Are moss and lichen just the ugly cousins of full grown plants, trees and flowers? I think not and I invite you to prove me correct!
First Let's Make Sure That we Understand Our Subject!
All definitions are from dictionary.com
- Moss: "a small flowerless green plant which lacks true roots, growing in low carpets or rounded cushions in damp habitats and reproducing by means of spores released from stalked capsules."
- Lichen: any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow,brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaf like, crust like, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
In This Round We're Turning Moss And Lichen Into Art!
With this clearly in mind let's look at some samples. I'll start with some pictures of moss that I took in my backyard just one hour ago!
Hmmm this is going to be a great round. I just took these quickly with my phone so you will do much better!
Here Are Some More Examples From Pixabay.com!
The top two samples are moss and the bottom two feature lichen! I foresee a lot of great art coming from you!
Here's a Reminder of The Galleries That You've Already Helped Create!
- Art Exhibit of Manhole Covers!
- Your Photographs of Streets!
- Damaged Asphalt Gallery
- The Tree Bark Virtual Gallery
- Mundane Art: Stones
- The Mundane as Art: Grass
- The Mundane as Art: Rust!
- The Mundane as Art: Sand Patterns!
- The Mundane as Art: Moss And Lichen (Now in creation)
Here Are The Rules For The Contest With 20 Steem in Prizes!
- One submission per person
- If you enter a photo please also up vote this post.
- You can create a post using the tag mundaneart but the photo must be posted in the comments here as well.
- Feel free to use processing and editing to create a special look but I also love the natural look!
- The photo must be your original work. Please don't use photos that you find on the internet!
- Submissions will no longer be accepted after the post has payed out in 7 days.
This is going to be an exciting round as you help me to create another beautiful Mundane as Art Gallery!
What Mundane Object would Like to See Featured in Round Eight?
Please let me know as your comments are noted, needed and appreciated! I hope that you enjoyed this article on "The Mundane as Art Round Nine. Moss and Lichen!"
Until next time,
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
I’m about to go to a forest after class so I can find some great examples of this :D
Here's my entry:
I hope people will like it.
I was waiting for one like this! Good old Canadian Shield Lichen!
When I first saw it I was thinking that it's painting. People were just passing by. Not me, though.
Very cool.
I have lived in Canada my whole life and have never seen Canadian Shield lichen...either that or I didn't notice as a kid growing up in the Muskokas every summer. This is so cool.
So so so beautiful. Violet and green together make the ultra magic. 🙏
I will get burrowing under that snow and find the moss!!!
Might I suggest a blow dryer and a 50 meter extension chord. We defrost the freezer with a blow dryer so I know that it will do the trick and 50 meters will allow you enough freedom to hunt down some moss!
I'll give you extra credit for diligence and even more for snow and moss in the same shot!
Also remember I allow Boomasized photos! As stated under rule number 3 "Feel free to use processing and editing to create a special look"
I think the good lady would have serious words with me if I tried to take her hair drier. She is oddly territorial about it!
I shall do my best. if I can boomasize (love that word) it without it looking fake then I will!! :O)
We are still waiting for the first @meesterboom original to grace one of our galleries which now include 8 virtual exhibits and almost 200 works!
It's an impressive collection. I shall endeavour to add to it!
I'm am amature wildlife photographer and just happened to be taking pictures of lichen today and now I find this comp. It must be a sign! Here is my submision, a Xanthoria species of some kind I believe, hope you like it.
Wow! are those mushrooms on top of moss?
No. This is just the way this species of Lichen grows I think.
One of the more interesting ones I have ever seen.
Thanks!
This is wonderful!
Thanks! I'm pretty pleased how it turned out. Was just doing some reading and according to the Woodland Trust there are 1700 species of Lichen here in the UK and some colonies are 8000 years old apparently! I think I shall have to learn more. :)
It's amazing how Steemit can stimulate our curiosity! Once again it's a great photo and a great find.
Totally awesome photo @timspawls
Thank you Michelle! :D
I always loved the colors and textures that can be found in the floor or walls, they're often as powerfull as the best abstract paintings.
I took this picture (among a lot more) in Mucubaji's Lagoon, in Mérida, Venezuela. It's an incredibly beautiful landscape and yet I was obsessed with the ground.
There were so many different compositions, but I chose this one because it has an interesting color palette, where green isn't a protagonist. Therefore, it looks almost artificial, like dry paint (talking about favorite textures), if not for the white lichen's amazing organic form.
Here's my full post
Thank you!
I was waiting for something like this. Beautiful!
Thanks! Glad you liked it (:
Me encanta
Gracias, amiguita <3
All of my favorite colors in one spot. Perfect.
Thank you! I think your entry is great too. Good luck!
Likin' The Lichen • Mundane As Art
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@otage/likin-the-lichen-mundane-as-art
Thanks for sending in your photo!
This would be cool but I do not really see them where I live
Maybe the next theme will suit you better!
Yeah, I hope so, thanks for your concern, it means a lot.
This is very painful. It's dry season here in Nigeria. All of it is dried. This is gonna be an ultimate search for me.
Hmmm, not sure what to say. It is a global competition but some areas have advantages at certain times of year. Another Steemer wrote me that all of the moss was buried in snow!
Of course, I know it is global. I will still look around, probably I will be lucky.
My entry:
Very nice!
My Submission: https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@borgheseglass/mundane-art-moss-and-lichen
A Pillow of Green Green Moss.
This is from a walk through a forest in Eastern Ontario along the Rideau River in Canada.
Awesome.
A green blanket of moss draped over the rock. Springtime in Wisconsin.
That's a great entry!
Choosing between the moss photo or the lichen photo was hard!🤣
so fluffy !
So beautiful Melinda. 🦋
Thanks, Ally!😘
Really good picture!!!
Thanks so much! The light was hitting it just right.
:-))) WOW
Thanks!😘
Of course you'd have a beautiful photo @melinda010100.... :) This is so cozy and soft looking, I can only imagine what it feels like.
Lol! It was absolutely lush! I had never seen any like it.
Wow! Healthiest moss I've seen in awhile, Melinda! :D And so fluffieee.... lol
Wow. Wonderful,
Great contest with a great theme!!! I really love how the moss and the lichen work to create art!!
This is my entry:
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@silviabeneforti/the-mundane-art-contest-by-kus-knee-moss-and-lichen-my-entry
I love the small growth of moss on this pipe with the lichen growth. This is such a rustic piece, I would have it on my table as a display.
An amazing monument to the power and beauty of nature. Love the way the spiraling iron takes on the appearance of a tree trunk, with the moss, the canopy. 🍀
Oh my good strong Italian friend you have presented a beauty!
After looking at all the amazing images of Moss and Lichen submitted so far, I just have one question? How could anyone think of mosses and lichens as being 'mundane' ever again?
My contribution is one of my ephemeral art pieces called: Submerged and Frozen Lichens.
This is very nice @allyinspirit. It looks like something I'd like in a terrarium. The succulents add a nice element.
Thanks so very much @countrygirl.
Always loved terrariums and made a few miniature ones many light years ago. Had forgotten about them till now. On the ever expanding 'to do' list, to make them again in small glass/clear perspex cubes so you can could see the layers. 🦋
I've done those before too....really fun and relaxing - such an easy project. I'll bet yours would be fabulous.
I loved them ~ Not sure about anyone else though. I gave them to friends as presents, who used to wonder what they were and what to do with them. 🦋
@countrygirl, I continued my reply with a tale about a disastrous artwork I did while at artschool at: Mundane as Art: Round 9: Moss and Lichen. Submerged and Frozen Lichens.
Thanks for this.
Pleasure @kus-knee. So many truly amazing images of moss and lichens. Have loved seeing them all.
A few suggestions for other Mundane as Art topics: Someone mentioned 'puddles' ~ Which would be great. Grasses. Shells. Electrical cords. 🦋
Here is my entry. It's mostly about the shelf fungus, but the moss background is what I think really sets it off.
That was quick! I love your work and it's nice slowly getting to know you and what you can do!
Tip of the day: If you make it into a post I try my best to upvote that as well!
Thanks! Actually, this is an older shot and I already posted it a couple months ago when I first got on Steemit. I have a few other moss images that I haven't shared though, so I will put together a new post with those too and link back to your contest post. I have to run to a meeting now, but I'll do it later today.
OK, I just made a post out of it. I really do love these "mundane" themes. Thanks for organizing!
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@jctdesign/my-mundane-moss-photos
Here is my Entry.@kus-knee
100% like and resteem
This is a wonderful submission. Thanks!
WOW!!!!
Is that moss growing on the snail shell too?
here's mine I love it and I hope you like it too
That's a nice one!
My pictures moss and lichen...
Have a nice day @kus-knee
These are great. One per person so I'll enter the second one. It's a great example!
I did not know which one to choose :))
Love the top one as well. Such unusual 'flowers.' 🍀
Took this one quite a while ago in Tongariro, New Zealand. I guess it qualifies for the category "lichen" or as we say in German "Flechte".
Hope you will get some better entries too!!
sweet as..
Very nice entry!
Taken alongside Zug lake in Switzerland
Very nice! Thanks for entering!
Hello @kus-knee!
Thank you for such an amazing theme. It's very inspiring. :)
Here comes my entry from the mysterious and magical Wistmans Wood in Dartmoor.
This is the most amazing moss and lichen growth I have ever seen. It's truly unforgettable. :)
I wonder if you stayed there for a while the moss would cover you too?? hehe.....Must have been magical!
Looks like the most amazing old growth forest but with light coming through. Beautifully photographed. 🍀
Hey @allyinspirit - I think you meant this reply for the person who took the photo but you replied to me instead. hehe....I do this too. Thot you'd want to know :)
Oh no. I'm such a Silly Billy sometimes. Glad I'm not the only one. ♥︎
Oooo, this is what Haida Gwaii, BC, Canada looks like. So magically delicious.
Nice challenge!!! Here is my entry:
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@evimeria/one-more-contest-the-old-dog-presents-the-mundane-as-art-round-nine-moss-and-lichen-my-entry
Thanks a lot for entering!
Shot around ten days ago infront of Charlottenburger Tor in Berlin
Very nice @jumowa I'll enter the second one. Can you please teach me how to make the photo link to the article?
thx!
First post a picture.
Then surround the whole code with [] and add the link you want it to link to (link)
OK cool, the same as a hyper link. Thanks!
thank you !! :-) I managed it too!
yay
yes for sure Yay ! I am so blond when I have to learn stuff, that I am proud I managed ! :-)
With your attitude you can manage everything
Thank you for hosting this contest. Here's my entry:
Images of Metallic Chain Partly Covered by Green Moss 寂静生长的美丽: 苔藓 | MundaneArt
Moss forest macro (taken with my Olympus E-410+Raynox lens)
Click on the pic to see it in full res)
Very nice @kalemandra
This is my contribution to round 9 -moss and lichen:
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@pipurilla/the-mundane-as-art-round-9-moss-and-lichen
I like it but is it moss or rather some type of fern?
It's indeed moss. I remember that these mushrooms were tiny ones, some few centimeters high and the ground was full of that fresh and soft moss.
Central Switzerland, where I took the photo, is known to be very wet and some sorts of moss can grow up to that size. But it can not be compared with the moss that I saw in the woods near Gustavus, Alaska in the early 90ies. By places it was at least 30 to 50 cm high. I didn't know that either before, but moss can grow quite high under favourable conditions.
Add to that the fact that I was lying on the ground for this photo. It was supposed to be a so-called "bugs eye" shot and I guess for the bug, whose view I try to imitate in these shots, this moss really looks like fern.
Have a great day, @kus-knee! :)
Thanks for the explanation. You're a real adventurer!
Beautiful green jungle of moss and mushrooms. Love how you've shown the forest in the distance as well Patrick. 🍀
Thank you so very much, Alison!
At TSU I had a channel called "Bugs eye photography" and I loved to post this kind op photos and some from an even lower angle. On these pics you could have an idea from the "jungle" this area must be for the Bug.
Pleasure Patrick. There's nothing like actually being/lying on the ground to take images of the beauty there, from the view of ground creatures. It can be 'challenging' to lie on the earth here now because of tics. But this area looks like it would be tic and any other 'harmful insect' free? 🦋
You're so right, Alison. The only thing you risk is to get dirt on your clothes. OK, you better be careful not to lie down in glass fragments or rusty metal left behind by unmindful contemporaries. But we do not have dangerous snakes and/or harmful insects. :)
I like this :-) I expect Chinese nones under the mushroom heads. Fairytale-like!
Thank you, Janine-Ariane! I like it to walk through these woods, because the atmosphere is indeed Fairytale-like there. ;)
Here is an old photo of my troll in the woods, it's not that mundane, but hey :P
Here is my entry:
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@pyrowngs/mossy-cave-at-hug-point-mundane-art
My goodness, you have a LOT of entries!! Good luck sorting through them all!
Indeed. Thanks for joining in the fun!
I was not very active on this site and I think I lost many interesting challenges. I love this one so... I am in! :) Here is my entry https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@ileana56/the-mundane-art-moss-and-lichen-nature-is-beautiful
I absolutely love your photo and I'm quite sure that it will find a place on the walls of our next gallery!
Thank you very much! It is an encouragement for me to continue here!
Beautiful! I Love the colors!
Thank you! Foliose lichens growing on the twigs of a shrub. The lobes, about 1 cm diameter, are silvery-grey above and black below.
Hello! Great idea for a contest.
This is my entry~ smartphonephotography~
Thanks for the entry!
Hello Old Dog and fellow steemians. This is my entry for Round Nine - Moss! This is a fun and popular subject : )
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@realworldeats/the-mundane-as-art-round-nine-moss-and-lichen![mundaneart-moss.jpg]
Thanks for the entry!
Thank you for another fun topic : )
Wow @kus-knee, you totally changed my mind about moss and lichen. I haven't got such skills as a photographer, but I will try to do my best in this challenge.
Here is my entry:
I like your pictures and thanks for sending them in. There doesn't appear to be any moss or algae in them but perhaps in a closeup of the cement between the stones you might find some.
😨Oh! You are right. I must have taken some more close up 😯 Ow well, I was glad to participate anyway. Thank you @kus-knee 😘
Thanks to you for your visit and your support!
Here's my lichen entry!!
Wow country girl. I LOVE this! That is art!!!!
Thanks so much sir. I appreciate your kind words.
This picture is so beautiful. I like how the rock's blue-ish grey brings the other colors together. Well done!
Thanks @sarahart! You and I have the same kind of lichen photos.....I love what it does to the rocks.
cool texture and colors :)
I can't take the credit for that!!! Lichen is such a great painter!
You must have had such a hard time choosing which photograph to submit. All three are absolutely incredible. 🍀
They're the blankets that keep the rocks warm!
That's a good description!
There's some nice photos here... The only moss I can think of around here is on my knees!
Thats a good way to look at it!
Photo taken in Hidalgo, México.
Thanks so much!
Here is my entry
More photos added in my post
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@photoquest/the-mundane-art-moss-and-lichen-love-green
That's a beauty!
Thank you:) @kus-knee Pl Check other photographs of the same post
I never knew there was a difference between moss and lichen 😬 now you have me curious! maybe I can find something in my backyard to present for the contest.
Give it a shot. Maybe at Parco Breggia!
This is my entry for The Mundane as Art, Round Nine; " Moss and Lichen." I discovered this interesting lichen growing over a post. The beautiful hydrangea flowers made an attractive backdrop and when I took a longer look at this photo I got the impression that the lichen was attempting to imitate the flowers with their condensed curly shapes. (Me and my imagination!) Thank you @kus-knee for getting in touch.
A suggestion for another Mundane Round. How about Leaves? They can be very mundane but there are so many different varieties.
Great picture and thanks for the theme idea!
Thank you very much @kus-knee And, you’re very welcome. 🌸
Lovely Trudee. Yes, the textures are so similar. 🙏
Thank you @allyinspirit 🌺
I took this photo at Yangming Mountain in Taipei, Taiwan during the annual flower festival. Of course the moss had been there for a long time but the delicate white petals that had fallen on the lush carpet of green caught my eye.
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@snooway/mundane-as-art-round-9-entry-petals-on-moss
Oh wow! Another great entry from @snooway!
Thanks @kus-knee
My favorite place is full of moss! Here I leave my entry!
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@sulemna/the-mundane-art-en-my-favorite-place-the-family-farm-love
Great. Thanks for joining in the fun!
@kus-knee,here is my entry, i found this picture, and there is moss, if you like a close-up from moss no problem, i liked the full pictyure :-)
Thanks @vee2180
https://steemit.com/photography/@vee2180/front-door-knobs
you asked me if I had any ideas , well this is one ;-)
Wow. So Beautiful...
Love it!
Thank you :-)
Moscow moss for the contest:
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@may2015/the-mundane-as-art-round-nine-moss-and-lichen
hay@kus_knee i have found it very hardly a little bit but i hope u will like it
I do like it!
i glade u do!
The beauty of the unexpected moss
Very well done!
Woooooow! What a great contest, although i am in the northern part here, and here seems to be dry but i hope to stroll out and make some enquiries tomorrow because i would really love to participate in this contest, thanks for this opportunity @kus-knee
Who knows what you might find if you look around. Maybe in a dry area you'll have some unique specimens!
Hopefully
I don't know how you come up with these things, Lolz you never disappoint. This is a great arts idea and I can't wait to see the best and most compelling arts from dear steemians. Go #mundaneart. Nice contest in btw
Your entry would be most welcome!
I would look around if I find any of them in my area as they are not too common here. I mean the moss and lichen. But if am lucky to find, u bet I would be taking a load of pictures lol
Greetings @kus-knee!
Had to enter this one, especially since I think I was one of the ones who suggested this topic! Had fun with this-- this is the picture I would like to enter in the contest... but there's also a whole post with pictures at the end of the link below.
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@denmarkguy/the-mundane-as-art-round-nine-moss-and-lichen-a-challenge-via-kus-knee
Yes you were the one that inspired this round. I forgot to mention it but I hadn't forgotten. Thanks for the post as well!
This is great and creative contest @kus-knee!!! Well done!!!
Tomorrow I'll take photos of lichens😉!
Great!
Thank you for posting @kus-knee.
Steemians appreciate these contests.
From bleujay's current post for the week...a bit of moss.
Wishing you and yours all the best. Cheers.
Thanks for entering!
Excellent the challenge of this week, I will see in my family albun with what I can contribute.
Thank you very much dear friend @ kus-knee for the opportunity to have fun in your dessafiro
I wish you a prosperous week
Blessing to you as well @jlufer!