Lichen - Blog Posts
yayy lichen :3 It just like... exists, and i think thats pretty cool
Hello mycologists and bryologists
I need a bit of help with my word building. In my setting several of the creatures I've come up with have a close association with fungi, lichen and moss.
For example dwarves in my setting are made out of rock (more info on that on the post below on my page) the dwarves from the upper two levels grow mushrooms and lichen on them so I need to know what could grow in low light levels and not go into too much shock if suddenly exposed to light and/ or a change in humidity/temperature.
Another example is the bird people (name pending) whose hair bears a resemblance to the moss that grows on/around the massive caves and trees in the forest they live in.
Those are just if you need a specific direction to type about but in all honesty go ham info dump as much as you want about fungi/lichen/moss/whatever. The more info the better!
Thanks!
Lichen growing on only the black paint of a speed limit sign.
A painting I finally finished today. It's about moss touching or simply about connection with nature.
I was wearing the lichen themed hair clip I made, while on a walk yesterday. I spotted some beautiful lichen and moss and decided to have an impromptu photo shoot. So here are a whole bunch of pictures of my hair clip alongside the organisms that inspired it, just because.
Plus 2 bonus pictures of lichen because I love it.
I wanted to enter an embroidery competition that was run by Domestika. And this is what I ended up coming up with. It is a lichen themed French barrett hair clip.
Prior to planning and making my embroidery I went on some walks and took some photos for inspiration.
I really love lichen it's such a strange thing. The physical structure of lichen is a fungi that clings to tree branches, rocks, and other solid surfaces. The fungi provides a home for a colony of tiny algae or cyanobacteria. The algae or cyanobacteria photosynthesize producing sugars and other molecules that they share with the fungi. These are what give the lichen its colours. So lichen isn't really one thing. It is a living collaboration of two completely unrelated organisms. It can survive desiccation and bounces right back with a little rain.
It looks a bit like coral and can be used to indicate air quality. Overall a fascinating and splendid amalgam.
"know the ways"
a collage I made a while back when I had a thing for lichens and Hildegard of Bingen and decided to blend the two in an art piece because frankly, why not??
Lovely lichen love on branch 💚🌿🍄 Pic1: F/1.9 5.43mm 1/100s ISO-138, raw 📷 #pocox3nfc . . . . #lichen #nofilter #branch #mushroom #flechten #bushes #look #instagood #life #insta #naturephotography #follow #comment #instagram #instalike #instagramanet #photooftheday #nature #awesome #amazing #beautiful #lifestyle #photo #photographer #photography #picoftheday #nothingisordinary #raw_community https://www.instagram.com/p/CMzIwk7BPNa/?igshid=1vhx6cwdqki78
A branch and lichen on a spruce wooden post I used a reverse adapter mounted on Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS SLR Pic 1: F/12 1/50s ISO-800, raw, reverse adapter . 📷 #canoneos #450d . . . #lichen #branch #Flechten #macrophotography #spruce #instagood #insta #instagramanet #instalike #instagram #photooftheday #photo #photographer #photography #amazing #awesome #beautiful #nature #naturephotography #travelphotography #travel #funtravel #follow #comment #like #look #life #raw_community (at Wiener Neustadt, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLgupVABZB3/?igshid=1af9ykpk3pun1
Lichen on branch during walking Pic1: F/2.4 1.915mm 1/1017s ISO-118 . 📷 #pocox3nfc . . . . #lichen #nofilter #walking #sunset #look #instagood #life #insta #naturephotography #follow #comment #instagram #instalike #instagramanet #photooftheday #nature #awesome #amazing #beautiful #lifestyle #photo #photographer #photography #picoftheday (at Wiener Neustadt, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLcL_APhr_C/?igshid=1fahkvwapxzpb
ꪑꪖᥴ᥅ꪮ ρꫝꪮꪻꪮᧁ᥅ꪖρꫝꪗ ꪮᠻ ꪶ꠸ᥴꫝꫀꪀ ꪖꪀᦔ ꪑꪊᦓꫝ᥅ꪮꪮꪑᦓ ꪮꪀ ꪻꫝꫀ ᥇ꪖ᥅ᛕ ꪮᠻ ꪻꫝꫀ ᥇᥅ꪖꪀᥴꫝ. Pic1: 1/50s f/16 40mm ISO800, raw, reverse adapter . 📸 #canoneos #450D . . . . #lichen #nofilter #raw #mushrooms #branch #bark #macrophotography #reverseadapter #look #instagood #life #insta #naturephotography #follow #comment #instagram #instalike #instagramanet #photooftheday #nature #awesome #amazing #beautiful #lifestyle #photo #photographer #photography #picoftheday (at Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKo4fXlBwRk/?igshid=1rdmlizeaowig
ꪶ꠸ᥴꫝꫀꪀ ꪖꪀᦔ ꪑꪊᦓꫝ᥅ꪮꪮꪑᦓ ꪮꪀ ꪻꫝꫀ ᥇ꪖ᥅ᛕ ꪮᠻ ꪻꫝꫀ ᥇᥅ꪖꪀᥴꫝ. Pic1: 1/25s f/5.6 55mm ISO800, raw . 📸 #canoneos #450D . . . . #lichen #nofilter #raw #mushrooms #branch #bark #look #instagood #life #insta #naturephotography #follow #comment #instagram #instalike #instagramanet #photooftheday #nature #awesome #amazing #beautiful #lifestyle #photo #photographer #photography #picoftheday (at Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKo3w-mhnTR/?igshid=10mkgkvqnx289
Lichen on walnut tree 🌴 Flechten auf dem Walnussbaum I used on picture 1 a reverse adapter mounted on Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS SLR Pic 1: 1/160s f/4.5 ISO 200, reverse adapter Pic 2: 1/80s f/22 55 mm ISO 200 Pic 3: 1/50s f/22 18 mm ISO 200 . . 📷 #canoneos #450d . . . #lichen #tree #Flechten #austria #macrophotography #walnut #instagood #insta #instagramanet #instalike #instagram #photooftheday #photo #photographer #photography #amazing #awesome #beautiful #nature #naturephotography #travelphotography #travel #funtravel #follow #comment #like #look #life (hier: Wiener Neustadt, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIa3tl9Bdbx/?igshid=14gf7x4hmwcdr
Mushroom fact of the Week!
Lichens are extremely durable. In 2005 NASA sent lichen to space to test how it stood up in the freezing cold vacuum. It was left outside in space for a period of time, and within 24 hours of rehydration had resumed all normal photosynthetic activity
Cross section of Xanthoria elegans, one of the two lichens sent to space!
Lichen with Fruiting Bodies, Miami FL
Lichen agarics (Lichenomphalia umbellifera)
Yellow specklebelly lichen - Pseudocyphellaria citrina. It looks bluer than it is in these photos - big blue sky and no direct sunlight.