The 'gills'
Still getting the 'brain zaps' 3 years after quitting escitalopram (which when I first quit felt like someone gripping my head and shoving it forward really roughly but now just kind of feels like a muscle spasming in my brain?). No one believed me and, no offense to anyone who takes them, but I'll never do that to myself again.
Spinning wheels (at one point, I'm pretty rusty now)
You might be right, I think water makes more sense.
Member of Parmeliaceae, not sure what exactly.
Not sure why phone manufacturers are forcing this level of automatic post processing when most people just want a mostly clear/focused photo. Not sure if that what is going on but sometimes I am really surprised by the photos my phone gives me
Really interesting to see that little goat trail devoid of lichen in the second photo. I assume this is the path most people and animals tread when walking up the slabs.
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I should have put soralia/soredia. Soredia are the microscopic propagules, soralia are the round/bumpy structures on the ridges (at least in this photo) that produce and disperse the soredia.
Beautiful, I could have spend all day staring at those rocks.
It varies a lot, some lichens are more sensitive than others. There are species you won't find in areas with poor air quality but some species will thrive in the the same conditions. I have even read about lichens growing in areas polluted by toxic slag.
9ft would usually be accumulative over the course of a winter, it snows for 5 or 6 months in northern BC, but we did get 6ft in 2 days once and that was a shit show. I would give the Letharia dye another try, the last time I did it I don't think I used a mordant but you could use alum or something. I would skip the pressure cooker and just do a hot water bath, then you don't felt your wool socks down into little baby boots.