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Photo by SarahWhitt
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ceherzog
Great...Lichen are quite interesting...you gave the the impetus to really start looking at them.
SarahWhitt
Again.....thank you, ceherzog!! I went with your info and found Usnea Luchen Australis which closesly resembles this! I appreciate your knowledge!! :)
ceherzog
I'm pretty sure this is a species of Usnea Lichen and the trap-like stuctures are the fruiting bodies. I'm just not sue what species of Usnea. http://www.google.com/search?q=usnea+lichen&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=836&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-oZiTon_GI63tgeD3KySCg&sqi=2&ved=0CGYQsAQ
Ashish
Yes.. we find some here in India too...from Droseraceae family.
SarahWhitt
Thanks ceherzog. I wasn't sure it was a Venus Fly Trap from the start. Whatever it is, I did think it was quite unique!! :)
ceherzog
This is not a Venus Fly Trap. They are not epiphytes but grow in bogs in North Carolina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Flytrap It is some kind of Lichen
misako
it looks so brittle--pretty cool.
alicelongmartin
Not normal for sure because they like damp feet. Maybe the bark caught a lot of water recently.
SarahWhitt
It very well could be something different than a venus fly trap - but it had all of the signs of one....the tree had a bunch of them just growing all over the sides of it. It was very interesting.
JeniferNikole
I've only seen them in movies! lol great catch =)
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PublishedApril 2, 2011

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