This bright orange lichen grows all over the old stones on the main island of São Miguel, as well as on some trees. It made driving a bit easier where it grew near roads like high visibility paint.
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Here it is on a tree. It consistently grew on this species but not others.
Azores are windy I guess? Seems to grow only on one side of the trunk.
What’s the light green fluffy stuff? Lichen, too?
Damn I’m jealous of you being there.
Damn that’s nice
This is interesting! Are you sure it’s a lichen and not an algae? I’m no expert, but it looks closer to Orange Rock Hair algae, with the velvet looking texture. Do you have any close up photos?
Unfortunately I didn’t take any closeups. After some searching I think this was probably xanthoria. It was dry, flakey, and had those fairy cup fruiting bodies. Not so obvious in any of my pics.
Here is the other I took.
