xanthoria parietina on the birch tree. a leafy lichen. names are orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen and shore

after april bark biology birch botany bright carl close closeup color detail ecology ecosystem europe europinian flora floral fungal fungi gas gold grow growing leafy lichen linnaeus macro may moss names natural nature new orange parietina parietinus plant pollution rain reproduction scale spring summer the tree wildlife wood xanthoria yellow