A few years back I stopped into a little town called Snow Camp, NC, and saw some amazing rooftops with wooden shingles filled with
Cladonia lichens! I had never seen colonies so large in this region before. Recently, I realized that I would be passing by the town again and decided to take some photographs of this phenomenon. I had to do some acrobatics to get close-ups of them. You can click on the photos to see greater detail!
Standing on the back of a car to photograph the lowest of the Cladonia-filled rooftops.
One half of a roof almost entirely covered with lichens.
A roof corner with Cladonia cristatella and other species.
A close-up of just one shingle.
Happy New Year!
