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Post by ianr on Feb 5, 2019 12:49:30 GMT
No real idea what this is, moss or lichen? It's growing out of the top of a cut off tree stump, holly I think.  ian  by ian robinson, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on Feb 5, 2019 20:28:15 GMT
Interesting image. Not sure what it is but not moss which would have green + doesn't look like a lichen either.
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Post by ianr on Feb 7, 2019 9:38:43 GMT
Do you think it could just be the holly sprouting? I'll take another look next time I visit the park
ian
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Post by Cotham Marble on Feb 8, 2019 13:55:01 GMT
Don't know the species but mosses can produce colours from pale orange to deep red, presence and strength these colours is influenced by chemistry of the substrate and in some species low temperatures. At a guess this species is most commonly green but in this specimen chemicals in the wood are giving it this electric orange colour.
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