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Arboretum Lichens

Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen, Xanthoria polycarpa. Photo by Troy McMullin. Lichens are usually a combination of a fungus and a green algae or a blue-green algae or a combination of all three. In this symbiotic relationship, the fungus is able to obtain nutrients from the air and water that washes over them, while the algae is able to get energy from the sun (photosynthesis). Troy McMullin has done extensive research on lichens here at The Arboretum. To learn more about Troy and his research, please click here. Troy and his colleagues Steven Newmaster and Jose Maloles have discovered 88 species of lichens in The Arboretum so far, including a species new to science! Troy is the instructor for our Lichen Workshop as well; click here for more information.

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This tiny new-to-science lichen species was found in The Arboretum. Photo by Jose Maloles. Lichens come in a variety of sizes, shapes and colours.

Bacidina egenula. Photo by Troy McMullin

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Sulphur Firedot Lichen, Caloplaca flavovirescens. Photo by Troy McMullin.

Powder-edged Speckled Greenshield Lichen, Flavopunctelia soredica. Photo by Troy McMullin

Powdery Sunburst Lichen, Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes. Photo by Troy McMullin

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This cool photo by Patrick Boerlin shows a piece of bark from The Arboretum with five of the six most common species of lichens found here. The inset photo is the sixth species. Lichens and Allied Fungi of The Arboretum, Guelph, Ontario + = Big six (most common and abundant species) # = Lichenolicolous fungi (parasites on living lichens) = Saprophytic fungi = Allied fungi (nonlichenized) Scientific Name Acarospora fuscata Acarospora moenium Amandinea punctata Anisomeridium polypori Arthonia caudata Arthrosporum populorum Bacidina egenula Caloplaca arenaria Caloplaca cerina Caloplaca feracissima Caloplaca flavovirescens Caloplaca holocarpa Caloplaca pyracea Candelaria concolor + Candelariella aurella Candelariella efflorescens Candelariella vitellina Chaenotheca sp. Chaenotheca xyloxena Chaenothecopsis exilis Chaenothecopsis sp. Chrysothrix caesia Cladonia coniocraea Cladonia fimbriata Cladonia macilenta Cladonia ochrochlora Cladonia pyxidata Cladonia rei Vernacular Name Brown cobblestone lichen none known Tiny button lichen none known none known none known none known Granite firedot lichen Gray-rimmed firedot lichen Sidewalk firedot lichen Sulphur firedot lichen Firedot lichen Firedot lichen Candleflame lichen Hidden goldspeck lichen Powdery goldspeck lichen Common goldspeck lichen Whisker lichen Snag whiskers Pin lichen Ambiguous pin lichen Frosted comma lichen Common powderhorn Trumpet lichen Lipstick powderhorn Smooth-footed powderhorn Pebbled pixie-cup Wand lichen
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Cyphelium tigillare Evernia mesomorpha Evernia prunastri Flavoparmelia caperata Flavopunctelia soredica Graphis scripta Hyperphyscia adglutinata Hypocenomyce scalaris Julella fallaciosa Lecania croatica Lecania naegelii Lecanora allophana Lecanora polytropa Lecanora sambuci Lecanora semipallida Lecanora symmicta Lecanora thysanophora Lecidella stigmatea Lecidea sp. Lepraria finkii Lepraria neglecta Marchandiomyces corallinus # Melanelixia subaurifera Micarea peliocarpa cf. Micarea prasina Mycocalicium subtile Ochrolechia androgyna Ochrolechia arborea Parmelia sulcata + Phaeocalicium curtisii Phaeocalicium polyporaeum Phaeophyscia adiastola Phaeophyscia hirsuta Phaeophyscia orbicularis Phaeophyscia pusilloides Phaeophyscia rubropulchra Physcia adscendens + Physcia aipolia Physcia millegrana + Physcia stellaris + Physciella chloantha Physciella melanchra Physconia enteroxantha Porpidia speirea Protoblastenia rupestris Protoparmelia hypotremella Punctelia rudecta Rinodina destituta Rinodina freyi Sarcogyne regularis Sphinctrina anglica# Trapeliopsis flexuosa Usnea hirta Verrucaria nigrescens Xanthomendoza fallax + Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia Xanthoria parietina Xanthoria polycarpa

Soot lichen Boreal oakmoss Oakmoss lichen Common greenshield lichen Powder-edged speckled greenshield Common script lichen Grainy shadow-crust Common clam lichen none known none known none known Brown-eyed rim lichen Granite-speck rim lichen Rim-lichen 2 Rim-lichen 3 Fused rim lichen Mapledust Disk lichen Tile lichen Fluffy dust lichen Zoned dust lichen none known Abraded camouflage lichen Shadow dot lichen Dot lichen Snag pin Powdery saucer lichen Saucer lichen Hammered shield lichen Sumac needle lichen Polypore needle lichen Powder-tipped shadow lichen Hairy Shadow lichen Mealy shadow lichen Pompon shadow lichen Orange-cored shadow lichen Hooded rosette lichen Hoary rosette lichen Mealy rosette lichen Star rosette lichen Powdery-margined cryptic rosette Mealy cryptic rosette Yellow-edged frost lichen Boulder lichen Orange dot lichen none known Rough speckled shield lichen none known none known Frosted grain-spored lichen Short-stalked pin lichen Board lichen Bristly beard lichen Speck lichen Hooded sunburst lichen Powdery sunburst lichen Cumberland rock-shield Maritime sunburst lichen Pin-cushion sunburst lichen

Species found near, but not in, The Arboretum Multiclavula mucida Club-mushroom lichen
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Xanthoria elegans

Elegant sunburst lichen Troy McMullin, July 20, 2012 Click here for a pdf list of Arboretum Lichen species.

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