#lichenomphalia

[wild-e-eep]

Some lovely Lichenomphalia ericetorum fruiting bodies. A bit more clustered than normal.

[photo-biont]

[seabeck]

Little orange “mushrooms”

[drhoz]

#2996 - Lichenomphalia sp.

This one was from October rather than May, so finding a mushroom at all was a bit surprising, but this was growing at the bottom of Sullivan Rock so it was probably getting any condensation that theoretically formed on the granite.

Lichenomphalia is a basidiolichen and a gilled mushroom - the inconspicuous lichenized thalli have scattered, nearly microscopic green balls or small flakes containing single-celled green Coccomyxa algae.

Sullivan Rock, E. of Jarrahdale, WA

[vothnthorvaldson-blog]

Lichenomphalia sp. (probably ericetorum from the geographical location, cannot confirm).

South-eastern Vancouver island, BC, Canada. March 10, 2024.

Today we have a basidiolichen. Most lichens are a symbiosis between an ascomycete and algae and/or cyanobacteria, but there are a few lichenized basidiomycetes. In Lichenomphalia, the alga component is present at the surface of the soil as a dark green layer of tiny granules (circled in red below).

[seabeck]

Lichen agarics (Lichenomphalia umbellifera)

[seabeck]

Lichenomphalia umbellifera

[mycobratpack]

Lichenomphalia umbellifera is one of the few basidiolichens that form gilled-mushroom shaped fruitbodies.