378 pictures found
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Beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves with sunlight shining through them
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© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves with sunlight shining through them in early autumn, Rhone, France
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Tunbridge's filmy fern (Hymenophyllum tunbrigense), a small fern
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Tunbridge's filmy fern (Hymenophyllum tunbrigense), a small fern with translucent, fragile-looking fronds containing only a few layers of cells. It can form large colonies on damp siliceous rocks, often among mosses. Galicia - Spain
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Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) in spring foliage. This species is bio-indicative of a humid temperate climate. Foresters have long practiced
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) in spring foliage. This species is bio-indicative of a humid temperate climate. Foresters have long practiced silviculture to produce high-growth timber, mainly for furniture. It is also used as a source of firewood, especially in mountainous areas of Rioja, Spain.
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Young cactus cladodes, prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica), Spain
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Young cactus cladodes, prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica), Spain
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Filamentous algae in spring water. Water probably enriched with
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Filamentous algae in spring water. Water probably enriched with nitrates, France
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Crustacean lichens of the genus Rhizocarpon (geographicum) on quartzite. Vanoise National Park, Savoie, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Crustacean lichens of the genus Rhizocarpon (geographicum) on quartzite. Vanoise National Park, Savoie, France
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Photosynthesis, fern and beech leaves capture the sun's light energy with their chlorophyll in Chartreuse, Isère, France.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Photosynthesis, fern and beech leaves capture the sun's light energy with their chlorophyll in Chartreuse, Isère, France.
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Asparagus harvest, sandy mound of earth where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A machine lifts the tarpaulin covering the earth
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
Asparagus harvest, sandy mound of earth where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A machine lifts the tarpaulin covering the earth before harvesting, seated or standing workers harvest by hand with a gouge, and place the asparagus directly into crates. Hoerdt, Alsace, France
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Asparagus harvest, sandy mound of earth where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A machine lifts the tarpaulin covering the earth
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
Asparagus harvest, sandy mound of earth where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A machine lifts the tarpaulin covering the earth before harvesting, seated or standing workers harvest by hand with a gouge, and place the asparagus directly into crates. Hoerdt, Alsace, France
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Asparagus harvest, sandy mound of earth where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A machine lifts the tarpaulin covering the earth
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
Asparagus harvest, sandy mound of earth where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A machine lifts the tarpaulin covering the earth before harvesting, seated or standing workers harvest by hand with a gouge, and place the asparagus directly into crates. Hoerdt, Alsace, France
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Asparagus harvest, sandy mound of earth where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A machine lifts the tarpaulin covering the earth
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
Asparagus harvest, sandy mound of earth where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A machine lifts the tarpaulin covering the earth before harvesting, seated or standing workers harvest by hand with a gouge, and place the asparagus directly into crates. Hoerdt, Alsace, France
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Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A tarpaulin covers the soil before picking, Alsace, France
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Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A tarpaulin covers the soil before picking, Alsace, France
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A tarpaulin covers the soil before picking, Alsace, France
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Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A tarpaulin covers the soil before picking, Alsace, France
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A tarpaulin covers the soil before picking, Alsace, France
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Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A tarpaulin covers the soil before picking, Alsace, France
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A tarpaulin covers the soil before picking, Alsace, France
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Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
© Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto
Mound of sandy soil where asparagus grows in the dark, without chlorophyll. A tarpaulin covers the soil before hand-picking with a gouge, Alsace, France
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Ivy and Roccella phycopsis on granite. A thermophilic saxicolous fruticose lichen of rocky overhangs. Some species of the Roccella genus are among
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Ivy and Roccella phycopsis on granite. A thermophilic saxicolous fruticose lichen of rocky overhangs. Some species of the Roccella genus are among the very few lichens to have been given a generic vernacular name in French for their dyeing properties: they are known as orseilles. Gulf of Ventilegne.
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Oxygen bubbles in filamentous green algae. Photosynthesis produces oxygen, here trapped between the tight filaments of a green alga, Gulf of Calvi,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Oxygen bubbles in filamentous green algae. Photosynthesis produces oxygen, here trapped between the tight filaments of a green alga, Gulf of Calvi, Corsica.
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European Aspen (Populus tremula) alone in a forest in spring, Ardennes, Belgium
© Philippe Moës / Biosphoto
© Philippe Moës / Biosphoto
European Aspen (Populus tremula) alone in a forest in spring, Ardennes, Belgium
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Foliose and fruticose corticolous lichens on the bark of a Judas
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Foliose and fruticose corticolous lichens on the bark of a Judas tree, Parmelias sulcata, flavoparmelias and Ramalina (fruticose), Cevennes, France
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Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustacean), Grande
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustacean), Grande Sassière Nature Reserve, Savoie, France
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Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustaceous) and
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustaceous) and Aspicilia sp (grey crustaceous), Grande Sassière Nature Reserve, Savoie, France
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Corticolous foliaceous lichens on the bark of a tree in Vanoise. A foliaceous lichen with a very large bottle-green thallus: Pleurosticta acetabulum,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Corticolous foliaceous lichens on the bark of a tree in Vanoise. A foliaceous lichen with a very large bottle-green thallus: Pleurosticta acetabulum, with large vase-shaped apothecia (up to 2 cm in diameter) and in grey, Parmelia sulcata, very common.
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Terrestrial lichens of the genus Cladonia (Cladonia pyxidata) on the cement of an old bridge in the Cévennes, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Terrestrial lichens of the genus Cladonia (Cladonia pyxidata) on the cement of an old bridge in the Cévennes, France
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Terrestrial lichens of the genus Cladonia (Cladonia pyxidata) on the cement of an old bridge in the Cévennes, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Terrestrial lichens of the genus Cladonia (Cladonia pyxidata) on the cement of an old bridge in the Cévennes, France
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Lichens terrestres du genre Cladonia, Thalle complexe avec un
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lichens terrestres du genre Cladonia, Thalle complexe avec un thalle primaire squamuleux et un thalle secondaire en forme de trompette (podétions) qui sont les organes porteurs d’apothécies chez les cladonias, lichens très diversifiés. Vanoise, France
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Albino young leaves of Holly (Ilex aquifolium), Vaucluse, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Albino young leaves of Holly (Ilex aquifolium), Vaucluse, France
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Banana (Musa sp.) leaf with raindrops, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo State,
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Banana (Musa sp.) leaf with raindrops, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
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Giant False-helleborine (Veratrum album) in mountain, Haute Savoie, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Giant False-helleborine (Veratrum album) in mountain, Haute Savoie, France
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Dense grassland in an open Robinia forest, Alès region, Gard, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Dense grassland in an open Robinia forest, Alès region, Gard, France
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Laserpitium broomrape (Orobanche laserpitii-sileris), parasitic plant without chlorophyll, Massif du Grand Colombier, Ain, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Laserpitium broomrape (Orobanche laserpitii-sileris), parasitic plant without chlorophyll, Massif du Grand Colombier, Ain, France
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Bamboo grove in the Cevennes near Anduze, Gard, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bamboo grove in the Cevennes near Anduze, Gard, France
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Polytrics in the Vosges mountains. Polytrichum formosum (?) briophyte very common in undergrowth where it forms sometimes continuous mats in the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Polytrics in the Vosges mountains. Polytrichum formosum (?) briophyte very common in undergrowth where it forms sometimes continuous mats in the Vosges, France
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Polytrics in the Vosges mountains. Polytrichum formosum (?)
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Polytrics in the Vosges mountains. Polytrichum formosum (?) briophyte very common in undergrowth where it forms sometimes continuous mats in the Vosges, France
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Polytrics in the Vosges mountains. Polytrichum formosum (?) briophyte very common in undergrowth where it forms sometimes continuous mats in the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Polytrics in the Vosges mountains. Polytrichum formosum (?) briophyte very common in undergrowth where it forms sometimes continuous mats in the Vosges, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Elm (Ulmus sp.), young leaves in early spring, Gard, France
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Rock-shield Lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) on shale in the Cevennes, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock-shield Lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) on shale in the Cevennes, France
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Crustacean lichen (Solenopsora cesatii) on sandstone from Annot,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Crustacean lichen (Solenopsora cesatii) on sandstone from Annot, Alpes de Haute Provence, France
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Crustacean lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on Annot sandstone, Lac des Sagnes, Haute Ubaye, Southern Alps, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Crustacean lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on Annot sandstone, Lac des Sagnes, Haute Ubaye, Southern Alps, France
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Foliose lichens (Xanthoparmelia stenophylla) on red pelites, Gorges de Daluis, Southern Alps, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Foliose lichens (Xanthoparmelia stenophylla) on red pelites, Gorges de Daluis, Southern Alps, France
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Yellow and grey fruticose lichens on larch bark, these two
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Yellow and grey fruticose lichens on larch bark, these two lichens are very common on mountain trees like larch - Yellow: Letharia vulpina (toxic), grey: Pseudevernia furfuracea (fragrant), Hautes Alpes, France
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Foliage Lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) a lichen species sensitive to air pollution and used for biomonitoring on birch bark, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Foliage Lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) a lichen species sensitive to air pollution and used for biomonitoring on birch bark, France
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Leaves of Paleyellow iris (Iris pseudacorus), marsh iris or false
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Leaves of Paleyellow iris (Iris pseudacorus), marsh iris or false acore iris, in backlight.
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Dodder (Cuscuta sp) on Golden Gorse (Ulex europaeus). Parasitic plant practically devoid of leaves and chlorophyll, Bretagne, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Dodder (Cuscuta sp) on Golden Gorse (Ulex europaeus). Parasitic plant practically devoid of leaves and chlorophyll, Bretagne, France
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Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in phytoplankton-rich waters,
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in phytoplankton-rich waters, Hiva oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
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Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in phytoplankton-rich waters, Hiva oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in phytoplankton-rich waters, Hiva oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
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Association of foliose corticolous lichens on the bark of a tree,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Association of foliose corticolous lichens on the bark of a tree, Common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata) and Hammered shield lichen (Parmelia sulcata) on a tree, the mosses are in fact liverworts, Savoie, France
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Leafy lichen and its apothecia (Parmelina carporrhizans) on a bark. The apothecia are the reproductive organs of the mushroom. Savoie, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Leafy lichen and its apothecia (Parmelina carporrhizans) on a bark. The apothecia are the reproductive organs of the mushroom. Savoie, France
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Corticolous foliaceous lichen and its apothecia Frosted lichen (Physconia distorta). The apothecia are the reproductive organs of the mushroom,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Corticolous foliaceous lichen and its apothecia Frosted lichen (Physconia distorta). The apothecia are the reproductive organs of the mushroom, Massif des Bauges, Savoie, France