-hold! My flowery old friend. Doesn't she look fab in her fluffy moss coat? I'm totally jealous of her style.

A stack of five photographs of a lichen landscape from a series taken by hand.

Lichen, moss, jelly fungi, and a tree full of baby coatis.

River at Burrator in the fog last year #Dartmoor #Devon #mosstodon #photography

During a walk in the rain to see the fresh moss...

Winter Coat

Norman Avenue, London, United Kingdom

If you pass a patch of moss with a reddish tinge, do yourself a favor and get down low (or if you have bad knees like me, put your phone camera down low, upside down), to check out those gorgeous sporophytes.
#mosstodon

Walk around the yard turned into a walk through the woods.

This morning’s hike had some #mosstodon views worth sharing. These will also work for #ThickTrunkThursday - so may need to boost ‘em later

Off to find some tea to warm up. Hiked to a small waterfall in the rain. You don’t really appreciate how depauperate the north is until you walk through a cloud forest and are astonished by new things with each step.

Gyromitra esculenta.
A common fungus on southern Vancouver Island in early spring. Guidebooks list it as "toxic" and there have been fatalities recorded from consumption. The primary toxin, gyromitrin, is water soluble so boiling the mushrooms and discarding the water removes most of the toxin. But, gyromtrin hydrolyzes to monomethylhydrazine (aka rocket fuel) that is toxic when inhaled. So prepare them outside or in a room with good ventilation.

#Mosstodon
#DresdnerHeide