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Usnea florida
I found this amongst some small plants at the side of a path beside a river. Not sure if it was growing there, or if it fell from a tree.
Cloud forest, 2200 meters in the Talamanca Mountains of southern Costa Rica.
Spotted on Apr 28, 2015
Submitted on May 2, 2015
19 Comments
thanks Leuba...
Nice !
Hahaha... OK Mark, I'm convinced ! Thanks for the link to the Global Mapper. Very useful !
..and Luis spotting is Mexico
...in fact it's almost as well travelled as you (LOL)
I'm not sure why you think location is relevant Pam. Check this http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=...
yes Mark it certainly does, but it's a long way from Ireland ! Seems like there are other species of Usnea found in Costa Rica, but my internet is too slow to download images !! Thanks for the lead Mark and Luis.
Oops... just noticed Luis/Arlanda link :)
Yes a very nervy look.
Looks like fresh Usnea florida :) http://www.irishlichens.ie/pages-lichen/...
Amazing shapes.
thank you Fyn... most honoured !
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
OK Luis, I added it to fungi...
thanks Chun
Very interesting.
Yes Pam. I have one very similar to yours and it was ID by Arlanda
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/139...
thanks Luis...Should this go in fungi, then?
Amazing find !
Really looks like some kind of weird lichen.
It looks like some kind of lichen Pamsai, grat find!