Jeff, Stopping by Woods (@jeffontherock) — Bluesky Profile

1 hour ago

Ha, love it 😀

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1 hour ago

In that pic it’s damp And a tiny bit slippery. When dry it’s kinda like feeling concrete.

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5 hours ago

Photo of a light grey lichen growing on yellowish rock. The lichen is roundish and of a mound shape. The main body is comprised of convoluted folds and branches. Round discs of varying sizes (called apothecia) cover about 50% of the lichen.

Green Rock Posy Lichen (Rhizoplaca melanopthalm). NWT, Canada. Lichen is about 2cm, left to right. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends.

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16 hours ago

Photo of an orange lichen growing the length of a crack/crevice in a rock surface. The rock is a pink/rose colour. The lichen is ribbon-like in shape. The centre of the ribbon has a sugary look to it (hence the name). The outside of the ribbon consists of tightly packed branches radiating out from the sugary middle of the lichen.

Sugared Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria sorediata). Northwest Territories, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends

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16 hours ago

😀

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1 day ago

These are stunning photos, Dorothy!!

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Photo of a slime mold fruiting wrapped around a twig. The slime mold looks like a cluster of tiny grey-blue grapes.

Slime mold on a stick. Diderma species.
Slime mold is about 1.5cm high. NWT, Canada. #slimemold #fungifriends

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1 day ago

90% are from the Yellowknife area. And of these, the majority are from accessible, lakeside locations. If you ever go, don't hesitate to get in touch…I don’t live there anymore, but I can give you directions to some of the best, accessible locations.

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2 days ago

Photo of an orange rock posy lichen growing on rock. The body of the lichen looks like a cream coloured leaf but in this case it’s almost completely covered by the lichen’s orange apothecia (reproductive structures). The apothecia look like a mound of tiny orange donuts.

Lichen, Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca (orange rock posy lichen). NWT, Canada. Lichen is about 2cm, left to right. #Lichen #fungi #fungifriends

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2 days ago

Thanks! I‘ve never tried IDing our many Newfoundland Sphagnums to species. Maybe you can help? I have a ton of Sphagnum pics:)

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2 days ago

Photo of a tuft of Shagnum moss that’s off white to light and medium green in colour. The branches of the moss plants look feathery, radiating out from the centre.

Sphagnum moss. #Newfoundland, Canada. #moss #bryophyte #plants
Photo covers about 6cm, left to right.

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3 days ago

Thanks, Barbara!

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3 days ago

Photo of a round, orange lichen growing flat on dark grey rock. Lichen is comprised of numerous tightly packed branches radiating outward from the middle. Middle of the lichen is covered in hundreds of small orange discs.

Rusavskia elegans #lichen. About 3cm in diameter. #Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.
#fungi #fungifriends

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3 days ago

It’s all part of the same individual. The cream coloured, flat part is called the thallus (the main body of the lichen) and the round, orange discs are reproductive structures that produce spores…which (together with an algal partner) go on to form new lichen individuals.

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3 days ago

From lichenologist, Einar Timdal…

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3 days ago

Photo of a yellow-green crustose lichen growing flat on reddish rock. The lichen is sort of rectangular and is made up of numerous tiny “islands” of yellow-green with black lines separating the islands. In the top left you can see a tiny bit of similar looking, but grey, lichen.

Rhizocarpon sp #lichen in the process of “taking over” another species of crustose lichen. This Rhizocarpon is the yellow-green colour. The species it is taking over is grey…see top, left of pic. A lichenologist recently explained that several species of Rhizocarpon do this.
#fungi #fungifriends

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3 days ago

Stunning scene!!

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3 days ago

Thanks, Pipa! You live in a beautiful land!
And here’s an icon of my land (Newfoundland and Labrador)…Labrador Tea Flowers. An early summer bloomer that I look forward to each year.

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3 days ago

Thanks, Pipa! I like your profile too.
Yes, for sure, nature gives us so much. Connecting with nature is healing and necessary…and we all need to keep her safe.

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4 days ago

And this one…

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4 days ago

Photo of a number of bright orange lichens on grey rock. The largest lichen in the middle is shaped like a heart.

Elegant orange sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans). NWT, Canada.
Photo covers about 10cm, left to right.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #heart

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4 days ago

Thanks! Glad you like the pics!

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4 days ago

Thank you!

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4 days ago

Photo of a cream coloured lichen growing flat on dark coloured rock. The lichen is roughly square in shape and is covered in several dozen bright orange discs (the apothecia) of varying sizes. The discs are reproductive, spore-producing structures.

Orange Rocky Posy Lichen, Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca. NWT, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends Lichen is about 3cm wide/high.

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5 days ago

That’s pretty much it. A 20,000 person dot in a truly massive rocky, lakey wilderness. It‘s a 1,500km drive to the nearest city.

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5 days ago

Yes, it is. Orange Oyster is one of several common names for that species.

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5 days ago

And my backyard 😀

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5 days ago

Yep! If I was a crustose lichen, this is where I’d choose to live 😀

A huge part of the landscape around Yellowknife (where I lived) is exposed bedrock. Here’s a pic of downtown Yellowknife.

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5 days ago

Obviously some math and design loving lichens:)

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5 days ago

Photo of four lichens growing flat on grey rock. A yellow lichen is growing in a diagonal line across the photo. A dark grey oval lichen is growing along the yellow line as is a larger, round, off white lichen. A small amount of brown lichen is at the right side end of the line of yellow lichen.

Crustose lichen mix: Candelariella (yellow), Rhizocarpon (dark grey) Dimelaena (off white) and Acarospora (brown). Photo covers about 6cm, left to right. NWT, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

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