![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/11t.jpg) Elegant sunburst lichen Rusavskia elegans (formerly Xanthoria elegans) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of elegant sunburst lichen Rusavskia elegans (formerly Xanthoria elegans) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/09t.jpg) Texture of green moss on granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/26t.jpg) Rosette lichen Physcia on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/17t.jpg) Physcia lichen on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/23t.jpg) Brown crustose lichen on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/27t.jpg) Close-up of rosette lichen Physcia on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/20t.jpg) Rock shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/07t.jpg) Grey crustose lichen Aspicilia on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rosette of yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/18t.jpg) Growth of yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/22t.jpg) Circular round patch of yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/19t.jpg) Yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) and another crustose yellow lichen on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of crustose lichen Lecanora muralis (Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/15t.jpg) Rosette of crustose lichen Lecanora muralis (Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/25t.jpg) Various crustose lichens on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of green moss on granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/05t.jpg) Rapakivi granite with large round crystals on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/24t.jpg) Xanthoparmelia and Rhizocarpon geographicum lichens on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/02t.jpg) Granite rocks and a boat in Vyborg Bay from Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/10t.jpg) Common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) on granite of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flowers of stonecrop (Sedum, Hylotelephium telephium(?)) on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/01t.jpg) Vyborg Bay from Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/03t.jpg) Shores of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1630/jpeg/03t.jpg) Death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2101/jpeg/22t.jpg) Death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/04t.jpg) A house at 40 Geroev Street in Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1630/jpeg/05t.jpg) Inflorescense of death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2102/jpeg/12t.jpg) Flowers of death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1630/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flowers of death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1630/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1630/jpeg/04t.jpg) Flower of death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/778/jpeg/18t.jpg) Lily-like flower of death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1089/jpeg/02t.jpg) Lily-like flower of death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/882/jpeg/09t.jpg) Lily-like flower of death camas (Zigadenus elegans, Anticlea elegans) with two-pronged greenish-yellow glands on each petal in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 13, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/04t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3622/jpeg/15t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3622/jpeg/13t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3622/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3607/jpeg/28t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3607/jpeg/27t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3579/jpeg/10t.jpg) Stones scattered on a granite base on a beach of Vyborg Bay on Storozhok Peninsula near granite quarry near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3579/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pine trees growing among granite stones on a beach of Vyborg Bay on Storozhok Peninsula near granite quarry near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/40t.jpg) Grey lichen on a granite stone in Paltsevo Rock Massif near Svetogorsk Highway near Vyborg. Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2490/jpeg/02t.jpg) Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a fallen aspen tree near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/35t.jpg) Apothecia of maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a dry trunk of mountain ash on Svetlanovsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/36t.jpg) Patch of maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a dry trunk of mountain ash on Svetlanovsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2200/jpeg/13t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2196/jpeg/21t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1994/jpeg/09t.jpg) Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a tree near northern road in Yuntolovsky Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 1, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2490/jpeg/03t.jpg) Patch of maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a fallen aspen tree near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2196/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close up of elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/37t.jpg) Disk-shaped apothecia of maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a dry trunk of mountain ash on Svetlanovsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1917/jpeg/23t.jpg) Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a fallen aspen tree between Orekhovo and Lembolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2196/jpeg/22t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) from wood chips in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/04t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2756/jpeg/26t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/10t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/01t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/27t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/24t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/06t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/13t.jpg) Inflorescence of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/10t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2366/jpeg/04t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/25t.jpg) Green lynx spider on elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3579/jpeg/03t.jpg) Granite boulders in Vyborg Bay near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2366/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flower spike of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2778/jpeg/04t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3579/jpeg/05t.jpg) Large granite stone in Vyborg Bay near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3579/jpeg/04t.jpg) Granite stones on a beach of Vyborg Bay near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3579/jpeg/07t.jpg) Large granite boulders in Vyborg Bay near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2630/jpeg/25t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) on a lawn near Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1131/jpeg/04t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushrooms (Mutinus elegans) growing on mulched trees under power lines in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, January 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3581/jpeg/20t.jpg) Golden lichen Xanthoria parietina with another grey crustose lichen on a stone in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1123/jpeg/22t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushrooms (Mutinus elegans, Phallaceae) growing on mulched trees on utility cutting in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, December 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/31t.jpg) Interior of a small granite cave near Vyborg. Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3054/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/30t.jpg) Examining a granite cliff during a geological tour near Vyborg. Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3054/jpeg/10t.jpg) Side view of elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3581/jpeg/21t.jpg) Golden lichen Xanthoria parietina on a stone in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3601/jpeg/19t.jpg) Septarian nodule-like texture of back of a black granite tomb in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2510/jpeg/08t.jpg) Crater lichen Diploschistes scruposus together with dark-brown lichen on granite cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2509/jpeg/19t.jpg) Diploschistes lichen on granite in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2510/jpeg/02t.jpg) Buellia(?) lichen on granite cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2509/jpeg/23t.jpg) Some crustose lichen at the foot of granite cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2509/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cladonia lichen at the foot of granite cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2510/jpeg/05t.jpg) Some brown Acarospora(?) lichen on granite cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
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