May 18, 2023

This is Christmas Lichen

Though it looks like steak stuck on a tree

It consists of fungi, plant matter and bacteria

In a mutualistic relationship - like clownfish and anomes.

Location: Charles H. Bronson State Forest, Christmas

Sources: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1296

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson