March and April are prime Lichen viewing months but here we are into May. The weather is still cool and rainy so there may be more yet to come! Today I worked a bit more on this twig, drawing the tiny lichen above the ruffly one. It has great apothecia but I haven't identified it yet.
Zoomy image of lichen with apothecia.
There are a few more species below the tiny rosette. One is more of a yellowish-green (wet) foliose lichen and the other a darker green (wet) one. The darker one, I believe, looks like a "Hammered Shield Lichen" because of its overall look, no apothecia, and based on the fact it is common in this area and is found on bark. Its Latin name is Parmelia sulcata.
Zoomy image. "Sulcata" is derived from sulcatus which means grooved or furrowed.
Ink and watercolor in my Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Journal.
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