Lichen

Outdoor Hour Challenge this month features Moss, Lichens and Mushrooms

and this week we’d like to share our study on

Lichens abound on our farm … on rocks, trees, on old branches.

We loved the amazing variety in their colors and shapes.

We found examples of all three types of lichen as described below from Countryside Info ~

Crustose  encrusting lichens	Foliose leafy lichens	Fruticose shrubby lichens

Later, we spotted this moth on our kitchen windowsill and knew immediately that it would be perfectly camouflaged on any lichen on a tree!

When Miss.L photographed the moth she noticed its tongue and quickly filmed it – sucking up the water splashes on the tiles!  What a long proboscis!

Later in the week I suggested that Miss.L capture as many lichen samples that she can find with our digital camera and then prepare a collage – a lichen scavenger hunt!

Here’s her Picasa-created collage ~

Join us for your OHC discoveries!

Blessings,

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