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RE: Turns out I have medicine growing in my yard! Do you? It's called USNEA.
Well I sure learned something new from this post of yours and I am very happy for you that it has received some very nice attention from the steemit community and especially the good folks over at Curie. Congratulations my friend on another fine piece of work.
I have seen this lichen down here in Texas quite a bit and never have known a thing about it. When I saw the first photo I immediately thought , "Spanish moss" but it appears that the lichen grows in the same conditions as the Spanish moss and is the little flaky stuff right?
Thanks so much! I wasnt expecting that kind of attention, haha. :)
Yes, it grows in a similar environment as spanish moss, but it is NOT the same. I actually picked quite a bit of spanish moss out of what I was collecting. Now, spanish moss MAY be good for something, but other than feeding it to my goats, I dont know what. This is the smallish furry looking lichen that grows directly on the tree.
Not my pic, but here is one showing the usnea, which is quite a bit smaller than spanish moss:
Anyway, thanks for stopping by! :D
Thanks for that picture to clarify it for me I will have to take a look and see if I can find some over at my father in laws place. He has a bunch of old live oaks at the back of his place and I can't say for certain he has that growing or not. it would be good if he did.
Good luck! I bet he does!