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c/Lichen · by Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 263d

there's no pleasure on earth quite like a good ~~lichen~~

i don't know what it is, just that it brings me joy

edit: it's a misidentified moss. 34 years old and still learning new things everyday

65 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world

9 Comments

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 263d (5 replies)

Whose going to tell them?

Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 263d (4 replies)

i know it looks like a straight moss but this is a moss/fungus lichen colony.

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 263d (1 reply)

My guess would be Peltigera but I'm on my phone in heavy sunlight.

Any other shots?

Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 263d

just the one. my dog was needing to keep moving. let me look up peltigera…

mechanismatic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 262d (1 reply)

So in this case is the moss the photosynthesizer of the lichen symbiotic network in conjunction with fungi and yeast...?

Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 262d

maybe! i'm not well versed. all i know is that towards the edges you have the typical simple structure of moss but in the middle it's gotten to looking more like little yellow christmas trees

magpie@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 262d

Looks like moss to me, I don't think lichenized moss is a thing. Some close up shots would help.

mechanismatic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 261d (1 reply)

I asked the instructor of a lichen class I took a couple months ago and this was her response to the photo:

It's just moss with some dry spots in it. Mosses don't lichenize; the photosynthesizer is going to be either an algae, a cyanobacteria, or both.

Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 261d

today i learned!