High in the Cuillin the other day we saw quite a bit of this on damp rocks:

Orange Fluff Photo W Peppe
Nick Hodgetts tells me it is the alga Trentepohlia, probably T.aurea. This is a common algal component of lichens, but can also occur on its own.
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