@afewbugs I searched around online and there are several articles on lichens growing on bone. E.g., http://sciencythoughts.blogspot.com/2016/09/evidence-of-lichen-growth-on-bones-of.html. But seems to be rarely reported, which might mean that people are just blind to it. Can you post some close-ups? Would also be curious whether the slugs might rip through and cause additional patterning. Very interesting.
@afewbugs Oh, yes, I had! I forget which pic showed it best but I’m 99% sure that pattern is from lichen. Would be good to get macro shots. Might be IDable and that would be cool.
@colinpurrington thank you! Hopefully I'll be able to pop round to his again over the Christmas break (he found it on the moor but has it in his garden) and get some usb microscope picture
#skull #bones
@colinpurrington just wondered whether you'd been able to take a look at these?