For the Love of Lichen

In his home in rural Montana, photographer and biologist Tim Wheeler (timwheelerphotography.com ) has lined the walls of his living room with shelf after shelf of lichen specimens. He has gathered these samples from his journeys and he meticulous curates his collection, finding only the most photogenic or unique specimens to profile. Using stacked macro photography, his portraits of lichen transform these dull and ubiquitous organisms into marvels of evolution and vibrant landscapes. With the aid of professional lichenologists, Tim Wheeler hopes to highlight in exquisite detail the amazing diversity of colors and forms that lichens possess
Produced by Luke Groskin
Music by Audio Network
Still Images by Timothy Wheeler

[@AphidKirby]

Lovely!!!!! Lichens are so so cool and deserve so much love!!! I'm glad this video exists! Thank you!

[@jasonirelan1737]

AphidKirby Please read my post.

[@virginiamagann]

I have always liked lichens...now that I'm retired I like them even more. My 5 year old grand daughter brought me a piece of bark with lichen growing on it. "This is for you granny." We had a lovely conversation about how lichens are small and yet amazing. The perfect gift. I love your creative enthusiasm... have you published your photos ?

[@zelvemorganz9001]

I taught my 2nd grade students about lichens. They were fascinated. Wish that I could have shown them your wonderful video.

[@PortsladeBySea]

All children should be shown this excellent film. Lichen are beautiful and can be found virtually everywhere that has a clean environment. I use a Opticron x 15 magnifier which has a tiny, but powerful, LED light. It opens up a world that most people know nothing about. Lichen cover 6% of the Earth’s surface and many animals and birds depend upon them for their survival 🫢🌍🍄

[@fromvtolb]

I could and would listen to Tim talk about lichens all day.

[@Aaalexislauren]

This comment deeply resonates with me. Yes, I need at least a thousand hours of Tim talking about lichen ASAP. Please!!!!

[@dianerogers1824]

Wonderful images.😊 Fascinated by the structures,textures and patterns, I am currently using lichens and mosses as inspiration for my textile art.

[@astrid.00.7]

This guy is inspirational---what an amazing accomplishment!

[@lynnforrest3384]

WOW! That was absolutely amazing! thank-you for sharing your photos and your passion for lichens!

[@psycharol]

I am a hiker with a pocket camera. I love lichen and fungi. I love finding different the species through the seasons, on rocks walls, trees and in the ground. I take pictures and in the winter I print them out on A4 paper . Each year I find new species, I cant pretend to know the names, the species, or the science behind these beautiful specimens. But I am so excited when I find a species not seen before

[@carpo719]

They have also found yeast in there now, which is another component in many lichen

[@jamesrjohanniii774]

Im liking your Lichen ! Just moved to a very wet climate myself and have been amzed at the diversit of lichen here. Esp compared to the sonoram desert where I was previosly. Yes they do exist in Maricopa county as well. "Dont bust the crust" is an offroading term used to ask not to make new tfails and bust up the crust. It takes decades to form and is made if lichen and other small organiam that dey and harden foing dormant. Then bloom and grow agter rains is the super hot summers etc.

[@ericschmidt6129]

Wonderful photos and explanation of lichens.

[@roshinikumarng]

Beautiful. Thank you for making this amazing documentary.

[@heatherwhitlock-shoppa8938]

Love this!! Thank you for the gorgeous footage.

[@AWildBard]

They really look like coral formations.

[@victoriao1828]

Excellent collection! Love your photography! Thank you!

[@thewaythingsare8158]

beautiful.project His hair is wonderful too !

[@ashokabassawarsddi6372]

Amazing! Complex micro guys who are easy to pass by if you don’t know but when you realize it’s completely different and exiting world of shapes and colors opens. Beautiful!

[@Kurtlane]

Wow! This is beautiful! Excellent inspiration for jewelry.

[@bethgilford363]

wonderful! Lichens are so beautiful!

[@Vipenstrike]

Beautiful!

[@dvdb304]

I used to love tsking pictures of different lychens I saw when hiking

[@fortheearth]

Superb video! Keep up the great work!

[@bushrarahman6978]

Thanx alot Sir. You are doing Great and hard Work.

[@ElizaSandra]

Amazing video and shots!

[@alesiaw7048]

Thank you so much! Stay safe 🏆✨

[@callys238]

So rad!! I love lichens

[@motionnoise]

Awesome!

[@materiaartium9402]

Thank you. I’ve been picking up varieties of rock lichen to my garden and now I have an entire rock lichen garden that no one sees/comprehends 😂 I bring similar rocks in hopes that I can get them to propagate 🤞🏽 giving them water every few days. Anyway, thank you.

[@camilovera4821]

Excelente trabajo. Saludos desde Chile.

[@lilasbua]

AMAZING!

[@LAZLO1983]

great video!

[@junglejuice4052]

Great. Thank you

[@carolray3637]

Amazing

[@AtheistCitizen]

amazing, thanks but also should have had a link to his work ...[even as one can easily google it] .

[@JC-mg1pv]

Best video on the internet

[@Kezrek]

Seeing these organisms up close is so.. nostalgaec. I'm lichen this video. It's moss y menos a perfect example of science & art working together.

[@ChrisWMF]

fascinating.

[@mateuszkuczkowski7518]

I was in Licheń ten years ago

[@carpo719]

I'm obsessed with lichen, I made a couple videos about it last month. I've been studying the medicinal properties and the potential for making new drugs. It's really quite amazing

[@OpalDragon24]

Me too! I gather Longleaf pine needles for coiling and I go deep into the forest. I have to watch each step that I take because I am walking game trails. I started noticing moss. I had never even heard of lichen. Now I am bringing them home and making terrariums! I can't stop!!

[@cosmicbuddhi8029]

Do some of these lichens die from storage? What's the longevity of storaging?

[@truvelocity]

Just... Wow...

[@bot-11kishanrathod22]

Osom collection

[@casandrayorba4683]

Holy lichen 🤯🤯🤯

[@delaneytomphson763]

nice

[@amalashoor-tl7fx]

انا اجري بحث علي الاشنات..والفيديو كان مفيد شكرا لك

[@JornSilverblade]

I love to take pictures of lichens and upload them to iNaturalist. There is so much to learn about them, and they are so beautiful if you take a closer look.

[@OpalDragon24]

I work in the forest. Noticed lichen. Didn't even know what it was. Started bringing it home to make little terrariums. I am in love with them!! Trying to photograph but not clear enough. Frustrating.

[@psocidlover]

Lichens also provide cover and food for my favorite insects .. psocids.

[@aaronnekrin5150]

Id love to talk to this guy I have so many rare lichen growing around me

[@ChristianBarthels-xd4ls]

I have a room in my appartement with a roofwindow and i can putt of the heater,so winter icecold and summer daytemperatures...can i grow Lichens indoor for my photography?

[@junghyunyoo]

do those lichen live in those envelopes? or they're non living specimens?

[@BenTvHowman]

Plenty here in Australia that may be unique

[@abdallahboumakhleb4575]

I'm interested to lichens world and I'm working on lichens in my region

[@OpalDragon24]

Are you a wild and crazy fungi? I'm like'n lichen, too!

[@katz4u]

Are lichens a good source of vitamin D?

[@ethi0pium]

this shit is dope

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

Narrated by Matthew McCaunaughy

[@EliezaBaby]

I'm lichen ... g ... to hunt and use these in my indoor living wall . Does Tim Wheeler have a KZbin channel that he educate and take youtubers on his world ? Hook us to his channel 👍

[@ray1956]

The ‘Biodiversity’ of LIFE on Earth makes for a wonderful reality 😎🖖🏿🖖🏿🖖🏿👨🏿‍🎓👨🏿‍⚕️🖖🏿🖖🏿🖖🏿😎

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

Lichen and the Biocrust are both under researched.

[@scott98390]

Is it just me, or does Tim sound eerily like Matthew McConaughey?

[@steb3323]

Its Thursday

[@apexmike849]

What's not to Lichen!

[@krystofkarban8003]

second!

[@jasonirelan1737]

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[@carpo719]

11th!!

[@krystofkarban8003]

@@jasonirelan1737 No. Take care and God loves you.

[@jasonirelan1737]

Now everyone CAN subscribe to other channels instead of subscribing to mine and liking the videos, BUT WHY? Take care and God loves you.

[@steb3323]

Its Thursday

[@steb3323]

Its Thursday