Light green fruiting thorn cup lichen, Cladonia unicialis, with black fruiting tips, looking a bit like corals. I found them in a forest which partially covers the dunes. December, 26

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Fruiting thorn cup lichen, Cladonia unicialis, the ‘corals’ of the dunes & forests.

Location: dunes, forest, island of Usedom, Baltic Sea

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There were similar discussions about other names and terms. ‘Cup lichen look more like trumpets than cups,’ one contributor argued. Another agreed and wrote: ‘Makes for funnier stories, too. How did you like the lichen concert on the dune, or so?’ ‘Yeah! Let’s rename them into trumpet lichen, and a forest of them would be a trumpet lichen orchestra.’ ‘How can you make fun of nature?’ ‘It’s not making fun. It’s having fun. Fun connects. Connections make sure we’re not so bleeding thoughtless about nature.’ ‘Not a bad point.’ ‘Yeah!’ ‘I’m with you.’ ‘Trumpet lichen! You have my vote. Love the orchestra, too.’ ‘Erm, these lichen are already called trumpet lichen, to be precise: trumpet cup lichen.’ ‘I knew it! I knew they’re trumpets!’

Trumpet cup lichen

TRUMPETS

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Bekermos in het Vragenderveen/Korenburgerveen

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Good morning friends! Forest is known to be best medicine for stress, so here's a tiny piece of that medicine.
If you stop in the forest and zoom in, you can find another world.

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