Blue Jellyskin

Leptogium cyanescens

Leptogium cyanescens is a lichen in the family Collemataceae.
Blue Jellyskin - Leptogium cyanescens Bluish gray lichen growing among other lichens and moss Habitat: Deciduous forest https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125580/blue_jellyskin_-_leptogium_cyanescens.html Blue Jellyskin,Collemataceae,Geotagged,Leptogium,Leptogium cyanescens,Spring,United States. lichen

Appearance

Fairly large, blue-grey, thin, rounded lobes, with delicate isidia emerging as small whitish papillae on the upper surface and along the margins, whole thallus lacking brownish or blackish coloring.
Blue Jellyskin - Leptogium cyanescens Bluish gray lichen growing among other lichens and moss Habitat: Deciduous forest https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125579/blue_jellyskin_-_leptogium_cyanescens.html Blue Jellyskin,Geotagged,Leptogium cyanescens,Spring,United States

Naming

Common Names: blue vinyl, blue jellyskin, blue oilskin

Habitat

On shaded twigs of deciduous trees and shrubs in humid habitats, rarely in exposed situations.

References:

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https://www.blm.gov/or/plans/surveyandmanage/files/sfs-li-leptogium-cyanescens-2010-02.pdf
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.123834/Leptogium_cyanescens
https://www.waysofenlichenment.net/lichens/Leptogium%20cyanescens
Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderPeltigerales
FamilyCollemataceae
GenusLeptogium
SpeciesLeptogium cyanescens
Photographed in
United States of America