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Lalita Calabria

@flashcolumn.bsky.social

I'm here to share and learn about lichens, fungi, bryophytes, biodiversity conservation and old-growth forests. I'm a Professor at The Evergreen State College.

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Lalita Calabria @flashcolumn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Amazing field day with my students at Deception Pass State Park, Island County, WA. We were mapping rare lichens within the sand verbena moth restoration project area, when I noticed these gorgeous mushrooms growing with Racomitrium moss and the beautiful Plectritis congesta.

little brown mushrooms growing in moss with purple flowers

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Lalita Calabria @flashcolumn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Trillium ovatum is popping off here in Watershed Park, Olympia WA.

Trillium growing in a wet forest, white flowers showing three petals and 3 broadly cordate leaves below.

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Lalita Calabria @flashcolumn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The time a northern saw-whet owl visited my chicken coop.

saw-whet owl perched on a wooden branch with chicken wire in the background

saw whet owl, looking straight forward, perched on a wooden branch with chicken wire in the background

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Lalita Calabria @flashcolumn.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Hypogymnia duplicata, old-growth yellow cedar swamp, Dingford Creek trail, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA.

Hypogymnia lichen with narrow upturned lobes cascading from a conifer tree branch

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Lalita Calabria @flashcolumn.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Gorgeous Ramaria showing off in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Halloween 2024.

gorgeous bright orange, chunky coral mushroom growing from a bed of moss in a hemlock forest

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