Amelia's photos with the keyword: Macro Mondays 2.0

Foliose lichens are some of the largest and perhaps most complex lichens. The thallus generally forms flat, leaf-like lobes. The first PiP shows a Crustose lichen, possibly Lecanora muralis, growing on a sandstone wall. The thallus forms a crust over the substrate and is firmly attached to it. Consequently, the lichen normally cannot be collected intact without collecting a portion of the substrate along with it. The second PiP shows a Fruticose lichen, possibly Usnea subfloridana growing an a larch tree. The thallus is extended up into a tufted or pendant branched structure and is attached to the bark by a basal holdfast.

The theme for Macro Monday this week is bubbles. A difficult challenge without another pair of hands. I tried bubbles in the bath, floating bubbles and bubbles blown through a demolished old biro The best colours were from the photos taken outside, but it was difficult to catch unburst bubbles until there was a covering of light drizzle on the paving stones which maintained the surface tension better, but very soon it became too windy. Here are some trials in the PiPs. The most useless one is an impression of floating bubbles, just streaks of light really.