colours.

[Ian Fisher]

@marieooi

Thank you Marie - it was quite eye catching!