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Tag Archives: British lichen

Lichen: Ramalina fastigiata

20 Friday Jan 2023

Posted by sconzani in lichen, trees

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British lichen, lichen on trees, Ramalina fastigiata, trumpet-shaped lichen

I’ve seen this lichen described as a fanfare of trumpets, which is just the most perfect description for a lichen that can be found adorning the branches and trunks of trees throughout the year almost everywhere in Britain. Meet Ramalina fastigiata.

230120 Ramalina fastigiata

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Lichen landscape, 2

04 Friday Feb 2022

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British lichen, colourful lichen, lichen on wood

Here’s another lush miniature landscape, this one from a walk along the coastal path this morning, the lichen growing on a wooden fence post, exuberant in the clean fresh salty air.

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Lichen landscape

28 Friday Jan 2022

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British lichen, lichen, lichen landscape

How luscious is this?! Punctuated by shrub-like mosses, the multitude of colours like a kaleidoscope of flowers in bloom – it’s a miniature landscape of lichen.

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29/366 Cladonia lichen

29 Wednesday Jan 2020

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British lichen, Cladonia lichen, Cladonia species

One of the Cladonia lichen species is the food of Reindeer but I doubt this is it, though I don’t actually know which Cladonia species this is. As you can perhaps guess from the snippet of sign showing in my photo, the lichen was growing well on a signpost at the Wildlife Trust reserve I visited today. The brownish blobs on the tops of some cups are where the spores of these attractive lichen develop.

200129 cladonia lichen (1)

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6/365 On the fence

06 Sunday Jan 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, insects, lichen, nature

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#365DaysWild, British lichen, Cosmeston, Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, lichen on fence post, springtail

Much to the amazement – or perhaps the amusement – of Cosmeston’s dogwalkers, I spent rather a lot of time closely studying the tops of fence posts today. The variety of lichen to be found on them is really quite astonishing but I wasn’t only admiring the lichen. There were even more interesting things sitting on those fence posts …

190106 on the fence

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