Top 17 Most Common Mushrooms in Ibiza

Common orange lichen was selected in 2006 by the United States Department of Energy as a model for genomic sequencing. Its widespread dispersal and bright yellow-orange color give the lichen its common name. It is primarily found growing on rocks, walls, and tree bark.

Farinose cartilage lichen has a bushy appearance and is easy to identify by its long, slender branches. The reproductive structures are often scattered on the fungi. The lichen thrives in warm moist, mixed forests, forming on second-growth trees and shrubs.

Lecidella elaeochroma is a crust lichen, which means that its stock (Thallus) lies closely on the surface. The camp is whitish, gray, gray-green, olive or yellowish. Often it is also damaged by snail-eating and then greenish. The structure of the camp is smooth to grainy. Often it is weakly glossy or even limited by a black submission. The camp can sometimes be sorediös dissolved. It reaches diameter of 1 to 3 cm. The apothecia reach between 0.4 and 1.0 mm in diameter. Their discs are black to dark reddish brown and very rarely frosted. The Apotheciens are flat to strongly arched and can be deformed. Its edge is black and smooth. Overall, the appearance of this lichens is very rich in form.

The almost indistinguishable species is a gray-yellow or light to orange-orange, bush-shaped camp with marginal fibrils. However, adhesive fibers are missing. The length of the slightly flattened sections is about 1.5 cm. The frequently formed fruiting bodies (apothecaries) have an orange disc with characteristic eyelashes on the edge and a diameter of 2 to 7 mm. The Photobiont is a member of the green algae genus Trebouxia.