Northern New Mexico, USA, on Basalt. Is this the same species in 3 different life stages? Or different species?
Hi @allelopath Yup - different kinds of lichen here rather than stages: I see at least four here. Crustose are a bit challenging to ID ... with the yellow one I would start by looking at Acarospora and similar for regional species options. Lovely colours!
I so much love lichen for stealth! I've probably asked you this before @allelopath - do you have a handlens e.g. 10x mag or higher? If not, strongly recc. getting one as the stealth of tiny world is magnificent!