A few days later, Gracie and I decided to head back to the piney woods again on the grasslands with a few other two legged nature enthusiasts.
Gracie said “Me too, I want to go please!”Once again, I was on the look out for crustose and stubble lichens on the pines. This is a crustose lichen.What was this blob?A closer look revealed that it is was a shelf fungus. It was weirdly shredded. Here you can see that it was gilled.There are at least three crustose lichens and a tiny foliose lichen here.We had reached a pond. On the far side, I imagine the horse people stop for a refreshing drink on the trail.Gracie finds ponds refreshing as well!Rushes were at the edge.One more crustose lichen!Examining a plant or a moss or a lichen! It was a fun day even though I did not find a stubble lichen. Maybe next time, eh!
Fun article about yellowthroats. Havent seen any in town but had lots in the country. Sad about the antarctic. Nice pond for Gracie.
The blob could be used in an alien invasion movie. The crustose lichens are well named.
Maybe you could direct the movie?? 😉
I am always happy to see Gracie go out having fun!