#lichen — Public Fediverse posts
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Found some rare Dark Shadow Lichen (Phaeophyscia sciastra) on a rock close to the shore of Lake Huron.
The dark blue-black lichen are surrounded by some orange Elegant Sunburst Lichen (Rusavskia elegans). -
Found some rare Dark Shadow Lichen (Phaeophyscia sciastra) on a rock close to the shore of Lake Huron.
The dark blue-black lichen are surrounded by some orange Elegant Sunburst Lichen (Rusavskia elegans). -
This lovely thing is probably the commonest of the "foliose" lichens found on trees in the UK, easily to identify because it's white on the underside. Oak Moss", or more precisely Evernia prunastri
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This lovely thing is probably the commonest of the "foliose" lichens found on trees in the UK, easily to identify because it's white on the underside. Oak Moss", or more precisely Evernia prunastri
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British Soldier Lichen (Cladonia cristatella)
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British Soldier Lichen (Cladonia cristatella)
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Madame's Cup Lichen (Cladonia coccifera)
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Madame's Cup Lichen (Cladonia coccifera)
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Sometimes you can find here small brown tufts of hair on tree branches. These are actually lichens, not hairs, which aren't easy to identify without a close-up.
This lichen is the Burred Horsehair Lichen (Bryoria furcellata), recognizable by the fine burrs on the hairs. -
Sometimes you can find here small brown tufts of hair on tree branches. These are actually lichens, not hairs, which aren't easy to identify without a close-up.
This lichen is the Burred Horsehair Lichen (Bryoria furcellata), recognizable by the fine burrs on the hairs. -
I really enjoyed my walk in the forest this morning, with all its different reindeer lichens. Take a close look at the beauty of a Grey Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) in the green moss.
#lichen #lichensubscribe #mosstodon #naturephotography #closeup
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I really enjoyed my walk in the forest this morning, with all its different reindeer lichens. Take a close look at the beauty of a Grey Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) in the green moss.
#lichen #lichensubscribe #mosstodon #naturephotography #closeup
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The Sulphur Firedot Lichen (Gyalolechia flavovirescens) - I found this crustose lichen on an old concrete step
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The Sulphur Firedot Lichen (Gyalolechia flavovirescens) - I found this crustose lichen on an old concrete step
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#Today 04 pt2
Good day!
Our air continuing to clear, I went on a short hike this morning, the air cool with an autumn crispness to it.
Color has begun to invade the forest.
I rescued this wolf lichen in the middle of the trail. In exchange, it took my picture. Not sure how it does that.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #Lichen
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#Today 04 pt2
Good day!
Our air continuing to clear, I went on a short hike this morning, the air cool with an autumn crispness to it.
Color has begun to invade the forest.
I rescued this wolf lichen in the middle of the trail. In exchange, it took my picture. Not sure how it does that.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #Lichen
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I love finding a little forest of lichens.
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I love finding a little forest of lichens.
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#photography #TextureTuesday #lichen #lichensubscribe
Rusty Red Dot on Wooden Bench -
#photography #TextureTuesday #lichen #lichensubscribe
Rusty Red Dot on Wooden Bench -
Walk your block. Check the stone walls, the old headstones, the north side of the trees.
What's growing on the stone where you are?
#Lichen #Mycology #Herbalism #FoodAsMedicine #Nature #Ecology #AirQuality #Botany #Foraging #BloomScrolling #Naturalist #SlowLiving
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Walk your block. Check the stone walls, the old headstones, the north side of the trees.
What's growing on the stone where you are?
#Lichen #Mycology #Herbalism #FoodAsMedicine #Nature #Ecology #AirQuality #Botany #Foraging #BloomScrolling #Naturalist #SlowLiving
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Do not eat it. Lichens absorb everything from the air; that's their whole nature, and it makes many of them mildly toxic and all of them efficient collectors of whatever drifts past.
The medicine isn't in the mouth. It's in the reading. Lichen is the oldest air-quality monitor ever built.
#Lichen #Mycology #Herbalism #FoodAsMedicine #Nature #Ecology #AirQuality #Botany #Foraging #BloomScrolling #Naturalist #SlowLiving
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Do not eat it. Lichens absorb everything from the air; that's their whole nature, and it makes many of them mildly toxic and all of them efficient collectors of whatever drifts past.
The medicine isn't in the mouth. It's in the reading. Lichen is the oldest air-quality monitor ever built.
#Lichen #Mycology #Herbalism #FoodAsMedicine #Nature #Ecology #AirQuality #Botany #Foraging #BloomScrolling #Naturalist #SlowLiving
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Look on old stone. A thick pale crust, gray to buff, broken into small tiles with a darker rim, welded flat against granite anywhere the sun is hard and the water is scarce.
Lobothallia alphoplaca. Not a plant. A fungus and an alga that gave up living separately so long ago the arrangement counts as one organism now, growing a fraction of a millimetre a year.
#Lichen #Mycology #Herbalism #FoodAsMedicine #Nature #Ecology #AirQuality #Botany #Foraging #BloomScrolling #Naturalist #SlowLiving
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Look on old stone. A thick pale crust, gray to buff, broken into small tiles with a darker rim, welded flat against granite anywhere the sun is hard and the water is scarce.
Lobothallia alphoplaca. Not a plant. A fungus and an alga that gave up living separately so long ago the arrangement counts as one organism now, growing a fraction of a millimetre a year.
#Lichen #Mycology #Herbalism #FoodAsMedicine #Nature #Ecology #AirQuality #Botany #Foraging #BloomScrolling #Naturalist #SlowLiving
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There's not much else in nature which is the colour of Lichen. I have no idea what you would call it, "grey-green" maybe? I think "Lichen" will have to do. Here's a lovely little patch of British Soldiers, or Devils Matchsticks or whatever people call it - but maybe not big enough red caps for those. In reality, it's a Cladonia some sort - my ID skills aren't up to getting any closer these days. On moorland somewhere up north. #Lichen #Nature
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There's not much else in nature which is the colour of Lichen. I have no idea what you would call it, "grey-green" maybe? I think "Lichen" will have to do. Here's a lovely little patch of British Soldiers, or Devils Matchsticks or whatever people call it - but maybe not big enough red caps for those. In reality, it's a Cladonia some sort - my ID skills aren't up to getting any closer these days. On moorland somewhere up north. #Lichen #Nature
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: ☄️🔥 A recent study from #Purdue suggests fine dust from the #Chicxulub impact trapped heat in the upper #atmosphere, effectively charbroiling exposed organisms within hours.
Post-impact dust would have delivered 17 times the lethal #radiation dose for #humans, igniting #grass and #lichen across the #planet.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/dust-cloud-from-dino-killing-asteroid-charbroiled-the-earth/
#dinosaurs #asteroid #massextinction #cretaceous #science #paleontology #earthscience #wildfires #astronomy
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: ☄️🔥 A recent study from #Purdue suggests fine dust from the #Chicxulub impact trapped heat in the upper #atmosphere, effectively charbroiling exposed organisms within hours.
Post-impact dust would have delivered 17 times the lethal #radiation dose for #humans, igniting #grass and #lichen across the #planet.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/dust-cloud-from-dino-killing-asteroid-charbroiled-the-earth/
#dinosaurs #asteroid #massextinction #cretaceous #science #paleontology #earthscience #wildfires #astronomy
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some beautiful gravestones for tomb Tuesday
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some beautiful gravestones for tomb Tuesday
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Another from the world of Lichen, Old Mans Beard (Usnea subfloridana). You find this stuff draped all over trees in damp neglected bits of woodland. As usual, there are lots of species, but If you're in Northumberland and see this it's 99% sure to be Usnea subfloridana. #Northumberland #Nature #Lichen #Usnea #Fungi #Wildlife
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Another from the world of Lichen, Old Mans Beard (Usnea subfloridana). You find this stuff draped all over trees in damp neglected bits of woodland. As usual, there are lots of species, but If you're in Northumberland and see this it's 99% sure to be Usnea subfloridana. #Northumberland #Nature #Lichen #Usnea #Fungi #Wildlife
