Lichen on the Farm - notes on the pictures Click on the thumbnail to see a larger picture		[Back]
	This lichen appears on old, rotting logs		Closeup of previous lichen
	Closeup, showing the frilled edges of the "trumpets"		Growing on a living tree in the front paddock
	Closeup of the lichens and mosses growing on living tree		Wider view of the previous tree
	Very common lichen, on a dead branch		Very common lichen, on a dead branch
	This is the lichen that started me photographing them It has fantastic coloured edges. It is still there a year later.		Closeup of the scarlet edges
	Broader view of the scarlet lichen showing the forest it lives amongst all sprouting from a rotted log		Closeup of one of the mosses growing on the same log as the scarlet lichen
	Yet anothe rotted log with a display of moss and lichen		Moss on a rotting log
	Another miniature garden!		This wonderful pattern is spreading up our old apricot tree Probably killing it!
	Detail of the lichen growing on our apricot tree		The apricot tree is home to more varieties of lichens including this orange gem
	Yet another lichen on the apricot tree		A hollowed out section of log in a living swamp banksia gets smothered in green lichen
	The swamp banksia is home to mosses and lichens, espacially where water pools in its hollows		Thick moss also grows on a horizontal branch of the swamp banksia
	Moss surrounds an ants' nest		Banks of moss like this make up much of the open areas of ground
	Strangely isolated patch of lichen amongst leaf and twig litter		Old abandoned termite mound - always covered with mosses; also showing its annual display of fungal fruiting bodies
	Incredibly bright lichen on the bark of an old swamp banksia		More swamp banksia bark, showing some orange but also the typical small green lichens