This past weekend I attended a biological soil crust workshop put on by the Desert Institute in Joshua Tree NP. The class was a lot of fun and I learned so much!
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| The common soil crust gelatinous cyanolichen Collema coccophrum |
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| Collema coccophrum |
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| Placidium andicola |
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| Placidium squamulosum |
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| Clavascidium lacinulatum |
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| Clavascidium lacinulatum is one of the most common soil crust lichens in JTNP |
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| Psora decipiens |
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| Psora decipiens is the gorgeous orange lichen with the white rim. It is uncommon in JTNP. |
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| Peltula patellata |
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| Peltula patellata |
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| The extremely rare Sarcogyne mitziae which is only known from three locations in the world. |
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| Sarcogyne mitziae is the tiny brown scales on the granite. It is so tiny! |
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| Fulgensia subbracteata |
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| Fulgensia subbracteata is yellow and powdery |
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| Lepraria vouauxii is only known from one location in CA |
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| Lepraria vouauxii |
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| Endocarpon pusillum with some spike moss to the left. |
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| Endocarpon pusillum |
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| Acarospora obpallens |
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| Acarospora obpallens |
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| Toninia sedifolia |
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| Toninia sedifolia is the lichen that is covered in white powder called pruina |
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| A culture of one of the filamentous green algae that lichen fungi use to lichenize (to become a lichen) with. It was so cool to look at it under a dissecting microscope and see the 3-D shape! |
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| Just me botanizing |
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| Clavascidium lacinulatum in its natural soil crust habitat in Joshua Tree NP |
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| Collema coccophorum also in its natural habitat |
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| Lepraria vouauxii in its natural habitat with some moss |
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