Rain, rain, rain. It's what keeps us green. And all wet.
Here's some wet, green lichen on soaking-wet wood.
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| Cladonia sp. And a few dots of witches' butter. |
The two forms of lichen here are all the same species. The tiny "leaves", or squamules, are the first to appear; the tall stalks, or podetia, are the fruiting bodies.
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| More Cladonia, on a blackened log. |
More podetia here. Some with "pixie cup" tops, a couple with the red "lipstick" tips. These may be two distinct species.
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| And more. These fruiting bodies have neither cups nor red caps. |
The weather people are promising us a few hours without rain tomorrow. That would be nice.
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Lluvia. Y más lluvia. Lo que nos pinta la isla de verde. Y bien mojada.
Aquí hay unos líquenes Cladonia sp., mojadas y verdes.
- El liquen tiene dos formas: las escamas, que son la base del liquen, y los tallos, llamados podetia, que son los cuerpos fructíferos. En esta foto también hay unos pequeños hongos anaranjados, los que llamamos mantequilla de brujas.
- Estos parecen ser dos distintas especies de Cladonia; unos cuyos cuerpos fructíferos llevan tazas, y otros con los sombreritos rojos.
- Más líquenes, estos sin tazas ni sombreros.
Los meteorológicos nos están prometiendo unas horas sin lluvia para mañana. Bueno sería.
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