Photo of an old fencepost, the top completely covered by a mass of bushy lichens.
Macro photo of the underside of the same lichen.
A soggy wooden post with an unusual topping: Stereocaulon dactylophyllum, I think.
#FencepostOfTheWeek #stereocaulon #lichen #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk
Photo of an old, bleached fencepost in gloomy surroundings. Lichens on the top.
Mouldering in a gloomy spot #FencepostOfTheWeek
Photo of the mossy end of a toppled fencepost, in a roll of rusty fence-wire.
This entire fence has been pulled out of the ground and rolled up. It's still providing fertile surfaces for some nice lichens and mosses, though. #FencepostOfTheWeek
Photo of an old fencepost, with rusty barbed wire and a some lichens growing on it.
Grizzled and cracked #FencepostOfTheWeek
Photo of an old fencepost covered in moss and lichen, with central core rotted away.
A cavernous crater at dusk #FencepostOfTheWeek
Photo of the top of a fencepost covered in lichens, the shade of a conifer tree looms from the left.
A beguiling assemblage of lichens on this post betwixt field and forest. #FencepostOfTheWeek
#fencepost #lichen #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk
Photo of a wooden fence surrounded by unfurling ferns and capped with a rosette of a leafy, dark-brown lichen.
Sticta sylvatica thriving in a damp, shady corner of the paddock. #FencepostOfTheWeek
#lichen #sticta #fencepost #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk
photograph of a back-lit double fencepost at sunrise with bilberry sprouting all around and spider webs hanging from the barbs
Webs and bilberry bushes #FencepostOfTheWeek
#web #vaccinium #blaeberry #fencepost #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk
Photograph of an old, weathered fencepost with a patch of moss on it. Most of the rest of the surface is covered in lichens.
An abundance of lichens on this upland #FencepostOfTheWeek
#fencepost #lichen #moss #argyll #naturephotography #scotland #uk
A photo of a backlit fencepost with rounded cushions of moss covering the top.
Billowing, green #FencepostOfTheWeek
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a photo of an old fencepost with many knots projecting from its deeply eroded surface.
a nice knarled and gnotty #FencepostOfTheWeek
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Photo of a rotting fencepost with a tuft of mixed moss and cladonia on the top and several other species of lichen covering the sides.
White sides #FencepostOfTheWeek
The white sides are also lichen ^_^
#lichen #moss #fencepost #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk
A photograph of the top of a very weathered wooden fencepost with a few holes and rusty nails in the sides.
Jagged, sun-bleached #FencepostOfTheWeek
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The top of an old fencepost, covered in several species of moss
Lots of good things growing all mixed in with each other on this shady forest post. #FencepostOfTheWeek
#moss #lichen #oxalis #fencepost #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk
Googling 'Liverpool', 'Francis' and 'fencepost' gave good results - these look like No.4 type Francis Morton & Co. patent straining pillars. Noted as being sold particularly to railway companies - and these ones are on a railway embankment just outside of Oban. #FencepostOftheWeek
