Physcia adscendens (Hooded Rosette) is a tiny but common lichen throughout Alberta. It can adapt its body to different environments, growing short and squat in stressful situations and long and leggy in optimal conditions.  Look at the lobe tips to see the little hoods full of powdery propagules for dispersal, and along the lobe edges to see the waving cilia. It’s as if Hooded Rosette is reaching out, just waiting to be noticed.