lichen.
Posted by resonanteye on 01/25/2012
Spent yesterday cleaning up the down branches and found tons of live lichen to process and photograph for sale. (here’s a post about what to use these for, if you’re confused!)
A lot of people don’t live in the wettest state on earth, and so they don’t have access to this stuff for terrariums and the like- after the recent high winds, a lot of high-branch lichen species came down to the ground, so I got to collect much more variety than my usual specimens have-
Taking photographs of lichen fascinates me. At the Easton Cemetery in PA, I got a lot of really good photographs of rock lichen, which can take centuries to grow, on the oldest gravestones there. The lichen down here are PNW wood-growth lichens, which build up on the douglas firs. I have a few wardian cases full of the more unusual kinds, and taking good pictures of these is a challenge because the color and shades and tiny tiny textures are all very pale and soft.
More photos after the break.
I have been processing (cleaning and removing insects) and packaging (either in plastic or in jars and bell jars) bits of lichen for two days now. Also some giant hunks of old moss which came down, attached to branches and bark.
Here are a few more photos of what I’ve been collecting.
Jim said
Cool! Do you have any photos from the cemetery that you can post?
resonanteye said
I think I do! I’ll look for some.