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Lichen
Ancient life forms — the slow architects of stone, bark and time.
Lichen — 14 Photographs
Cup Lichen
Cup Lichen
Tiny cups raised up
Green-yellow on the dark stone
Waiting for the rain
Trumpet Lichen
Trumpet Lichen
Grey-green trumpets sound
Silence from the ancient bark
Thousand years playing
Pixie Cups
Pixie Cups
Pixie cups in rows
Green-grey on bark-brown edges
Miniature forest
Branching Lichen
Branching Lichen
Pale fingers branch out
Fruticose and slow growing
Time made visible
Lichen Among Moss
Lichen Among Moss
Grey branch, green moss bed
Red stems frame the pale white form
A garden of years
Funnel Cups
Funnel Cups
Funnel cups open
Red stems below, grey above
Upturned to the sky
Pixie Cups Close-up
Pixie Cups Close-up
Granular grey rim
Each cup a perfect chalice
Dew its communion
Red-tipped Lichen
Red-tipped Lichen
Red tips on grey stalks
Fruiting bodies reach for light
Colour earned through age
Red Apothecia
Red Apothecia
Red spots in the grey
Spores wait in the apothecia
Life at the slow pace
Single Trumpet Cup
Single Trumpet Cup
One grey-green stalk stands
Its single cup holds nothing
And everything still
Vivid Red Lichen
Vivid Red Lichen
Vivid red declares
Life on the most barren stone
Oldest of all forms
White Branching Lichen
White Branching Lichen
White chalk on dark bark
Bifurcated tips split twice
Coral on dry land
Foliose Lichen
Foliose Lichen
Grey-blue lobes spread wide
Bracket fungus, moss, and lichen
Community of small
Parmelia in Ice
Parmelia in Ice
Ice crystals on lobes
White network on pale grey-green
Winter in the small
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