lichen sramble - crustose lichens on a rock. species include rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow with black fruiting bodies), umbilicaria cylindrica (bottom left, grey with black fringe), lecidea lithophila (bottom right), and presumably lecanora spp., fuscidea spp.and lecidella spp.

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photo: lichen scramble

2013-09-082013-10-03 markus

here’s a picture from the stubai alps, taken recently near oberiss in tirol. it shows a mosaic of crustose lichens, fighting for space on silicate rock. lichen identification can be […]

sweet chestnut (castanea sativa) - year rings and wood anatomy

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the beauty of wood anatomy

2013-05-272014-01-05 markus

wood is one of the most important substances in the human world: it’s essential for areas as diverse as music (instruments), construction, living (furniture, heating), art (sculptures) and has a […]

hawkesbury frogs!

2013-01-302019-07-16 markus

two days of continuous rain re-filled all the little landscape depressions and ephemeral ponds with plenty of water around richmond. the first night without rain was ideal for frog-spotting. brianne […]

lightfield pictures of bee orchids (ophrys apifera, o. bertolonii ssp. saratoi) [lytro]

2012-06-032019-07-16 markus

bee orchids are – in my opinion – one of the truly curious outcomes of (co-)evolution. as noted before, the orchid species in the genus ophrys immitate female bees with […]

ant attack! [lightfield pictures]

2012-05-102019-07-16 markus

the only thing that makes forest ants even more active and aggressive, is when the sun has really heated the hole anthill up. these ants did not shy away from […]

bat photos: rhinolophus hipposideros, eptesicus nilsonii, eptesicus serotinus, nyctalus noctula and vespertilio murinus

2012-04-10 markus

since bat photos of certain species are rather rare – even here on the internet – i’ve collected some of my best shots and finally processed them all properly. here’s […]