That was so fun! Recent lichen enjoyer and there are so many cool lichens out there in the world! I am in Yukon Canada near Coastal Alaska and the amount of neat lichens is impressive. I have never seen those orange lichens on the coast before! So cool.
Lichen are quite fascinating. I live in North Africa I have lichens growing on stones, walls trunks of live n dead trees, now though they thrive in the rainy season it's amazing how they can tolerate the very hot long summers n yet you find them growing happily again in the winter months. I read lichens are very slow growing, so do they become dormant in the summer or completely die?
I sometimes use iNaturalist to document lichens. (iNat is a project of California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic.) Handheld magnifier / loupe can get you closer view / photo.
This is my entering in this unbelievable world. I wish the camera would have staid still to give me time to have a better look at that busy image. Traveling in the city on big elements is fine but traveling into that so so small items is not the best.
We are no longer able to embed your videos into Canvas or Outschool to encourage students to watch. It says playback on other sites disabled. Just fyi.
I dont want to point fingers but I think my pet snail loves _some_ lichens. Sticks seem polished after a few days. So I guess I can't have a snail AND lichens. At least not in the same cage.
I have a little bunch of Usnea that was blown out of a maple tree in my yard. I'd like to keep it like an air plant indoors. Would that work for it? Should I treat it like a tillisandia and give it an occasional soak or misting? Would a small amount of orchid fertilizer be good for it?
