Lichens

These look like they are on fire.

Anne, this is the one I was telling you about that is like a jelly fish. This is the best image I was able to capture. It may be from the same tree as the lichens above.

These look like raisins that have been soaking in water. This is from an oak tree on the side of the yard. We see these every year on limbs and twigs that fall from the tree.

These are all photos taken this summer. Anne at Hearts and Hands has been posting lichens from some of her walks in the woods. Her lichens are more free form while ours are attached to tree limbs.

Lichens and Fungi

The grain of the wood where it has been cut forms an interesting pattern with the growth of the lichens and the small cluster of almost dots of white which may be the first stage of the lichen growth.

 

 

It was interesting to see all the growth on the wood pile. Some lichens were on the bark while other where the logs had been split.

 

 

 

This was one of the most interesting growth patterns on the logs, it was like a necklace around the log, unfortunately my photos did not turn out well.

 

 

 

 Mushrooms growing in the split of the wood.

 

All photos are on our North Carolina day trip from the above wood pile.