I picked up this branch with lichen growing on it when we were on our walk.  It grows all over the place.

 

My Seek app called it Bushy Beard Lichen, or Usnea strigosa.  That is about all it told me. So I looked it up in Wikipedia, read about it, and still don't understand much more than I did before.  

 

So I am just going to share this picture of some very cool lichen, and let you explore on your own.  Let me know if you understand any of it.  ;)

 

 

HAPPY WINTER!!!