Some quick shots of an alien landscape that has been long overdue for a focus stack. Needs just the right amount of overcast sky to look good, though.
Red-fruited Pixie Cup lichen (Cladonia pleurota) and moss at eye level in a landscape of lichens and mosses
Checking in on the bog that I replanted on the 16th with a digital magnifier to see how it is settling in. Seems like it's doing okay (most sundew traps are progressing except for a couple and the Venus Flytrap seeds seem to have set). Some moss has burnt tips like it did in the old container and not sure if it's the lighting, dry conditions or something else yet.
Post of the actual planting at https://layer8.space/@chillicampari/114173052110800527
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Today on #Mosstodon we have "goblin gold" moss (Schistostega) - moss that appears to glow a green-gold colour!
It's evolved to live in very dark environments, and part of that adaption is that it's got cells that efficiently capture light, with the only the less useful green-gold wavelengths reflected back.
This is significant because these light absorbing cells are spherical, and much like the glass beads used in road signs or high-vis jackets, they're retroreflective, concentrating light and bouncing it back towards the source; this gives it a really unusual effect where the moss can 'glow' brightly or be almost indistinguishable from its surroundings depending on the angle of your head and the positioning of light sources
More of a Twisty Trunk Tuesday.
An ancient Celtic rainforest. Very few of these remain in the UK and are the last of what originally covered the land before humans settled and began agriculture.
Luckily, the parasites— I mean influencers, haven’t found this woodland yet.
A place with various Cladonia lichens and moss at the edge of the forest. It looks as if all these different species have been arranged by a gardener.
La fée endormie s'apprête à ouvrir les yeux sous la caresse du soleil printanier qui inonde sa caverne.
Des tirages d'art de cette aquarelle sont disponibles dans la boutique en ligne pour accueillir la douceur du printemps sur vos murs.
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