Fruticose Lichen

Round branches with its fungal layer outside, its algal layer within
no rhizines; vertical growth pattern; odd-shaped structures such as globets; threads. Fruticose lichens are either shrub-like small mounds, growing up from the ground, or beard-like, small tangles looking a bit like spanish moss when hanging down, attached to the substrate only at their bases, and usually with a circular cross-section. Fruticose lichens, on the other hand grow vertically, and quickly, up to 2 cm per year.