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[wild-e-eep]

A good stick! :3

I went to Glen Shira last week - it's a special place for lichens. Every tree was clad in a bewildering array of colours and textures.

[lichenaday]

The BLAM lichen of the year for 2024 is . . .

Normandina pulchella

*applause applause applause*

Normandina pulchella, aka beautiful mussel scales, is a squamulose, heteromerous lichen that grows in green-gray or blue-green, shell-shaped scales. It produces light green, farinose or granular soredia along the margins of the scales, and only rarely produces black perithecia. It can be found growing on bryophytes and other lichens, bark, and siliceous rock in mild, humid regions of every continent except for Antarctica. The reason N. pulchella was chosen to represent us all in the year 2024 because it is the comeback queen. Historical accounts showed a major decline in its populations throughout the 20th century due to worsening air quality due to pollution. But as air quality has improved over the past decades, N. pulchella has come back and is recolonizing its historic range! Its an emblem of resilience, recovery, and hope. It is not too late for N. pulchella. It isn't too late for change. We *can* make a difference! And we can come back from near disaster. So look to N. pulchella this year, friends. Become a fierce advocate for change, recovery, and growth, and for all the precious lil guys out there who need us to make the difference. Happy New Year, pals!

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[lichenaday]

Normandina acroglypta 

Normandina is a small genus of lichen, only containing 4 known species at this time. But considering the inconspicuous appearance of N. acroglypta, it wouldn't suRprise me if other species are out there basically hiding in plain site! This crustose/minutely squamulose lichen grows amongst bryophytes on acidic tree bark and siliceous rock in humid, shady forested regions of Europe. It has an uneven, granular, gray-green thallus often covered in thick layers of yellow-green soredia. These structures are difficult to differentiate, so just trust that this little due is grainy. N. acroglypta produces black perithecia (globose fruiting bodies with a small, pore-like opening) which are partially immersed in the thallus.

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