The One for me
January 31, 2021 § 11 Comments
The One for me © Lynn Wiles 2021
While throwing sticks for my dog, I noticed this cup like lichen and decided to bring it home to photograph.
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It could almost be something from under the sea! 🙂
Yes! Lichen fascinate me, the bridge between plant and animal.
Do you recall from 2015 the lovely ‘Authorised Artifact’ from Soddenham that I photographed. It contained a sample of lichen on the branch and ground! It is Xanthoria Polycarpa lichen which may well the same or similar to the lichen you photographed 🙂
Ooops! I forgot the link…
https://postcardcafe.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/soddenham-limited-edition-authorised-artifact/
Yes, that’s it. Amazing that you could remember a post from that long ago.
And by chance I happened to watch a programme last night where I learned about the symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae which form lichen! I had up until then presumed lichen to be a species of plant in their own right. It came as quite a surprise to learn otherwise!
I was blown away when a few years ago I learned that when hundreds of thousands of years ago plants and animals took divergent evolutionary paths, fungi took a third!!!😳 Fungi are neither plant nor animal and life on earth is pretty much dependent on their existence! Amazing…🙏🍄
During these tough times it’s good to ponder the wonders of nature 🙂👍🍂🍄🍃🐚🌾🦩🦥🦇🦉🐌🌳
I wish I’d seen that program and yes, much better to ponder small details of the natural world than the news.
A wonderful example! Lichens are endlessly fascinating!
They are! Wish I had more time to really study them, but I don’t.
It reminded me of an octopus!
Yes, an octopus tentacle.