Dinesh's photos with the keyword: Moss

15 Mar 2021 63
....... Late in life I have come on fern. Now lichens are due to have their turn. ........ ~ Leaves compared with flower ~ Robert Frost Those green-blue growths that you see on tree trunks and branches are not mosses. They are lichens. Lichens are not killing your tree, nor are they causing it to fail. They are telling you something about your tree's health, though. Lichens Is a partnership between fungi and algae Comes in a variety of colors (blue-green, gray and more) Grows in as thin, flaky patches