In the last days of 2023 I launched the sticker collection "Moss covering objects of our time" and shared it only here on #mastodon. I couldn't have chosen better. The reactions and orders I received gave me energy that will last throughout 2024. Thank you for that.
I found the most amazing tree last weekend, with gorgeous lichens all over one side.
The red-capped lichen is a new one for me - I think it's Haematomma babingtonii. The textures are amazing, and they all look awesome together, especially with the moss to set it all off
There is the most amazing blue stuff growing on my very old branches on a neglected and damp woodpile (slime / algae / moss / lichen?). I’ve never seen anything quite like it! (Northern Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹 ) Not ideal for burning & heating my old house, but aesthetically pleasing. Ideas, anyone?
(No filter used, camera phone)
Went for a walk today, took the macro lens with me for the first time in a while, proceeded to take only semi-macro shots; but it's okay, the light was pretty.
„Do you have hobbies?“
„Oh, pretty normal stuff, you know? Like Cladonia.”
”…?”
”Yeah, like sitting in the woods and looking at it, taking 10.000 photos of it, spending an incredible amount of time during the day thinking about it. The usual stuff what everyone does.“
„… o-okay …“
One of the problems with identifying lichen is the tendency for several types to grow in close proximity to each other, so if I ask what type of lichen is in this photo there's more than one correct answer.
Lichen patterns on a tree trunk. I think these are physcia caesia and possibly a candelariella, but I'm really not really confident about either. I just like the patterns and textures!
This is such a beautiful little thing - "Coral Lichen", aka Pulchrocladia retipora.
It was growing in a glacier-carved alpine valley we walked through over Christmas.
There's some ghosting in the image because it was a handheld focus-stacked shot, but I think it's clear enough to get a sense of how amazing the lichen is. I so want to go back and get some better photos sometime!