19 Pictures of lichen that give me LIFE

It ain’t moss, it ain’t algae, it’s LICHEN!

Image Credit: USU

For as long as I can remember I’ve always liked lichen. Here are 19 pictures of lichen that will make you appreciate this composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species just as much as I do!

1. Um… crusty

2. Sooooo cyanobacterial

3. TRUNK

4. Serving fungal

5. Pigmentation slay

6. Hahaha I’m not sure whether this one is technically moss

7. SOMEONE’S sensitive to air pollution

8. Winter’s just around the corner!

9. This proto-foliage just got MILDEWY

10. They really gave tree with this one

11. $wag $ea$0n

12. Lichen? More like LOVIN ;))

13. Kate Moss

14. Don’t forget to check for cephalodia

15. When he’s thallophytic AND irregularly shaped

16. Me when the algae is lichen-esque

17. Rimmed navel lichens sheesh

18. She’s intercontinental, she’s photosynthetic, she’s the moment

19. It’s VEGAN!