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Lichens

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
edited January 1, 2015 in Holy Macro
Some recent shots of lichens all on a fallen branch in the garden. Taken around 3:1 FF and focus stacked using zerene. Always think these look very alien.

Brian v.

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Not sure what the pink blobs are
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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited December 22, 2014
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Some recent shots of lichens all on a fallen branch in the garden. Taken around 3:1 FF and focus stacked using zerene. Always think these look very alien.

    Brian v.

    Nice work. The are deceptively three-dimensional.

    A stab at some names:

    I think the first one is Arthonia radiata, the second one Physcia ascendens.

    The pink blobs, if much paler anyway, could be Icmadophilia ericetorum. Red indicates Cladonia floerkeana. In both cases there should be a stalk.

    The last one (jam tart type) may be Lecanora grisea

    The various yellow ones, and the yellowish-green one, are probably Xanthoria parietina.

    Treat all of the above as guidance for further checking.

    Harold
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2014
    e6filmuser wrote: »
    Nice work. The are deceptively three-dimensional.

    A stab at some names:

    I think the first one is Arthonia radiata, the second one Physcia ascendens.

    The pink blobs, if much paler anyway, could be Icmadophilia ericetorum. Red indicates Cladonia floerkeana. In both cases there should be a stalk.

    The last one (jam tart type) may be Lecanora grisea

    The various yellow ones, and the yellowish-green one, are probably Xanthoria parietina.

    Treat all of the above as guidance for further checking.

    Harold

    Thanks for the comments and info Harold- appreciated :):
    Brian v.
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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2015
    Brilliance!
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