Orange-Cup Lichen
Observed in scrub habitat on a tree branch. Mweiga, Nyeri County, Kenya, Dec 2015.
The orange saucers on this lichen are the fruiting bodies, referred to a apothecia. From these structures spores will be released. Hyphae (fungal fibers) carry with the spores the symbiotic algae that allow the fungus to exploit sunlight for energy.