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Lichen Yorkshire!
On a wall near WhitbyAbbey On another wall by Whitby Abbey Splendid licheny thing!
MoreLichen the Netherlands!
These two lichens were not defeated by mere paint!Maybe this is a fungus not a lichen…
MoreLichen this gargoyle!
There is something fascinating and endearing about gargoyles… I think there have been many children’s stories about them, although now I’m writing this none come to mind. The word itself is from French and originally Latin, and is connected to the words gargle, gurgle and gullet in English. From when people first started using mortar […]
MoreGorse, of course!
Driving across the flat Somerset landscape, heading towards the pointed hill called Crook’s Peak, and the rolling shoulder of the Mendip Hills called Wavering Down. thought I glimpsed a mass of lichen on the hillside. … but it’s gorse, of course!
MoreLichen spring sunshine
There is nothing quite so lovely as sunshine on lichen… well, maybe there is, but it seems that belatedly spring is on its way so I think it’s lovely!
MoreGoblin, lichenroo and weir-lichen
I can see a goblin crouching here… Squint, and maybe you’ll see a lichenroo or a weir-lichen!
MoreFamily holiday – day 5, lichen it a lot!
As usual, I had my eye open for lichen, and Devon provided some lovely examples, especially in the garden of the old farmhouse the family were staying in. We had to return home, which luckily was only an hour’s drive away from our holiday home in Devon, as it was the funeral of a neighbour of ours. It was […]
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