#Algae

[mayobleachigosns5eva]

@bathshower

These r my favorite per column (I didn’t mean for the second picture to end up like that 😅) what r urs ¿

[nemfrog]

Ectocarpus (a brown algae) life cycle. 1953.

The Memory

[lichenaday]

Pachnolepia pruinata

Pruina is a dusty, chalky coating that can cover the the thallus and/or apothecia of lichens. What does it do? Hard to say for sure, but may act as some sort of UV protection. P. pruinata is a great example of a pruinose lichen. It appears chalky white or beige due to the thick layer of calcium oxalate covering the otherwise inconspicuous gray-brown, smooth, crustose thallus. Even its rounded or angular apothecia, which have a pink to dark-brown disc, can become almost entirely obscured by pruina, and are often only visible as a small, raised rim above the surface. P. pruinata grows on sheltered trees, wood, and stonework in mild-temperate, costal regions of Europe, northern Africa, and North America. It can be IDed from other similarly heavily pruinose species by its strong red chemical reaction to C (bleach).

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[leandre-heart]

Algaea soon ✨🫀✨

[neat-deadandlive-things]

"What the fuck?"

no, "Watch the Phacus".

Take a 30 second scrolling break to watch these little algae swim.

[monstera-tea]

symbiosis

some visible mending I did on an old flannel recently! this was fun but took me so long to convince myself to do, Im very happy with how its come out though. The lichens are oak moss, bloodstain lichen, a third thats very common in texas but i forgot the name of, and then some lovely little algae (i love algae in theory but hate it in eutrophication ;v;)

[samimarkart]

found this abandoned quilt top while cleaning and had to finish it up finally. screen printed and sewn last semester and finally quilted and bound yesterday. using holographic foils to emulate the glassy appearance of diatoms under the microscope, i sewed a log cabin pattern as a playful nod to the idea that diatoms live in tiny glass houses.

Glass Cabin, 2023, 40x42in, pieced cotton with textile foil screenprints, polyester batting, gifted fabric backing

[svndvn]

wandering underwater, hoping to find some magical items.. 

[expressions-of-nature]

Mystic Pond by Ralf Mooss

[mugene-art]

gifts for microbio and paleo enthusiasts! :DD

[jagalart]

Hue 21

Back to very, very well known faces in my gallery. 💙 Thank you for your amazing support as always, Hydrophagist! 💙

[reasonsforhope]

"Any good gardener knows what a good de-weeding can do for a vegetable garden. As it turns out, it’s much the same for coral reefs.

Following a volunteer “sea-weeding” program launched in Australia, scientists are witnessing compounding coral recovery both in quantity and diversity, and suggest that this simple method has the power to transform degraded reefs overrun by macroalgae.

In a balanced ecosystem, macroalgae is kept in check by the size and health of corals, but as extreme weather events or coral bleaching causes some sections of reef to die, macroalgae has no other neighbor keeping a check on its spread.

Over a period of three years, the joint Earthwatch Institute program led by James Cook University Senior Research Officer Hillary Smith and Professor David Bourne, also at JCU and the Australian Institute of Marine Science, has organized volunteer citizen scientists to help remove macroalgae at two experimental reef sites.

The results of the first three years of work and study have now been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, and they show a 600% increase in coral recovery rates.

“It’s just like weeding your garden,” Smith said. “Every time we return, the seaweed is growing back less and less, so this method could provide lasting benefit without requiring endless effort.” ...

The importance of the study, Smith details, is that a lot of reef recovery efforts globally are powered by expensive, high-tech, and experimental solutions. The study hoped to show that manual de-weeding was just as effective, and thereby encourage organizations or nations that lack the tech or funding of a country like Australia to pursue sea-weeding as a way of protecting their corals.

“We have yet to see a plateau in coral growth within these plots at Magnetic Island, which is characterized as one of the degraded reefs on the Great Barrier Reef,” Smith said. “We also found an increase in coral diversity, so this method is benefitting a wide range of different coral types.”

Smith said her team are now scoping other locations where the sea-weeding technique could be useful, including the Whitsunday Islands, which are home to a different species of predominant seaweed.

They also want to employ them in French Polynesia, Indonesia, and even Singapore, where experts have identified out-of-control macroalgae spread along coral reefs."

-via Good News Network, September 19, 2023

[lichenaday]

Lobaria anthraspis

Dimpled specklebelly

I have been saving this lichen for a special occasion because I am so incredibly in love with her that I haven't wanted to free her from my drafts folder. But today is the day. This gorgeous weirdo is a tripartite (has both a green algae AND a cyanobacteria as photobionts) foliose lichen which grows only in the cold, humid forests of western North America. It has leathery, reticulated lobes which vary in color from dark brown (melanized) to gray blue to olive green in color. It produces lots of apothecia which also vary in color from orange to red to brown to black. Like other Lobarias, L. anthraspis prefers old-growth, isolated forests far away from pollution and disturbance. So my current retirement plan is to wander into the forest and settle wherever I find her and live out the rest of my life in peace and joy (the rest of my life not being very long due to the harsh winters of the region, but at least I will go out happy in the presence of the one I love).

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[neat-deadandlive-things]

Great news everyone! The algae have invented Textiles! Time to let them become the dominant lifeforms!

[zegalba]

swamp algae