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**Petra van Cronenburg** @NatureMC@mastodon.online · 2d

Petra van Cronenburg @NatureMC@mastodon.online

@Hagukh Did I ever say that your wonderful macro photos inspire me to embroider #mosses and #lichen in 3D? Seeing this photo, I think about how I could recreate the grey bodies. (My first try was not very realistic).

Macro of a moss embroidered with French Knot Stich on a 3-D structure. Tiniest brown rocailles build the sporophytes.

An applicated mix of embroidered mosses and a grey lichen with red fruiting bodies on the bark of a 200 years old oak that had been cut in the forest.

#mosstodon #lichensubscribe #embroidery

**Hans** @Hagukh@mas.to · 2d

Hans @Hagukh@mas.to

Close-up of red fruiting bodies (apothecia) of a Cladonia lichen

Close-up of the red fruiting bodies (apothecia) of a lichen (Cladonia sp.) growing on the ground.
The apothecia grow on the edges of an grey, upright, cup-shaped structure of the lichen, the podetia.
Between the podetia you can see some parts of a white reindeer lichen that always grow on the ground.

#lichensubscribe #nature #macrophotography

**Levend Lichtje** @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art · 3d *

3d *

Levend Lichtje @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art

There was some hail this morning, so I thought I'd take a picture of one of my nearly finished lights to show you. I might add some red stitches to this to support the red lights here, as they are a bit sparse. Those are made after Trichia decipiens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichia_decipiens).

@embroidery

A small, round embroidered artwork set in a wooden base, resembling a patch of moss with delicate white lichen and tiny red fruiting bodies. The embroidery is textured, with soft green knots mimicking moss and fine white stitches forming the lichen. The red accents are inspired by Trichia decipiens slime mold. The background shows a mossy surface with scattered hailstones.

#mosstodon #wip #embroidery

**Nathan Hubbard** @n8foo@macaw.social · 6d

Nathan Hubbard @n8foo@macaw.social

Beautiful scene on a quiet spring day in #Tennessee. #mosstodon #lichensubscribe

**Hans** @Hagukh@mas.to · Mar 7

Mar 7

Hans @Hagukh@mas.to

Cladonia lichen close-up

A group of light yellow and green coloured, goblet-shaped pixie cup lichens (Cladonia sp.) growing on the ground with red fruiting bodies (apothecia).

#lichen #lichensubscribe #closeup

**Levend Lichtje** @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art · Mar 6 *

Mar 6 *

Levend Lichtje @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art

A little late for #WIPWednesday, but time flies anyway. I mounted these today - six little moss embroidery pieces. Now they’re just waiting to be finished with electronics and a few extra stitches here and there where the shape doesn’t quite follow the mounts. One also needs some extra colors.

Three of these are sold (top right, middle, most right); the rest will be in my shop soon - unless someone claims them in a message first.

Six small, round embroidery pieces mounted in dark wooden rings, displayed on a wooden surface. Each piece is textured and depicts a different mossy or lichen-covered landscape with intricate details. Some feature white or red beads representing lichen, while others have fine, tree-like embroidery resembling the tendrils of slime mold. A pair of ornate copper-colored embroidery scissors rests nearby, along with two additional empty wooden rings.

#mosstodon #LichenSubscribe #embroidery

**Hans** @Hagukh@mas.to · Mar 4

Mar 4

Hans @Hagukh@mas.to

A beautiful landscape of various Cladonia lichens

A variety of Cladonia lichens in all shapes and colours

#lichensubscribe #lichen #macrophotography

**eclectech** @eclectech@things.uk · Mar 3 *

Mar 3 *

eclectech @eclectech@things.uk

Ah, Monday Morning, we meet again

A chaotic burst of silvery grey-green lichen growing from a pale tree trunk. The photo has been rotated so the trunk is a horizontal floor, with a dark, soft focus brown backdrop behind the lichen. The lichen has large googly eyes and a round, slightly shocked mouth. It looks unkempt.

#sillyScribbles #googlyEyes #lichenSubscribe

@wmd@chaos.social · Feb 28 *

Feb 28 *

@wmd@chaos.social

Some more moss pictures from today.

I'm starting to build an eye for it, looking out for mosses as I cycle the city. It's a bit like trying to find mushrooms in a forest. I do wish I could add the names of the mosses and lichens in the description though.

looking along a rope overgrown with moss along a tree, this macro shot looks like a lush green forest with plants growing over the rope like it's wooden tree trunks.

Blue-white and yellow, cup shaped lichen, crowing on a tree stem. Very close up, the photo covers maybe 1cm. It looks like a rough and alien landscape.

Close-up of a seedpod of a moss. A mosspit if you like.

Star moss looking like a massive succulent or aloe plant among even smaller moss as this crowing among the brick work on a bridge.

#moss #mosstodon #LichenSubscribe

**Hans** @Hagukh@mas.to · Feb 27 *

Feb 27 *

Hans @Hagukh@mas.to

Cladonia lichen on an artificial dam made of coarse rock fragments

The photo shows Cladonia lichen on a thin layer of soil that has formed over the decades between coarse rock fragments.
A group of yellow-green, upright podetia of the lichen can be seen in the centre of the picture.
They grow from small leaflets (squamules) and have red, cap-like apothecia (fruiting bodies) at their tips.
On the left, in a crevice between the rocks, many dark, rotting pine needles have accumulated.
They form the basis for another layer of soil and enable additional future growth on this rocky ground. The beginning...
More rock fragments and various groups of Cladonia lichens can be seen in the blurred background.

#lichen #lichensubscribe #nature

**Levend Lichtje** @LevendLichtje@pixelfed.social · Feb 26

Feb 26

Levend Lichtje @LevendLichtje@pixelfed.social

I'm reposting everything from my old Instagram, to keep my archive and have a record of my work's development. I'm adding commentary below the original text.

This is from 17 februari 2018
The third "Mycena albatus". Silicone mushroom on dried mosses and soil.
There will be more like it, I think. I am planning and sketching the next mushroom series. Might even try the typical red mushroom soon, although I think they might be too much of a cliché. Depending on how those turn out, they will soon pop up here.
Soon being in about a month, maybe more. These lights are very time consuming to develop and then make, while I balance my time between my two kids and my art. But I am getting better and quicker.

I was definitely getting better and quicker, but then I had a third child—which, unsurprisingly, led to a big reduction in my work time. Thankfully, I’m now at a stage where my available time is steadily increasing again!

The next mushroom series I made was the red-capped Amanita muscaria, and I later created more of them. After that first Amanita, I moved on to making flowers and mosses.

#MastoArt #LichenSubscribe #mushroom

#mushroom

**Mauzegrafie** @Mauzegrafie@pixelfed.social · Feb 25

Feb 25

Mauzegrafie @Mauzegrafie@pixelfed.social

Went outside today to catch some sunlight and insect photos, found also lichen.

#lichensubscribe #nature #naturephotography #natur #naturfotografie #texturetuesday

Lichen, probably Xanthoria parietina, covering a fence made of iron pipe.

#texturetuesday

**Levend Lichtje** @LevendLichtje@pixelfed.social · Feb 25

Feb 25

Levend Lichtje @LevendLichtje@pixelfed.social

I'm reposting everything from my old Instagram, to keep my archive and have a record of my work's development. I'm adding commentary below the original text.

This is from 16 Februari 2018
"Mycena albatus", white silicon mushroom on dried mosses and soil. One more to show of these, plus the dandelion.
I am better at creating these now, they take up less time. Before, they took at least a whole day to make, now I can create three of them in the same amount of time. And the result is better too.
With this series I have created new techniques and put them to good use. Silicon 'clay' is one of them, a quick drying mixture that I use to fix the mushrooms to the base. I have to work fairly quick to get it right (2 minutes max) but the effect is both strong and easy on the eye. As a bonus, it lowers my working time, since I don't have to wait before I can proceed.

I still love the contrast of very white mushrooms against real dried moss, but I would construct the stems and caps differently now. The wrinkles in this piece make them look organic, but I wouldn’t want to repeat that in new lights. I think smoother surfaces feel more true to life for mushrooms.
I also stopped using dried moss in my art because shipping pieces with natural materials internationally was difficult, if not impossible. That challenge ultimately led me to embroidery instead!

#MastoArt #LichenSubscribe #mushroom

#mushroom

**Hans** @Hagukh@mas.to · Feb 25 *

Feb 25 *

Hans @Hagukh@mas.to

Cladonia lichen between moss on a rock

A rock covered with small leaflets (squamules) of a Cladonia lichen growing between moss on a rock.
Upright, green, stalked, cup-shaped lichen parts (podetia), which resemble calyxes, grow from these leaflets.
Their green color changes to white up to the edges of the cups.
Brown fruiting bodies (apothecia and pycnidia) grow on the edges of the cups.
Blurred background with lichens and mosses.

#lichensubscribe #Mosstodon #nature

**mel** @daemonicusprince@meow.social · Feb 24

Feb 24

mel @daemonicusprince@meow.social

a bundle for #MushroomMonday , from a quick walk before the week of rain

a single sprout of some green plant that vaguely resembles cilantro, cradled inside a bright orange bowl mushroom, centered in a blurry background of mosses and dead leaves

a young and tiny conk mushroom with white rim and gold top, alone among a much wider scene on the underside of a mossy fallen tree suspended above the ground

the top surface of an older dried-out conk mushroom, mostly a parched light brown, but with spots of darker brown moisture from the beginning of a rain

an older, larger, and more venerable mushroom with glossy black topside and cream-white underside, separated by a golden rim in a very wavy & flowing pattern, decorated by various forest detritus

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography

**Levend Lichtje** @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art · Feb 24

Feb 24

Levend Lichtje @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art

Man, I was ill with the flu for a long time! I'm back now and working on a few of these! I've stopped using the material I originally used to make these sporophytes (as I was unhappy with some of the material properties), but now I need to find a way to recreate them—similar, or preferably, better.