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290d

Trumpet Lichen (Cladonia fimbriata) growing between Haircap moss and stones

#lichen #lichensubscribe #moss #Mosstodon #closeup #nature

The photo shows a lichen growing on the ground between stones and dry haircap moss.
The lichen consists of tiny green lobes (leaves) at the base, from which small, upright, gray-green, trumpet-shaped podetia (the stems) grow.
The surface of the podetia looks as if it is covered with a granular powder called soredia.
The soredia consist of algae cells and fungal hyphae, a method of reproduction of the lichen when these soredia are spread by e.g. wind.

290d

Waxcaps are tiny bursts of color you often see at this time of the year. Red, yellow, green, gray, purple… but it’s the orange ones I most enjoy. Especially when in a mound of lush moss.

They can be a bear to ID as many species have a large range of color over their short lifespans. Field guides often differ in the colors they depict.

I’m happy just to see them on my hikes.

Honey Waxcap
[Hygrocybe reidii]
Maybe

#FungFriday #Fungi #Mushrooms #Pilze #Nature #Mosstodon #Mushtodon

Sitting on a bright green mound of moss is an out of focus pinecone with its open end angled toward the camera, and a small mushroom. The mushroom is about 1.5 inches high with an orange waxy looking stem and a reddish orange waxy looking cap. In the background are various low woody shrubs and leafed trees.

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297d

Holloway path at Middlemoor, Whitchurch down yesterday #Dartmoor #Devon #mosstodon

A sunken lane with trees on either bank.

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296d

trying a #Mosstodon post given that there is a lot of moss in #wales and all my photos look like this

a photo of rocks and branches around the roots and trunk of a tree in South Wales, everything is covered in moss, the photo is lush

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293d

A pretty little patch of Xanthoria Parietine #lichen. I think I'm growing a little Shrek in my garden.

#mushrooms #Mosstodon #gardening

A patch of yellow and green lichen with little fabric-like parts and cup-shaped protrusions. On Grey bricks.

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277d

Drunk with happiness

#Dogs #Dog #DogsOfMastodon #Corgi #CorgisOfMastodon #Mastodogs #Mastodog #DogsOfFediverse #FediDogs #PetsOfMastodon #Fursday #Mosstodon

moxxi the corgi is smiling wide on a floor of moss in the forest. she's wearing an orange collar.

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269d

Wax Caps showing off their Halloween colors. Wax o’lanterns?

Honey Waxcaps
[Hygrocybe reidii]
Probably

#Nature #FungiFriday #Fungi #Mushrooms #Pilze #Mosstodon

Ground level view of a small embankment of bright green moss growing in the forest floor with dried leaves in the foreground. Poking out of various spots in the moss are 7 bright orange/yellow mushrooms. They are umbrella shaped with bright caps with a slightly more pale border. The stems are mostly the same size as the borders and their bottoms disappear into the wall of moss at varying angles. One of the mushrooms has aged to the point that its cap is exposing the gills on its underside.

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268d

Had a chat with a friendly branch, because that's a thing, obviously

#sillyScribbles #mosstodon #silly #pareidolia #nonsense

A photo of a tree branch cutting horizontally across the frame. The bottom half has a thin covering of wispy moss. In the centre there is a hole, shaped like a mouth mid-word. Above it I have drawn eyes and eyebrows, one slightly raised. It looks friendly and chatty.

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265d

Behold the mighty oak ! King of the forest…. Beautiful tree at Burrator today, #Dartmoor, #Devon #mosstodon #photography

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261d

Moss on Tavistock’s Victorian viaduct this morning #Devon #photography #mosstodon

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231d

In mid-October, I took my ridiculous 4mm fisheye lens out to the forest.

It's honestly not bad for photographing mushrooms – uniquely enabling you to get both the mushroom and the rest of the forest in frame at the same time. And it's always fun to experiment.

#macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #photography #mosstodon #mushrooms #mushtodon #forest #woods #fall #autumn #lichensubscribe

A fly agaric growing on a fall-foliaged forest's floor among mosses, photographed with a fisheye lens and thus somewhat distorted.

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157d

This week, I got myself a camera and am now very happy that I can also contribute to my favorite hashtags :)

#Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe

A branch of a tree covered in moss and ivy going diagonally over the lower right part of the image. Behind it, there is a river and more trees, between which one can get an idea of a grey sky. But that is out of focus.

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A thin branch going in a nice arc in front of a very blurry and rather grey background. On the branch, there grows some moss that forms a little ball and in front of it sits some lichen.

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Close up on a branch, centered on some lichen that grows on it. The lichen is surrounded by moss. The background is quite blurry.

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159d

Oaks of #Dartmoor ☺️. Burrator woods, oaks near Sheepstor, Shaugh Prior, and Grenofen woods. #Devon #photography #mosstodon #oakodon

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159d

Yesterday I posted some #moss pictures from my lunchtime walk; that's currently the most-boosted toot I've had on Mastodon!

So here's some more - same walk, different bits of #mosses, #lichens, and #frosty leaves. Enjoy.

#lichensubscribe #lichen #nature #mosstodon #awalkaday

Fuzzy mounds of half frozen mosses crown a grey stump.

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158d

View through Norsworthy bridge today at Burrator reservoir, #Dartmoor, #Devon #landscape #photography #mosstodon

Mossy trees seen through the frame of a stone bridge,.

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155d

Pictures taken this week, the south west English rainforests of Burrator reservoir, and view to Sheepstor, #Dartmoor, #Devon #landscape #photography #mosstodon

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93d

Some moss at Beacon Hill Park
#mosstodon #BeaconHillPark #VictoriaBC

A patch of moss growing on the side of a tree. The sun is behind, and the tree is dark, as well as some other trees in the background, and the moss sporophytes are brightly illuminated. They're red at the base, shifting to orange then yellow, and then there are dark pointy tips.

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84d

If you pass a patch of moss with a reddish tinge, do yourself a favor and get down low (or if you have bad knees like me, put your phone camera down low, upside down), to check out those gorgeous sporophytes.
#mosstodon

Looking down at a patch of green moss with a kind of reddish tinge. If you zoom in you'll see the red comes from the stems of the sporophytes, with bright green capsules at the ends

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Looking at the same moss from ground level. The base is spongy green moss, and there are bright red sporophytes stems with green tips, made brilliant by the late afternoon sun.

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A super close zoom and crop of the bright sporophytes in the sun. Squiggly translucent reds and greens and shadows

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93d

With all the idiocy going on in the USA right now, I am so grateful to those individuals posting pictures of dogs, cats, moss and other interesting things on here.

#dogsofmastodon #cats #dogs #mosstodon

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150d

River walkham at Ward bridge yesterday #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #mosstodon

Mossy trees in a river valley with winter sun in the background.

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120d

Cleaned up and moved the dormant Drosera paradoxa (sundew) into a new pot. It's in an open glass container until the ambient humidity in this room goes up. This one came out of dormancy mid going into late March last year (see link at https://layer8.space/@chillicampari/112169585969118118), but it can vary. As I am doing with a few other plants, I top dressed it with chopped fresh sphagnum moss that I keep in a jar.

#CarnivorousPlants #SavageGarden #florespondence #Mosstodon #Plants @plants

Small Drosera Paradoxa in hibernation. The old traps have been trimmed off and it is in a fresh pot with a top dressing of sphagnum moss.

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143d

(To my US followers 🤫 ) I wrote: "Obviously, the immensely rich #diversity of choices offers evolutionary advantages for a wide variety of environments." I'm just writing about #moss sex. 😁 Without Newspeak. 💪

I'm proud to use the so-called "flagged" words ▶️ https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/00aabadd-63c5-4f3d-93a9-e93ebda61377

Yes, my podcast comeback episode will be about #Moss!

#mosstodon #NatureMatchCuts #podcast #DEI #forbiddenWords #NFI #biology #bryology #ecology #biodiversity #ReconnectWithNature #fascination

Elder branch with green moss in sunlight, and a small snow cap on the top. The branch looks like a lying person with outstretched arms, the snow like the head.

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102d

The sun gave me a perfect spotlight today
#mosstodon

A patch of dark moss with bright green sporophytes reaching high in the late afternoon sun. They almost look like they're lit from within

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104d

Checking in on the bog that I replanted on the 16th with a digital magnifier to see how it is settling in. Seems like it's doing okay (most sundew traps are progressing except for a couple and the Venus Flytrap seeds seem to have set). Some moss has burnt tips like it did in the old container and not sure if it's the lighting, dry conditions or something else yet.

Post of the actual planting at https://layer8.space/@chillicampari/114173052110800527

#CarnivorousPlants #Mosstodon #Gardening #florespondence #plants @plants