tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33789390.post-1157325238412805592006-09-04T01:02:00.000+02:002006-09-04T21:14:52.343+02:00On a rocky wall along the shore of the Diemelsee lake, close to the <span style="font-style:italic;">Talsperre</span> flood-control dam. The description that I found of <span style="font-style:italic;">Anaptychia ciliaris</span> seemed to match, except that this <span style="font-style:italic;">Wimpermos (Eyelash moss)</span> is supposed to be very rare, and growing on trees, on spots were they date back to the 19th century... Puzzling. But pleasantly so. And humbling. I felt as if I'm cheating through an exam, looking up stuff in books but still not sure if I got it right.<br /><br />Luckily Laurens Sparrius helps out: it's <span style="font-style:italic;">Peltigera hymenina</span>, a rare lichen, mostly to be found on the northern (West-) Friesian islands of the Netherlands, and only sporadically inland. So it's a special find.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2994/3714/1600/anapt-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2994/3714/400/anapt-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2994/3714/1600/anapt-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2994/3714/400/anapt-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Franshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04221546407197452473noreply@blogger.com