#i love lichen

[who-hoot]

the cons of having a boldore as a companion is sometimes they want cuddles and by Reshiram they will get it

[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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[botanyshitposts]

incredibly obvious statement but it MUST be said. ah to be a lichen or shrub on a mountaintop

[whilomm]

i like to think that the tentacles in dungeon meshi are kinda like mushrooms or perhaps even lichens in that they are very confusing to identifty and have 200 completely different species that look very similar ("delicious brown tentacle vs BROWN DEATH TENDRIL") and you need to be an Expert to determine the difference between some of the more confusing species and some of them have like 300 different sexes and some of them are actually composite creatures composed of several different species and somehow yeast is involved and also no one really knows half of whats going on with them and in like 50 years someones gonna figure out that uhm actually these are two completely different types of tentacle creatures that arent related like at All they jusf happen to look similar and oh btw that one common house mold is actually a tentacle

[redslug]

Fields of lichen

[cracklewink]

some sketches of my guy

[korrasamibottles]

And with your help we can make it 60-80%

[worldbuilding-tomfoolery]

Diagram of plants based on how well they handle general stress and the apocalypse

(please reblog for sample size! we want a good quality ecological study!!)

[encryptedlunacy]

Saw a post about lichen and now I wanna show y'all the whole village I found on a tree stump like 2 weeks ago

[lilac-phantom]

*sneaks into your house*

*is staring at some lichen she found outside at her desk*

[lichenaday]

how. do i become a lichenologist. its a need not a want i promise

Look for schools that have lichenologists

Go to that school

Approach said lichenologists at school and tell them you want to work for them. They will likely be very excited to hear this

Learn skills related to field work, lab work, systematics and taxonomy, and scientific reading/writing

Read papers on lichenology

Find the thing that gets you really excited in the field and talk to everyone about it. Become a passionate zealot for your thing. Follow your thing wherever to takes you, and be prepared for this thing to lead you to new things

Be an absolute annoyance to everyone until the let you be what you want to be because you deserve it if you are passionate enough to go for it

[queerdiazs]

do you ever think about how eddie knew he was going to blow up during his breakdown and after frank said it would take out anyone around him as well as himself he started to distance himself from everyone going as far as locking his bedroom door because he didn’t want his son to see him let it all out because his default setting is to always protect others even at the expense of himself or are you normal

[foundfeast]

kissing each and every piece of moss on the forehead

[lunarrolls]

was anyone gonna tell me that caduceus’ pink hair is like the feathers of a fuckin flamingo. what sustains that shit. tell me your fucking secrets clay

[aspiflette]

My latest project: Another comic. I'm still surprised by the kind of thought which crosses my brain when I'm sitting on a swing... Enjoy!

... I haven't even finished to drain all my previous ideas that I now want to draw a couple of adventures of young Sym...

[shot-of-a-cortado]

jawbone o'shaughnessy is like if mr rogers had a dark past