LICHEN MUSIC 1

She googled, she googled some more, she found Lecanora conizaeo, Rhiizoplaca chrysoleuca, Lichenochora haematommetu, Double-rim Saucer lichen, and Ochrolechia Oregonenesis.

None a perfect ID.

She gave up, realizing it was, as she’d thought all along, the score to a woodland symphony with notes shown on an eight-line staff instead of five. But where were the musicians?

Was the music right there for her to hear in that
moment by just looking at the notes?