16th March |
A second trip to my recently-discovered mature deforested area. This area
is very interesting, since it has had time to mature into a heath
environment.
The second page - today the land images. Dull and very wet. |
Bronze Willowherb - Epilobium komarovianum can easily be identified by its pinkish older leaves. It is very common on paths in hilly areas.
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This is another shot of Baeomyces rufus - one of my favourite lichens. The pink/purple fruit bodies look like tiny mushrooms. I suppose that's actually what they are.
Larger individual 'mushrooms' about 1-2 mm. across. |
And now another lichen - one of the Cladonia fimbriata group - which is very interesting in that the new fruit bodies (podetia) grow from the previous season's podetia, forming a tiered or escalating structure. Very beautiful in close-up.
Left-hand group about 5 cm tall. The darker group in the right-hand image about 2 cm tall. Lovely. |