Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups

[Nik]

Cladonia macilenta

[Nik]

Cladonia chlorophaea

[Nik]

Polytrichum commune is the most abundant moss in the yard. Forms large dense colonies which don’t allow many weeds to germinate. This makes it a good choice for easy maintenance moss garden.
I estimate we have more than 50 species of moss and probably similar number of lichens on the property, and I don’t know the species name for most of them.

[Nik]

Platygyrium repens, oil spill moss

[Nik]

Leucobryum sp.

[Nik]

Amanita sp.

[Nik]

Few random shots not in our yard, but close by.

[ian mcdonald]

Nik, the third and fifth pictures look like a fungus we have in the UK, called Turkey Tail, Trametes versicolor.

[Nik]

Thanks, Ian! That indeed seems to be the correct ID. (By the way, we have many wild turkeys that visit our yard almost daily)

[Nik]

Few more from the yard.
This one is delicious. Lactifluus hygrophoroides.

[Nik]

Some Russula sp.
In our yard they come in almost every color of the rainbow, except blue. Slugs LOVE them.
Quite important for several members of the Ericaceae family in our yard in terms of mycorrhizal associations.

[Nik]

And a no ID bluish-purplish one.

[Nik]

The aptly named worm moss, Bryoandersonia illecebra, using Tortella sp. as a substrate.

[Nik]

Mitchella repens, partridgeberry, is a nice evergreen ground cover that can easily overtake the moss in the yard if left unchecked. Thankfully, hungry deer eat most of it during the winter which saves me a lot of weeding.

[Nik]

Helodium paludosum?