Lichen covers a flower budding twig. It does no harm. Lichen are a symbiotic combination of fungus and algae/cyanobacteria.

45 layer focus stack. Processed in HeliconFocus and Affinity Photo.

Nature photography.

COLORFUL, YET TOXIC STEW FORMED BY ALGAE BLOOMS.

ALBERTA, CANADA

In coastal waters with rocks and algae, some small fish were searching for food.

Groningen, The Netherlands

Les dunes de la Platja del Serradal

Grau de Castelló (Spain).

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Algae bloom in one of the flooded fields at Elkhorn Slough, just north of Monterey, California.

From my Primordial Soup collection.

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I was lying on a rickety, wooden jetty, in a remote place, looking down into the sea, and watching the marine algae swaying around.

Elkhorn Slough, near Monterey, California.

A layer of blue-green algae on the surface of Limehouse Basin, Tower Hamlets, London.

.... on cobblestone on a reservoir overflow, oxygenating

shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a pentax smc 50mm f1.4 m42 lens

This is a photo of beach rocks and algae at Clam Harbour Beach.

M.ZUIKO ED 60MM F2.8 MACRO, edited in Photoscape X Pro

......... falling on oxygenating filamentous green algae in very shallow water on cobblestones ....

Green algae thrives in the summer conditions on this woodland pool.

Last summer in the woods.

London, UK, June 2023

Brookside, Wheaton, MD

Lambertville NJ

Bobolink Trail, Boulder.

Unfortunately, I have no explanation for the sign! They might be referring to the river, but that's just a guess.

Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday!

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Taken in Ed Allen's Campground, Lanexa, Virginia

Tree lichens and algae on a hardwood in Richland Park. Been so warm lately I'm dusting off the macro lens getting ready for spring!

At Point Reyes National Seashore. Although it contains green chlorophyll, red pigments dominate and act as a sunscreen. Algae such as these need no soil.

Wilhelmshaven Stadtpark

green algae on beach rocks