#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

[redslug]

Fields of lichen

[cracklewink]

some sketches of my guy

[zoof-katt]

Haven't watched Last Life in a long time so I decided to draw them from memory

[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*

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

NaNo 2024: Victory!!

Hello, world, here's my tidied desk in the aftermath of FINISHING ANOTHER BOOK!!! It took me EXACTLY four (4) pens this year (I was literally writing my wrap-up stats in the back of the notebook when the in on the last one started to go!), on 82 pages across two (2) notebooks, and preliminary* word count is 71,541!! (*subject to change once typed--I count by hand and tweak as I type haha.)

Also featuring: the NaNo Earrings, Volumes 2 and 3 of the Bitch Journal (where I whine about writerly things and also Reflect On My Process--I learned very much this year and got a lot of dopamine from it!!), the tiny watch that kept me company in my tertiary writing space, the earplugs that made working at home Tolerable (mostly), and some of the frantic scribbles on scrap paper (I got a LOT of mileage out of a dead receipt that Panera misprinted for me lol).

Now, onward to TYPING!! I would love for this not to take most of December, so I'll probably have more Unhinged Goals About That (I don't know why I am the way that I am), but! The hard part is done!!

[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

[brown-little-robin]

I can always tell when it's the 7th or 17th of a month because my queue starts giving me All Purple Posts, due to my scheduling my posts based on my synesthesia. pro tip! 9 is red so the 9th of the month usually gets the red posts

[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...