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Post by daisy on Jun 26, 2016 13:26:13 GMT
Does anyone else like Lichen? I think it's absolutely fascinating - the shapes and forms are amazing especially when magnified. I have to included moss too  (Mods please move if in wrong thread) |
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 26, 2016 16:04:35 GMT
It is also a 'Clean Air' indicator.
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Post by steve on Jun 26, 2016 17:48:08 GMT
lets have some pics then, That should test the macro lenses |
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Post by dianthus on Jun 26, 2016 20:08:49 GMT
The hawthorn, which overhangs the river, opposite side to my house, is covered in lichen. Not too easy to see whilst the leaves are in place, though.
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Post by dianthus on Jun 26, 2016 20:09:46 GMT
Does anyone else like Lichen? I think it's absolutely fascinating - the shapes and forms are amazing especially when magnified. I have to included moss too (Mods please move if in wrong thread) Reindeer absolutely love it, daisy  |
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Post by SueA on Jun 26, 2016 21:49:25 GMT
I like ferns, mosses & lichens too daisy, I remember learning about them at school in biology when we were studying primitive lifeforms, I've got a patch growing across the top of a pot with an agapanthus seedling in it in the greenhouse! Fractal has some good macro shots of mosses etc. on here somewhere. |
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Post by daisy on Jun 26, 2016 22:34:19 GMT
I'd love to learn more - I know almost nowt about them . That was lucky SueA getting lessons at school nothing like that at our school dianthus I looked that one up - I have it on some branches of the apple tree I think  sweetpea I think things like that are amazing steve I will do my best to get some photos tomorrow - there were some nice bits on the branches on our tree that was pruned - (makes me feel a bit guilty now) don't know what's left as it was being used as firewood Fractal do you have any photos handy please? |
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Post by SueA on Jun 27, 2016 7:44:22 GMT
We did a fair bit of botany too in biology when I was about 12, all different forms of plant reproduction growing things from seeds, cuttings, leaves, spores, roots etc. - leading on to other forms of reproduction - we bred chicks- & eventually the one everyone was curious about - human reproduction, although we didn't try any of that in the lab.! I always liked the primitive lifeforms like lichens, ferns, hydras & amoebas. |
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 27, 2016 17:57:40 GMT
I like ferns, mosses & lichens too daisy, I remember learning about them at school in biology when we were studying primitive lifeforms, I've got a patch growing across the top of a pot with an agapanthus seedling in it in the greenhouse! Fractal has some good macro shots of mosses etc. on here somewhere. Quite a few of them here in South wales  |
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Jun 27, 2016 18:07:01 GMT
Post by dianthus on Jun 27, 2016 18:07:01 GMT
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Post by daitheplant on Jun 27, 2016 18:21:52 GMT
You tell `im Di.   |
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Post by daisy on Jun 27, 2016 20:20:10 GMT
That's fascinating school work SueA, we had human biology yes...but nothing as interesting as the hydras, I think some of which actually look like the white tubular flowers of Siline fimbriata.The amoebas are really something else as they seem to morph into all different shapes. |
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Post by Eli on Jun 27, 2016 20:44:08 GMT
Don't worry dianthus they are all here in Carmarthenshire
I love to see lichens. I must try to photograph a few ...
I used to enjoy Botany. I did it for A level. |
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Jun 27, 2016 20:58:38 GMT
Post by daisy on Jun 27, 2016 20:58:38 GMT
I couldn't photograph any today - maybe tomorrow |
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Post by grindle on Jun 28, 2016 3:43:20 GMT
our garden club did a talk on them last year I didn't realise how many there were
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