Lichenscapes

This page is for picturesque/unusual/general lichen photos or artwork etc. Species identification is optional. If you have some nice shots why not send them in and show them to the world.

Amy Rose Walker:- Edinburgh Napier University project - Artist Statement. Lichenology is the study and science of lichens. Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic association with a fungus (the mycobiont) with a photosynthetic partner (the phycobiont). They are able to grow in extreme conditions, are widespread and may be long lived. They evolved at least 400 million years ago and occur in every continent. There are thought to be 30,000 species of lichen. Lichens provide important scientific insights, not just about lichens themselves, but also about natural history. They are very important indicators of climate change as they can signify the state of the physical environment. Many of the species are vulnerable to environmental disturbance and are useful to scientists in assessing the effects of air pollution, ozone depletion and metal contamination. As bio indicators lichens are very important to nature as physical and chemical monitors, and what scientists can understand about our environment. These images, taken on a large format camera in a studio, represent the intricacy of the organism, bringing out the colours and textures of the lichens. These fine art images were taken to bring attention to the beautiful and awe inspiring natural world and the potential effects we will be implementing on our environment. The images do not represent the negative effect we are having on the lichens yet, but instead show lichens in their beauty before our actions make this act no longer possible to document.
Textile inspired by lichens on limestone. Liz Brooke Ward.	Textile inspired by Physcia and other lichens. Liz Brooke Ward.	Caterpillar camouflage. Evolved by nature, inspired by lichens. Scalloped Hazel caterpillar Odontopera bidentata Katie Grundy.	The ghost of Findlater Castle. Lecanora rupicola Mike Sutcliffe.
Textile inspired by lichens. Liz Brooke Ward.	Textile inspired by lichens. Liz Brooke Ward.	Textile inspired by Nephroma and other lichens. Liz Brooke Ward.	Textile inspired by lichens on limestone. Liz Brooke Ward.
Lichen cobble, Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh. About £20 million per lichen. Money well spent. Mike Sutcliffe	Farne Islands puffin colony with Caloplaca verruculifera M Sutcliffe	Technicolour fence post Rackwick Bay, Hoy. Katie Grundy	Tomb hand Logie Kirk, Stirling Viv Lisewski
Lichen brooches found on cliff top, Shetland. Derek Mayes.	Lichen brooch found on cliff top, Shetland. Derek Mayes.	Lecanora rupicola on clothes of Mary. Saint Buboc churchyard, Bretagne, France. Gerhard Neuwirth.	Parmelia saxatilis F G Jones.
Kielder forest lichen garden. Northumberland. Mike Sutcliffe.	Grand Canyon lichen clouds. Kaibab Trail. Mike Sutcliffe.	Xanthoria euphoria. Harbour wall. North Berwick, Scotland. Peter Doe.	Lichen mosaic. Chronkley bridge, Teesdale, England. Mike Sutcliffe.
Landscape with Verrucaria mucosa. Redpoint Beach near Gairloch, Scotland. Mike Sutcliffe.	Torridon coast boulder. Dave Genney.	Sycamore festooned with Usnea, Evernia, Parmelia, and Hypogymnia. Ness Islands, Inverness, Scotland. David Clarke.	Tree lungwort cascade. Dave Genney.
Granite boulder, Cairngorms, Scotland. Nick Cutler	Granite boulder in grassland, Rocky Mountain National Park. Nick Cutler	Granite outcrop in pine forest, Boulder, Colorado. Nick Cutler.	Teesdale boulder, northeast England. Mike Sutcliffe.
James. Kilmory churchyard (Lecanora rupicola). Mike Sutcliffe.	Kilmory churchyard, Arran, Scotland. Mike Sutcliffe.	Rusty Pertusaria, Northumberland, England. Mike Sutcliffe.	Penrhyn slate quarry, Bethesda, Wales. F G Jones.