Guest Post by Jocie Brooks Old Man’s Beard and Bear’s Hair can be found on sub-alpine trees in Paradise Meadows, Strathcona Provincial Park. Most of us are familiar with the grey wispy lichens that garland tree trunks and branches. If you’ve been cross-country skiing at Mount Washington you’ve probably seen this stringy stuff that locals call “old man’s beard” or …
Freckle Pelt Lichen
A Pleasing Peltigera
Freckle Pelt (Peltigera sp.) one of two possible Freckle Pelts – P. aphthosa or P. britannica. A lesson in how to identify a Peltigera, learned in retrospect. When I saw this lichen growing in moss at the base of a rotting stump in Miracle Beach Provincial Park I recognized it immediately. It was a Peltigera, a pelt lichen, and its …