Image: Rosie Hopkins
“One could speculate that lichens would be among the last inhabitants to succumb on a dying earth at some distant point in the future.”
― The Kingdom Fungi: The Biology of Mushrooms, Molds, and Lichens
Image: Rosie Hopkins
image: Rosie Hopkins
Many thanks to Rosie Hopkins for the use of these marvellous images.
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The Lichenous Piper – oh, yes – ‘Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee.” – William Blake
And, yes – they might be what‘s next for our planet….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/09/12/predators/
Ironically the small green lichen is called Pixie Cup!