‘Our lives should go between the lichen and the bark’

Posted by on Jan 17, 2015 in 2015, January, Lichen, Unidentified, Winter | 1 comment

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, January 2015

 

A quote by Henry David Thoreau. (more…)

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Parmotrema perlatum

Posted by on Jan 13, 2015 in 2015, January, Lichen, Parmotrema perlatum, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Parmotrema perlatum, provisional identification, January 2015

 

Provisional identification. (more…)

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Lichen time

Posted by on Jan 9, 2015 in 2015, January, Lichen, Provisional identification, Winter, Xanthoria parietina | 1 comment

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, January 2015

 

There is still plenty of colour in the wood and lichen supplies much of that. (more…)

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Oakmoss

Posted by on Dec 21, 2014 in 2014, December, Evernia prunastri, Lichen, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Evernia prunastri, provisional identification, December 2014

 

Evernia prunastri, provisional identification. (more…)

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Piebald

Posted by on Nov 14, 2014 in 2014, Ash, Autumn, Hawthorn, Lichen, Moss, November, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, Ash, November 2014

 

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, and Ash, Fraxinus excelsior (more…)

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Two lichens

Posted by on Jan 30, 2014 in 2014, January, Lichen, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, January 2014

 

Possibly Hypotrachyna taylorensis and Ramalina farinacea. (more…)

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Stag lichen or Oakmoss

Posted by on Jan 22, 2014 in 2014, Evernia prunastri, January, Lichen, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Evernia prunastri, January 2014

 

Evernia prunastri. (more…)

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” … Just a tangle of spiral and tree.”

Posted by on Jan 21, 2014 in 2014, General, January, Lichen, Moss, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, January 2014

 

From Ruth Padel’s “Icicles Round a Tree in Dumfriesshire”. (more…)

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Source of dye and perfume

Posted by on Dec 21, 2013 in 2013, December, Evernia prunastri, Lichen, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Evernia prunastri, December 2013

 

Looks like Evernia prunastri, Oakmoss, used by the Romans and others to make dye. (more…)

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Life at ground level

Posted by on Oct 29, 2013 in 2013, Autumn, Lichen, October, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, October 2013

 

Unidentified lichen, possibly Physcia tenella. (more…)

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Lichen

Posted by on May 17, 2013 in 2013, Ash, Lichen, May, Spring, Trees, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, May 2013

 

Lichen on ash. (more…)

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April 2013, lichen

Posted by on Apr 30, 2013 in 2013, Algae, April, Lichen, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Algae, unidentified, April 2013,

 

Cructose lichen. (more…)

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