Lichens are there waiting for you to notice them, all year round. But the business of the woods in summer seems to let them hide. They do seem much more apparent in the leafless atmosphere of late fall, particularly if it's been raining and the woods is damp. So I went back over a few years and found some photos for you. These are from 2014/15.
One place to look for lichens is on big boulders. At our last place we had an old stone fencerow with some big boulders; they were covered with patches of lichen.
As you zoom in closer you see the growth pattern.
And if you really zoom in you see the tiny dark fruiting bodies.
Nearby we had some large old squared logs, surplus from building the cabin. They were decorated in a very different style of lichens.
These ones had interesting colour variations, from blue to pink.
This rock had tiny fruiting bodies emerging from the moss.
Tiny fruiting bodies often described as Pixie Cups.
More tiny 'Pixie Cups', different atmospheric conditions making them a delicate green.
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I'm struggling with what to post next in my blog. Some of you read my last post which I later deleted, because I just wasn't satisfied with it. When I move away from my usual format of pictures with comments, I struggle a lot more. And it's that time of year when I'm getting used to the fact I'll be trapped indoors for six months too! Today I've just got a cold and I'm not functioning very well. It's hard to get new pictures now too, so I've started dipping into past files. I think I'll take you back to one of our trips out west next.
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