In a few hundred yards of trail, there are more types of lichen than I could count on both hands, from delicate, squamose Cladonia species to flat, floppy foliose structures such as this Frog Pelt (Peltigera neopolydactyla). Several varieties are currently in their fruiting phase, exhibiting distinct apothecia (the tan/cream fruiting bodies shown here), and each one looks as if it could have been transplanted here from an alien world.
365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Friday, February 11, 2011
A Hike In Lichenopolis
In a few hundred yards of trail, there are more types of lichen than I could count on both hands, from delicate, squamose Cladonia species to flat, floppy foliose structures such as this Frog Pelt (Peltigera neopolydactyla). Several varieties are currently in their fruiting phase, exhibiting distinct apothecia (the tan/cream fruiting bodies shown here), and each one looks as if it could have been transplanted here from an alien world.
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