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Eliza Waters 
Very cool textures. Great shot, Eliza.
Thank you, Jane. I never tire of scenes like this!
There is plenty of detail to enjoy in this photograph!
Thank you, Anne. I often hover over scenes like this while out walking!
So beautiful in its own way ❤️
Absolutely! 🙂
Don’t you just love moss and lichen? Such mysterious beauty.
I can easily get absorbed into scenes like this when out walking. Always beautiful!
A complete world, right there. I love moss. It seems so imaginative to me.
Indeed, a whole world I frequently get lost in. 🙂
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I was cutting up several downed trees yesterday and saw this up close and personal. It’s a beautiful thing.
Indeed. Nature’s great recyclers at work. 🙂
Nature invites is in…to see her beauty while inviting us to see our natural beauty! It’s easy to contemplate so much while looking at this wonderful photo. Beautiful. Thank you! 💜
Thank you, Carrie. God is in the details. 🙂
Yes…always and in all ways.
What a beautiful trio, Eliza!
Thank you, Dale! All on one small branch. 🙂
So lovely. A true gift
Such a fascinating group of plants….and ancient.
Nature’s great recyclers!
Beautiful !
Thank you!
Such a pleasing trio. The green provides a lovely contrast.
Thank you, Laurie. I love the surprises one finds in the woods. 🙂
I still haven’t figured out the relationships among these three, or their characteristics, but I know beauty when I see it, and these are beautiful.
Thank you, Linda. I think the fungi are the only ones actively consuming the wood, whereas the other two are more epiphytic opportunists. 🙂
Not only an appealing artistic presentation, but also an amazing symbiosis!
Yes, it is! Thank you, Tanja!
Fascinating.
🙂 Thanks, Cindy!
Wonderful textures!
Thanks, Susan. A fun find!
What an interesting group to encounter….you really do see everything!
Ha, perhaps! It was noteworthy to see all three in close proximity.
So many things growing, even when we don’t think they should be! A lovely capture, Eliza.
Thank you, Debbie!
They are beautiful. I can’t even imagine seeing moss, lichen and fungi clustered together like that – in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen lichen here. But, with all the recent rain, there’s more moss than ever this year 🙂
Thank you, Kris. We’ve been breathlessly watching the weather in CA… unbelievable!
The building blocks of life on earth. 🙂
Yes, indeed… where would we be without them? 🙂
Love the contrast texture and vibrant green. Very cool 🍄
Thank you, Val. I’m likin’ the lichen! 😀
Al;though they each are in the same place, each is playing a different game. The fungus enters the tree and devours it. The lichen, combination of an alga and fungus work on the outside and the moss is just hanging in there. 🙂 Very nice shot of some agreeable ecological citizens, Eliza.
Thanks, Steve. I wasn’t sure if the lichen was consuming or just hitching a ride. 🙂
I didn’t mean to indicate that the lichen devours the branch it is on. They survive on whatever they can glean from the air around them. Sometimes they coexist with a separate fungus that is causing the tree to decay and appear to be dining on the branch but that is just a coincidence.
Great angle to capture the best of all three. 😊👏🏽
Thank you, Pepper!
A lovely illustration of coexistence and delightful diversity. I love all the little details you captured in each of them.
Thank you, Barbara!
Fascinating trio!
Thank you, Donna! 🙂
My favorite little things.
Aren’t they the best? 🙂
Such an interesting photo. It’s a whole world of textures.
Isn’t it amazing? So much happening in such a small space!
Hasn’t it been wonderful this time of year with all this vibrant life on the tree trunks? Great photo, Eliza, celebrating the beauty that is uniquely winter.
Thank you, Jet. We’ve had more rain than snow, so the woods are very accessible. I’m free to roam and explore without needing snowshoes. Less of a workout, too. 😉
Moss, lichen and fungi are wonderful parts of nature to study, here we have a multitude of them due to the wet climate. Beautiful Eliza.
Thank you, Agnes. Irish moss is legendary!
Beautiful post and I like that visibility of the fungi there so stunning. Mother nature is very marvellous 🔥🔥😊
Thank you!
Those three seem to like to live together.
Indeed, they do!
Ver cool earthy shots!
Thank you, Eunice! 🙂
A strange and interesting little world!
Gifts of the forest! 🙂
An interesting trio and another great find!
Thank you, Denise!