Nice. I like the way that little bit of brighter green nestles into the lichen. We have the same lichens here, which have always been favorites (ever since my brother had a similar one as greenery for his train set when we were kids). We have plenty of orangish needles, too, but few pines so mostly they’re short Douglas fir needles. I like the longer needles here contrasting with the lichen’s texture.
Love that story about your brother’s train set. 😄 Yes, the color of this lichen often seems to bring a bit of contrast to the color palette.
It was the smell of that lichen that really got to me – to this day, it thrills me. I don’t know if the reindeer lichen that grows here has the same scent – who knows where the stuff they used to sell for train sets came from? But they’re all especially pretty to me.
Wow, I didn’t realize that some species have a fragrance! I’ll check that out later.
Marguerite just told me that she dyed wool with a bark lichen some time back which had a perfumed fragrance. I never knew…😄
That’s very cool – Hi Marguerite! It’s possible that the scent I remember came from something added to preserve the reindeer lichen but I think I’m pretty sure I’ve smelled it in “the wild” too. Another lichen, one that grows on tree branches called Oak moss (Evernia prunastri) has been used for centuries in perfume manufacturing. I just found a link that mentions a different one used in perfume – but wow! – scroll down and there’s the lichen used for train sets! 🙂 https://www.sharnoffphotos.com/lichensNH/human_uses_misc.html
I discovered several of your comments in my spam folder, I guess because of the links you included? Sorry about that! We do recall those lichen “trees” that were sold for Lionel train sets, but I don’t recall a fragrance (although Marguerite does). Since you brought this up, I’ve been getting down on the ground to sniff lichens in the woods (good exercise), but unfortunately I’ve not yet found one that has an aroma. Not sure any of ours produce it…
🙂 No problem, it happens. Be careful of your knees! I can’t say that I’ve been doing the same. I really should. But I suspect it had to do with the lichen being “cooped up” for a long time in plastic or something. I’m glad you remember them coming with the Lionel sets. At the risk of this going into spam again, check out this thread I just found with a discussion about lichens in train set scenery and some cool photos. On second thought I’ll put the link in a separate reply.
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Nice. I like the way that little bit of brighter green nestles into the lichen. We have the same lichens here, which have always been favorites (ever since my brother had a similar one as greenery for his train set when we were kids). We have plenty of orangish needles, too, but few pines so mostly they’re short Douglas fir needles. I like the longer needles here contrasting with the lichen’s texture.
Love that story about your brother’s train set. 😄 Yes, the color of this lichen often seems to bring a bit of contrast to the color palette.
It was the smell of that lichen that really got to me – to this day, it thrills me. I don’t know if the reindeer lichen that grows here has the same scent – who knows where the stuff they used to sell for train sets came from? But they’re all especially pretty to me.
Wow, I didn’t realize that some species have a fragrance! I’ll check that out later.
Marguerite just told me that she dyed wool with a bark lichen some time back which had a perfumed fragrance. I never knew…😄
That’s very cool – Hi Marguerite! It’s possible that the scent I remember came from something added to preserve the reindeer lichen but I think I’m pretty sure I’ve smelled it in “the wild” too. Another lichen, one that grows on tree branches called Oak moss (Evernia prunastri) has been used for centuries in perfume manufacturing. I just found a link that mentions a different one used in perfume – but wow! – scroll down and there’s the lichen used for train sets! 🙂
https://www.sharnoffphotos.com/lichensNH/human_uses_misc.html
I discovered several of your comments in my spam folder, I guess because of the links you included? Sorry about that! We do recall those lichen “trees” that were sold for Lionel train sets, but I don’t recall a fragrance (although Marguerite does). Since you brought this up, I’ve been getting down on the ground to sniff lichens in the woods (good exercise), but unfortunately I’ve not yet found one that has an aroma. Not sure any of ours produce it…
🙂 No problem, it happens. Be careful of your knees! I can’t say that I’ve been doing the same. I really should. But I suspect it had to do with the lichen being “cooped up” for a long time in plastic or something. I’m glad you remember them coming with the Lionel sets. At the risk of this going into spam again, check out this thread I just found with a discussion about lichens in train set scenery and some cool photos. On second thought I’ll put the link in a separate reply.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/preparing-natural-lichen