The Countryside VI - Lichen

Posted by Arco-Íris (Leiria, Portugal) on 12 July 2007 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Lichens are symbiotic associations of a fungus (the mycobiont) with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont also known as the phycobiont) that can produce food for the lichen from sunlight. The photobiont is usually either green algae or cyanobacteria.
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Although lichens typically grow in naturally harsh environments, most lichens, especially epiphytic fruticose species and those containing cyanobacteria, are sensitive to manufactured pollutants. Hence, they have been widely used as pollution indicator organisms .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen

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Comments (32)

Anup from Bangalore, India

Nice shot. But no clue what it is......

12 Jul 2007 9:02am

@Anup: Lichen.
Thanks Anup.

HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States

Wow, what a cool texture. Some sort of fungi. :)

12 Jul 2007 9:19am

@HorseRotorVator: Lichen.
Thanks a lot.

MDM from Barcelona, Spain

Es extraña, pero atrayente.
Muy buena.

12 Jul 2007 9:22am

@MDM: Lichen.
Em português, chama-se líquen.

Gracias MDM.

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

Good picture, but it does not make me feel very good.

12 Jul 2007 10:07am

Navin Harish from India

Great shot. But I find the subject quite yucky

12 Jul 2007 11:17am

Walt from Scarborough, Canada

So according to your writeup, you took this shot in a healthy area? Or low pollution, anyways...

Kind of a sickly yellow, isn't it?

12 Jul 2007 11:34am

@Walt: Yes. In a protecting area - Parque Natural das Serra de Aire e Candeeiros.

Thanks Walt.

still from France

Very fine capture!

12 Jul 2007 12:03pm

@still: Merci Still!

Carson from Portland, United States

Beautiful.

12 Jul 2007 12:21pm

@Carson: Thanks Carson.

KM Faisal from United Arab Emirates

nice foto

12 Jul 2007 1:09pm

Celialee from Kyoto, Japan

Interesting photo and interesting description. I learn something new everyday.

12 Jul 2007 1:34pm

@Celialee: Thanks Celialee.

Susankritha from Montreal, Qc, Canada

Nicely done

12 Jul 2007 1:49pm

@Susankritha: Thanks Susankritha.

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

Looks like an overcooked pancake, who knew that fungi took so many different shapes, colors, etc. Yucky subject shot well.

12 Jul 2007 2:23pm

@Dawn Sutherland: Thank you.

Bron from Canberra, Australia

I've been doing a course on fungi, slime moulds, lichens and mosses at our botanic gardens and this afternoon found a poster from the UK showing a continuum of fungi arranged from those most able to those least able to tolerate air pollution - fascinating. I think lichen and fungi are wonderful subjects for art - have a look at my fungi album if you have a minute http://picasaweb.google.com/bronkin/ForIrisAndDennis

12 Jul 2007 2:33pm

@Bron: Thank you very much for the comment.
I love your work.

Jose from Barcelona, Spain

Una foto curiosa e interesante. El liquen sobrevive sobre la superficie de una roca pelada, todo un ejemplo de que sin medios pero con buenas amistades se puede salir de cualquier situación. el hongo protege al alga y a su vez el alga lo alimenta.
Saludos.

12 Jul 2007 3:12pm

@Jose: Gracias Jose.

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

The better the air quality the more species you find. We get more in the damp west of the UK than the drier east, and there are thousands of species. You can use the one you photographed to make a great orange/yellow dye. You need a lot of lichen mind you, and I'm not sure I'd like to destroy something so lovely

12 Jul 2007 4:34pm

@Richard_Irwin: Thanks.

Amit from Santa Clara, United States

Good shot

12 Jul 2007 4:45pm

@Amit: Thanks Amit!

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Great information and wonderful detail in this shot. I see a lot of the green lichen on trees around me. Fascinating stuff.

12 Jul 2007 7:06pm

@Laurie: Thanks Laurie.

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

I learned something today about lichen, plus a very nice image too.

12 Jul 2007 10:26pm

@Viewfinder: Thanks Viewfinder.

Bron from Canberra, Australia

Thanks again Arco-Íris, a very kind compliment! cheers Bron

12 Jul 2007 11:15pm

@Bron: Thanks Bron.

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Interesting shot badala. Wonderful colour and texture. ;-)

13 Jul 2007 12:28am

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

Beautiful and sharp. Interesting placement within the frame, although I wish there was a fraction of space between it and the bottom edge. Just a detail, though.

13 Jul 2007 1:18am

@Andrew Gould: Thank you for the observation.

Kheoh Yee Wei from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

this looks like a body cells under microscope! nice shot !

13 Jul 2007 3:56am

M.E. from Encino, United States

It's an impressive shot, esp with the texture and vivid colors and if I didn't know it's a fungi, then I wouldn't feel like ewww! i guess the "ewww" made this picture effective, too. :)

13 Jul 2007 3:57am

@M.E.: Thanks M.E.

{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

Wow, what an interesting capture, Badala! Like the colors and tones, and your commentary is very educational! Hope to "see" you soon. Cheers..! B-)

13 Jul 2007 5:19am

@{H} creatives: Thank you.

Myst from Bologna, Italy

Stunning shot and superb color!

13 Jul 2007 6:05am

dee from Innsbruck, Austria

Very interesting shot. Well done!

13 Jul 2007 6:37am

Inés from Namur, Belgium

Une étrange mousse toute plate, une espèce de crêpe végétale !!!

13 Jul 2007 6:59am

ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands

Very nice shot, lovely work.

13 Jul 2007 7:07am

Remus from Portugal

Visto assim, faz lembras as culturas de bactérias com que os cientistas trabalham. :)
Mas, pensando bem, um fungo é isso mesmo :)

13 Jul 2007 7:32pm

Shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Yah!What a beautiful lichen,I love it`s color.good job!

14 Jul 2007 10:58am

pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal

já aprendi qualquer coisa hoje, boa foto.

14 Jul 2007 10:54pm

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Nice details, great shot!

15 Jul 2007 4:13am

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