Golden Moonglow Lichen

(Dimelaena oreina)

Golden Moonglow Lichen, Vancouver Island, BC
Golden Moonglow Lichen, Vancouver Island, BC, photo by Bud

The Golden Moonglow can be found on rock bluffs and boulders. The golden moon glow lichen is a small, round lichen. It is usually no bigger than a dime but noticeable because of the way the dark, disc-shaped fruiting bodies in the center turn greenish-yellow at the outer edges.

One unusual aspect of this lichen is its squamulose form. A squamulose lichen falls somewhere between the leafy foliose lichens and crusty crustose lichens and has tiny, curled lobes around its outer edges.

The golden moonglow lichen grows all over the BC coast, the Pacific Northwest, and most of North America. It is a very common lichen.

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