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, April 24, 2015
Pilophorus On Parade
Day 193: With the acquisition of a new macro lens/filter, one of my first targets was the colony of Pilophorus acicularis at Longmire. These little fellers are my new "favourite lichen," not only for their cute black hats, but also for their propensity for growing straight out from the side of a vertical rock. Seen from a distance of five feet, you'd take them for grey moss where they cluster thickly. Seen from two feet, they put you in mind of a mutant Chia pet. A few specimens grow upright in this location, although I'm sure that they'd rather be doing horizontal stretches with their compeers, the yoga practitioners of Lichenopolis contending against gravity in pursuit of grace, a grey ballet of black-capped figures on a rocky stage.
Labels:
Devil's Matchstick,
LBS macro,
lichen,
Longmire,
MORA,
Pilophorus acicularis
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