#green algae

[lichenaday]

Polycauliona impolita

When I tell people that I study lichens and they respond "Oh, those little moss-looking things, right?" I want to show them pictures like these and be like "Does this look like moss to you?" But usually I am too nice and too excited to explain what a lichen is to do that. But not today! Does P. impolita look like moss to you? I think not! This crustose-placodioid lichen grows in rounded patches with an areolate (tile-like) central thallus and a marginal thallus of elongated lobes. The upper surface is yellow-orange to red-orange and often pruinose (covered in a fine powder), with orange, flat-disked apothecia clustering toward the center. P. impolita grows on non-calcareous rock in western North America.

images and info: source

[theplanthropologist]

There’s something so special about summer seaweeds. These are from a few years ago, but this upcoming summer I will be more diligent about collecting pictures for the blog with accurate ID.

[microbes-in-hats]

Volvox sp.

Photo credit: Frank Fox/Science Photo Library

[gaynaturalistghost]

2nd attempt at Pediastrum! I’m liking this one a lot better so far. The cell walls are done with a split-stich, which I think looks really cool. It’s fairly easy as I’m learning new stitches.

[pulsethebabyoctopus]

Algae of California (a tidepooling collection)

Surfgrass (Phyllospadix)

Sea Palm (Postelsia palmiformis)

Turkish Towel or close relative (Chondrocanthus)

CCA - Common Corraline? (Corallina officinalis)

The green genus that shows up everywhere (Cladophora)

Mystery red with potential carpospores

Iridescent algae? (Mazzaella)

Somebody red (Callophyllis)

Mystery red I’ve got no clue

My friend I love you - Dense Sea Fern (Neoptilosa Densa)

[woodsy-hoe]

a tree-mendous spot indeed 🪵

[offlineonearth]

lil guy. he’s just chillin

[pawzooks]

Blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, can produce extremely harmful toxins for dogs. When ingested, these toxins can cause severe symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, and even liver failure. Dogs can be exposed by drinking or swimming in contaminated water. To protect your pet, always keep your pet away from water with visible algae blooms.

[jehovahwitless]

[memoriesofthepark]

Little Lichens!!

A selection of the very smallest lichens I found in the park today. Featuring:

Golden-eye lichen 》 Teloschistes chrysophthalmus in images 1-4

Bloodstain lichen 》 Haematomma genus in images 5 & 6

Candleflame lichen 》 Candelaria concolor in images 7 & 8

Well, this my first post in a few weeks. Spring semester started and has me doing a lot of work and today I begin packing for a move. I am quite overwhelmed at the moment and can't make any promises as far as posting consistently or at all until things slow down for me, but we'll see how it goes. Enjoy these bonus pictures of the pond in the meantime. Mush love to all. 🍄💛

Southeast Texas, 26 Jan. 2024

[lichenaday]

Peltigera chionophila

Snow pelt lichen

This tripartite, foliose lichen is a symbiosis between a lichenized fungus (the mycobiont), a primary photobiont (in this case a green algae) and a secondary photobiont (a cyanobacteria housed in those little freckles you can see on the lobe surface). Three very different organisms that have figured out how to coexist as one. Isn't that beautiful?

images: source

[theplanthropologist]

Collected seaweeds I found washed up that I attempted to press without much success.

[n1ghtblossom]

[strawberrymace]

[urban-paradise]

Stoked to have the 3.0 finally!

[beetle-yphotos]

Algae, my beloved. <3