Occasionally, we get to travel to the NW fringes. Recently, the Calif. Lichen Soc. forayed to San Luis Obispo. How could we not want to see that area too? So, here are few specimens from the Los Osos. Our IDs are

Usnea rubicunda
Heterodermia leucomelos
Lecanora caesiorubella

Your input on them?

Sometimes you just need to sit back and stare at rocks, or at least the exciting things covering them like this one here with Rhizoplaca, Xanthoria, and others. -Seen in Central Oregon over the weekend, along with Umbilicaria phaea and what keys out to be U. krascheninnikovii on nearby rock. #lichen

Nothing is more satifying than seeing the intrepid inventory work of a group of lichenologists tracking rare to even common lichens. Here we are on the Oregon coast last week looking for Erioderma, Leioderma, & Sulcaria, as well as a host of Cladonias and others. Pannaria oregonensis is shown.

Sometimes you hit the TRIFECTA-Lichens, rare birds, and old-growth, as the folks from Evergreen State College did during their group talk on lichens and marbled murrelets at the NW Lichenologists/Scientific Assoc. meeting talk Wednesday. Their mentor, Dr Calabria is leading the way. #lichens

The Northwest Lichenologists on the search for rare lichens in the Willamette Valley during the NWLichenologist / Northwest Scientific Association at the University of Oregon this mid-March. If you want to learn, we want your interest. #lichen #biologicalsurvey #inventory

How about the specimen of Sphaerophorus! I am learning towards S. venerabilis, but you can set us straight. It's from Mary's Peak in the Coastal Range of Oregon.

So here is a recently observed specimen from Crater Lake National Park here in Oregon. Anyone want to put a name to it? I don't think this will be too hard. The Genus should be easy. And by the way, you gotta love your parks! #lichens #lichenologists #NPS #NationalParks

Support for student/enthusiasts! NWL is offering ~10, $150 awards to help student/non-student lichen folk with need presenting talk or poster. Must also be registered with NWSA for the meeting. Have abstract ready before applying-Deadline 2/17 northwest-lichenologists.wildapricot.org/event-5957694

Annual General Meeting

Eugene, Oregon: Mar 17-20, 2025

Registration is through the Northwest Scientific Association website: www.northwestscience.org The meeting has talks, a workshop, and one or more field trips.

Schedule and summary of lichen activities for the meeting will be posted there.

Just a fine example of Ramalina menziesii on the Lane/Benton County border of Oregon for our first post here on Bluesky Social. We are also on Instagram @nwlichenologists and on
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