Threesome

Posted on 2024-04-20 by Mellow Curmudgeon

Fungus, moss, and lichen
share bark space in peace until
wind takes them all down.

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Wind After Rain

Posted on 2024-04-042024-04-05 by Mellow Curmudgeon

Trees came down.
Homeless lichen and
homeless moss.

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Maple memories
linger on downed branch.

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Looking at Lichen

Posted on 2018-07-142020-07-04 by Mellow Curmudgeon

Contrary to appearances, lichen is organic and growing. But it grows slowly. Really slowly.

Organic ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #147

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Lichen looks like flaking paint.
Inorganic? No, it ain’t.

Do not try to watch it grow.
Each micron takes a day or so.

Nerdy 😉 Note

Dunno enough lichenology to say how slowly my lichen grows. From the wide range of known lichen growth rates and my very casual observations, I could go with either “hour” or “day” as a crude monosyllabic estimate of long my lichen takes to grow a millionth of a meter wider. Compared to watching lichens grow, watching grass grow would be like watching hockey.

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