Day 166: With the lichen conference coming up tomorrow, I felt compelled to go talk to my favourite rock today. Halfway between the bridge and the Community Building at Longmire, this three-foot tall vertical face is absolutely "hairy" with Pilophorus acicularis. At most, the podetia are an inch and a half tall and smaller in diameter than the lead in a pencil. Young ones resemble tiny threads, each one tipped with a shiny black apothecium. As a lichen lover, the word which springs to mind to describe Pilophorus is "cute," and any time I'm walking that direction, you'll see me hunker down beside them to speak a few appreciative words. I mean, not too many people have a 500-pound Chia pet!
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