Well, after writing 25,000 characters (and no end), I decided that my #moss special for the podcast comeback will come in two parts. There's so much fascinating to tell about #mosses! *At least* one hour for the first part.
Now I need a short brain break outside in nature ... then back to #scripting. With a big coffee.
(1/2) Timing was perfect today to avoid getting rained on; all the #mosses were wet and happy.
Part 2 is a quick video of a slug munchin' on a bit of leaf, by the by.
Pixie cup & lipstick #lichens & #liverwort mixed in with assorted #mosses. Super green microworlds 
Just another ecological component of a healthy & biodiverse, coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem on #Wsanec territory.
(1/2) Some photos (part 2 is a video) from a visit to #WestHylebosWetlandsPark in Western WA today. Quiet little stroll with my wife around a boardwalk loop trail through #mosses and watery things.
Coral tooth #fungus with #mosses on a log.
This #fungi is in same family as lions mane.
It's #edible & #medicinal #mushroom.
Found in #Wsanec forest.
More info on this fungus:
https://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/hericium-coralloides.html
A stump full of hen of the woods (or turkey tail?) with a mossy toupee that I visit on my walk in a park 5 minutes from our house. Found it last week and now I go visit it when I'm back in the park.
Went to #DashPoint for a walk today, spotted a couple rock friends and some cool #mosses.
Love how looking for this stuff forces you to slow down and enjoy the trails; it's almost meditative.
Moss against a fence (Ceratodon purpureus)
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #Mosses #MapleLeafNeighborhood #Mosstodon
Thousands of #trees planted in #Devon to start creation of Celtic rainforest
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/29/thousands-of-trees-planted-in-devon-to-start-creation-of-celtic-rainforest
"They used to cover large parts of #Britain... The mature temperate #rainforest will take several decades to become established, but the gains for nature will be much swifter... #TemperateRainforests support an abundance of #wildlife including #birds while their damp conditions mean #mosses, #liverworts, #lichens, #ferns and #fungi thrive on the trees as well as the forest floor."
[#Abstractions - Episode 5] Immortals
https://www.culturediff.org/english/ocabstract5.htm
Invisible in summer, they bloom as early as autumn
- at the base of trees, on the surface of rocks,
sparkling with color, saturated with humidity.
These are mosses, omnipresent and eternal.
#photography #mosses #moss #abstractPhotography
#macro #macrophotography
Lovely mossy & ferny autumn scenes today, Tarr steps, Exmoor UK
Beautiful mosses and lichens from my recent venture!
I'm not so great at identifying these, so if any of you know their names, pls tell me!
Floating #spiders and insect-eating plants: leaky dams revive #Dorset’s bogs https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/21/floating-spiders-and-insect-eating-plants-leaky-dams-revive-dorsets-bogs
"Bales made out of #heather and bunds constructed out of peaty #soil and timber are being used to create porous dams on two #mires... they encourage the water to seep away slowly and 'rewet' the dried-out mires... it will create a wetter habitat, where #mosses and rare #plants like marsh #saxifrage and tiny bog #orchids can thrive."
Nature shows its mettle at the old steelworks https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/15/country-diary-nature-shows-its-mettle-at-the-old-steelworks
"#Ravenscraig: A place once of coke ovens and cooling towers is now enlivened with #orchids and #stonecrop, and swards of grasses... once the site of the largest #steelworks in Europe, which was closed and demolished more than 30 years ago... Mosses cover cracked concrete foundations, enlivened by beautiful, almost luminescent clumps of #BitingStonecrop. Everything is muted by #birches and #mosses and grasses"
Seeing this photo, I think about how I could recreate the grey bodies. (My first try was not very realistic).
