#lichen 2023

[lichenaday]

Introducing the BLAM Lichen of the Year for 2023 . . .

Cladonia rangiformis

False reindeer lichen

The Bryologisch-lichenologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteleuropa e. V. has selected C. rangiformis to represent us all this year for its endurance in rugged, nutrient-poor habitats, where it oft forms large, dense cushions that grow quickly for lichens, and even outcompete mosses and grasses as the dominant vegetation cover in alkaline, calcareous, and "skeletal" soils. It has richly-branched podetia above a squamulose basal thallus, and is pale gray, gray-green, or tan in coloration. It occasionally forms small, bulbous, dark red-brown apothecia at the ends of the branches. Unlike a lot of similarly bushy Cladonia look-alikes, it grows in sunny, open, temperate areas that are relatively dry. This potentially makes it a good species to grow on rooftops and other liminal spaces that could use some "greening," helping to mitigate urban heat island effects and cycling CO2.

Taking inspiration from C. ranigiformis, I suggest we head into the year 2023 with ingenuity and resilience, looking for ways we can use our unique talents to make the world a better place! Happy New Year, and let's all do what we can to make it a good one, yeah? For me, for you, for everyone else, and especially for lichens.

images and info: source

[information and photo cred to Wolfgang von Brackel and Martin Nebel of BLAM e.V.]

[falcoworks]

Day 29 -- Lichen

A cozy nest of soft lichens was the chosen bedding of many fae creatures in the wood.

[alllelements]

Lichen

[carpet-snark]

i KNOW y'all like mushrooms but what about the other fungi? they are also rad

do my fungustober drawing challenge and learn about a bunch of cool awesome guys

each day, you get to learn about a new fungus and draw something inspired by it you can draw whatever you want - character, animal, landscape, or just the fungus itself

im more eager for people to learn new things tbh mycology is awesome as hell and so is science

this is completely free to use, just credit me

(you wanna do my challenge, you wanna do it soooo bad)

[spicymotte]

growing pains (Funguary day 02, the pixie cup lichen)

[terrorcouplekillcolonel]

[pytheon]

[zoraweyrick-art]

[drachedraws]

@feefal ‘a Funguary Day 2: Pixie Cup Lichen

[vanillaflowerstuff]

funguary day 2: pixie cup lichen / cladonia asahinae

two for the price of one c:

[toad-in-a-trenchcoat]

Funguary Week 1: Weird

Pixie Cup Lichen - Cladonia asahinae

I felt lichen should be quadrupedal

[lichenaday]

I am attending Botany Con (aka One World Botany 2023 on Boise, ID) and will be giving a talk Tuesday July 24 at 8:15 in the Bryology and Lichenology session. So if you are here and interested in my work come check it out!

I will also be GMing the Botany & Dragons game on Wednesday night. Be there or be square.

[torgwn]

pretty late for week 1, but i wanted to do something for @feefal 's funguary and the first week's fungi were really fun

[dragonfang-photography]

[toutplacid]

Cimetière du Nord, Périgueux – gouache, 20 janvier 2023.

[azreonn]

Funguary 2 - Pixie Cup Lichen

a green baby :) The pixie cup lichen!