A Cladonia Closeup!

This species of Cladonia, C. cervicornis ssp verticillata, in some references is referred to as only C verticillata. (Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest, Bruce McCune and Linda Gelderland)

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Fabulous details, Gary! Posted 6 years ago
1. gary fast
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Ferdy. I give credit of the details to in camera focus stacking and the use of a new tripod! Gary Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    And I give credit to you, for finding it, composing it, luring around with a tripod and doing all the work to capture, process and share it ;) Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. gary fast
      
      Lion
      
      Again, thanks for your kind comments.
      Posted 6 years ago

gary fast

Lion

I always thought that the diversity of the lichens was due to the fact that there are two organisms, a fungus and an algae or cyanobacteria, in symbiosis combined in one. Now it seems that in a lot of common lichens there is a third partner, (basidiomycete) yeasts! If dealing with two organism wasn’t bad enough now there is a third to help alter form and make identification even more difficult. This July 2016 article from Perdue University https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q3/yeast-emerges-as-hidden-third-partner-in-lichen-symbiosis.html states,
“The finding could explain why many genetically similar lichens present wildly different physical features and why scientists have been unable to synthesize lichens in the laboratory, even when combining species that partner successfully in nature.” Posted 6 years ago