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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Biggest march against the far-right in British history. 📍 Happening now: Park Lane to Whitehall. You won't want to miss it. #Together
An aerial news broadcast shot from Sky News showing a large crowd of protesters gathered in a public square in Central London. The crowd is densely packed between high-rise city buildings and a green park area. A red and white news banner at the bottom reads, "LONDON MARCH: Protesters set to march against the far right." Small colorful tents and banners are visible within the crowd.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/03/2026
Coordinated to coincide with No Kings Day, London is holding its largest-ever protest against the far-right. #NoKings
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 28/03/2026
Heads of Bondi, Miller, Hegseth, Patel and Vance #nokings
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Search for the Perfect Snail Snack Hawai‘i’s depleted land snails are eking out an existence in human care. Giving them a brighter future means figuring out what they actually want to eat. www.biographic.com/the-search-f...
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The Search for the Perfect Snail Snack - bioGraphic
Hawai‘i’s depleted land snails are eking out an existence in human care. Giving them a brighter future means figuring out what they actually want to eat.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Hello—here’s the official trailer for UNDERLAND, based on my book of the same name, dir. by Rob Petit, with a haunting, glittering score by @hannahpeel.bsky.social, & the ‘Storyteller’ voiced by Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest). Hope you like it. In UK/Irish cinemas 27 March.
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
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Stefan Bohacek @fediverse.stefanbohacek.online · 19/02/2026
The Mastodon team is introducing help.joinmastodon.org, a "place where people can learn how to use Mastodon’s software [and] more information about participating on mastodon.social in a healthy, safe, and accessible way". More on the official blog […]
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This was the Starling murmuration, on Sinker's Fields, at Whixall yesterday. It was one of the most spectacular natural spectacles I have ever seen and is a must watch.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“This is my praise song for Farwell Canyon—that glorious Coyote-blessed and bewitched cathedral of salmon—for my enemy who is also my relative, and for the fish we love and share.” Unmissable Julian Brave Noisecat essay on rivers, memories & imagining otherwise. placesjournal.org/article/farw...
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Farwell Canyon
The Chilcotin River in present-day British Columbia has long divided — and joined — the Secwépemc and Tsilhqot’in nations, each with an ancient claim to the land and the cherished salmon run there.
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Linda Hamilton @daydreamflowers.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Thanks for following along in 2025!
Paper Morning Glories
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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 14/02/2026
This year, winter on Usedom is so unusual and amazing that I feel reluctant to see it go. And yet, come spring with its potent air, fresh colours and new beginnings, I’ll happily be drinking it all in.
Lichen on twigs of a bush, covered in a thick layer of ice.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 14/02/2026
Near Mombasa, women in Jomvu Creek are transforming livelihoods through mud crab farming. A blue economy grant supports crab fattening, ecotourism and mangrove restoration — with nearly 1 million seedlings planted to protect the shoreline and sustain fish nurseries.
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In Kenya’s Jomvu Creek, women help restore a vanishing coast through crab farming
MOMBASA COUNTY, Kenya — Five minutes’ walk up the hilly road from the mangroves lining the tidal flats of Jomvu Creek, the sharp scent of sea water fills the air. A dozen women fill a small hall with…
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A red dragonfly is always a glorious sight! This one is an Autumn Meadowhawk. Happy Bugentine’s Day #invertebrates 🌿
A red dragonfly stands in profile on the end of a stick.
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Linda Hamilton @daydreamflowers.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
New work- aquatic plants- mostly invasive. These are paper sculptures.
Paper aquatic plant replicas
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Piotr Gąsiorowski @piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Rhytisma acerinum (tar spot) on sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) leaves. It's a relatively harmless parasite and at the same time a bioindicator of low air pollution. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland) #fungi #grzyby #fungifriends #mycology
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Mr B 🍉 (he/him) @mike-richard.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Decentralized is the way to go. Mastodon has some great instances, and while not perfect feels much less toxic than any corporate owned platforms.
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Leave X - Protect Democracy @leavex.eu · 14/02/2026
#LeaveX, join #Mastodon and the #Fediverse. #Journalism
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This Ancient Egyptian board game is almost 4,000 years old! Known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or ‘Game of 58 holes’, its original name is unknown. It’s suggested it was played in a similar way to ‘Snakes and Ladders’. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology
Met Museum photo of an ancient Egyptian board game carved from cream-coloured ivory displayed against a dark background. The original name of the game is unknown. It is now known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or the ‘Game of 58 holes’. The game board rests on four bulls' legs. One of the legs, seen at back of the board on the right of photo, is completely restored. Another has a restored hoof (seen at front of the board on left). The board is shaped like an axe head. In the centre of the upper surface is an incised palm tree topped by a ‘Shen’ symbol (a circle atop a a horizontal line to which it is tied). The palm’s trunk runs down the length of the board. There are 58 holes in the upper surface; 29 arranged evenly on either side of the palm tree. At the lower side of the game board there is a drawer with a bolt to store the playing pieces. The playing pieces are made up of ten long pins (sticks) with carved animal heads. Five are hounds and five are jackals. In the photo, the ten pins are arranged randomly in holes on the game board. The board is carved from ivory with ebony detailing around the 58 holes. The pins are ivory.

Measurements:
Game board: H 6.8cm W 10.1 cm, D 15.6 cm. 
Hound pins: H 6 cm to 6.8 cm
Jackal pins: H 7 cm to 8.5 cm

The game was excavated in 1910 by Howard Carter from the tomb of an official named Reniseneb at Thebes. The tomb is dated to Dynasty 12, Reign of Amenemhat IV, circa 1814–1805 BC.

“Ancient Egyptians likened the intricate voyage through the underworld to a game. This made gaming boards and gaming pieces appropriate objects to deposit in tombs” (The Met).
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NatureMatchCuts Podcast @naturematchcuts.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?" Figures and facts: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #economy #climateCrisis #globalHeating
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Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I suppose I also take this personally bc attacks on craftivism land poorly with me as a Native person. Beading together, making regalia, sewing in groups — this is at the heart of how the women on my reservation gather to do healing work, political ed, and mutual aid. This has long been true.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Is craftivism performative? Yes. That's the point. Resistance includes a public demonstration of opposition at accessible events with a low barrier to entry. The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?
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Diane Tucker @theshymuseumgoer.com · 09/02/2026
#Artists #Dancers #Poets #Bakers #Animators 🐡 #OpenCall Pitch an idea for a 15-to-30-second social media video inspired by a work of art from the National Gallery's collection. If your idea is selected, you’ll receive $3,000 to bring it to life. Proposals due Feb 28. More info here:
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Open Call | National Gallery of Art
Calling all creatives across the U.S. Do you paint? Write poetry? Dance? Bake? Animate? Join the Open Call and make art come alive in your own way.
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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Instead of pushing ahead with the expansion of the grid, as most people would probably do, we have a minister who is curbing the expansion of photovoltaics and wind power so that the energy transition continues to proceed at a snail's pace so it matches the weak grid. www.t-online.de/heim-garten/...
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Reiche plant Vollbremsung: Ministerin will massive Hürden für Wind- und Solaranlangen
Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche plant, den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien deutlich zu erschweren. Viele Projekte könnten dadurch nicht mehr finanzierbar werden.
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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
10 countries have launched investigations related to the released Epstein files: Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey and Poland. Together with the investigation of the unredacted files by members of the US Congress, we must be able to get the pedophiles
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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Anyone purchasing a Ring camera should be required to read Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer and write an essay about its themes to prove they understood it, and then they shouldn't be given a Ring camera anyway because those fucking things shouldn't exist. xpressenglish.com/our-stories/...
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Once Upon a Time – Original Text | shortsonline
In a house, in a suburb, in a city, there were a man and his wife who loved each other very much and were living happily ever after. They had a little boy...
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Senty, The Fluffiest Cat In Town @sentypurr.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I've cancelled my Nitro subscription, and you should do the same.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 09/02/2026
"My personal go-to is brokenhearted sobbing, followed by intense feelings of hopelessness for about a day, listening to sad pop songs, and then getting back to painting"
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Yes, Take It Personally
Artists are good at keeping secrets.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
10/ We’re not done reporting. Please get in touch with us via Signal at 917-512-0201 if you or someone you know: • Has worked at an immigration detention facility • Has been detained at such a facility • Has info about the companies contracted to build and provide services
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
On a platter, my Liege @anntelnaes.bsky.social
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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My Press Freedom lecture in the Netherlands
highlighting the role of editorial cartooning & satire in democracy
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Super excited to have this online at @jxbotany.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... "Building a diverse and inclusive plant science community," a call-to-action. Thanks to @apaterlini.bsky.social @mehta-lab.com @yoselin.bsky.social @goormachtig.bsky.social & Agnes Uhereczky + funders!💚
Graphic recording of the workshop session. Key words, messages and topics covered are grouped by speaker(s). This visual summary is intended to capture the essence of the session, it obviously cannot resolve or explore in detail all the complex issues listed.
The illustration was commissioned to the illustrator Zsofi Lang.
"Building a diverse and inclusive community through effective teaching and mentoring"
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 09/02/2026
The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report has been approved!👏 (8 February 2026) Congratulations to all the experts and IPBES members on this momentous science-policy milestone for people and nature!🌍🧪 Read the media release: bit.ly/IPBES12Media #BizBiodiversity #IPBES12
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Jeff Ernsthausen @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
NEW: From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans @micarosenberg.bsky.social , Avi Asher-Schapiro and I reveal the company behind ICE's first immigrant detention camp in the U.S. for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans
The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold...
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Read our full story that details how we got inside the Dilley detention center for immigrant families here: www.propublica.org/article/life...
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Remember Liam Conejo, whose bunny hat photo went viral? He was released from Dilley, but he is only one of the many children who have been sent there. My colleague @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social found 3,550 detainees, more than half of them minors, cycled through the center under Trump 4/
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I met 14-year-old Ariana from Honduras, who was released into the U.S. with her mom during the first Trump administration when she was 7. She was a freshman in high school when she was detained in December and separated from her two siblings, who are U.S. citizens 3/
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained. She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families. She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 06/02/2026
#Communiqué 🗞️ Une nouvelle espèce d’Iguanodontia, la première à arborer des piquants, a été découverte en Chine grâce à la peau fossilisée d’un jeune spécimen exceptionnellement bien conservé. 🦖 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/un...
Un dinosaure à piquants aux propriétés inédites découvert en Chine
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Rachel | Stitches and String Theory @stitch-theory.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I found a better tool for zine layout, so I redid a few of my past anti-fascism zines. These should look a little nicer when folded now, with better-centered text on each minipage. Pinning this post because I'll hopefully continue to add to the collection archive.org/details/anti... #Craftivism
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Assorted Antifascism Zines : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A place for me to store assorted one-page anti-fascism zines for distribution. Currently contains:Spencer Sunshine's 40 Ways to Fight FascismACLU's Know...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Barack Obama went to Columbia and Harvard University. Michelle Obama went to Princeton and Harvard University. Donald Trump went to Epstein's Island.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 06/02/2026
The brilliance, elegance, and beauty of Barack & Michelle Obama.
A photograph of Barack & Michelle Obama.A photograph of Barack & Michelle Obama.A photograph of Barack & Michelle Obama.A photograph of Barack & Michelle Obama.
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Chris Combs @chriscombs.net · 13/09/2025
dismayed by recent moderation decisions on this platform and will be cooling down my participation here for a while. atproto/bsky is about as decentralized as my nervous system. and there is clearly a right side of history and these mod calls are not on it Find me on masto, mastodon.art/@combs
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Artists have always loved to sketch! Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC. Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used flakes of limestone as sketchpads! MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology
Met Museum photo of an Ancient Egyptian artist’s painting of a swallow on a flake of limestone, dated to the New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, c. 1479-1458 BC. 

The sparrow stands in profile with head to the right. It is delicately painted with a pinkish body. The outline and details are highlighted in a reddish/brown pigment. Its legs, eye, and beak are painted black. Limestone flake dimensions Height 6.6 cm x Width 10.6 cm.

This may have been a practice drawing of the sparrow hieroglyph which was used for words meaning ‘small’, ‘poor’, or ‘bad’.

Egyptian artisans who decorated tombs and temples made practice sketches on flakes of limestone which are known by egyptologists as ostraca (singular: ostracon). Sometimes the drawings were used as a template when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Limestone flakes were readily available for this purpose as by-products of the construction of temples and rock-cut tombs. A number of ostraca were recovered at Deir el-Bahri during the 1922-23 MMA excavations.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.
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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This year China's solar capacity will outstrip its coal capacity for the first time, according to an industry group.
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China to See Solar Capacity Outstrip Coal Capacity This Year
This year China will see its solar capacity outstrip its coal capacity for the first time, according to an industry group.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/02/2026
Expiry of nuclear weapons pact between US and Russia risks new arms race
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Expiry of nuclear weapons pact between US and Russia risks new arms race
Ending of New Start treaty will remove mutual limits on the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals The New Start treaty between the US and Russia will expire on Thursday, removing the last remaining mutual limits on the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals. The milestone will be a death knell for more than five decades of arms control at a time of surging global instability, contributing to a general collapse of the rules-based international order established after the second world war. Continue reading...
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 02/02/2026
The Orb is an art installation by @chriscombs.net . When you press and hold the red button, it slowly destroys a chatbot 😈
Art installation mostly made of metal with a large shiny orb and a control panel with a red button
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Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Ochrolechia sp #lichen. #Newfoundland, Canada. One of my favourite lichen groups! In Newfoundland, it lives on barren landscapes where it grows over low shrubs, other plants and other lichens. This photo covers about 5cm, left to right. #fungi #fungifriends
Photo of a lichen that consists of a white thallus/body covered in little, round apothecia that look like jam tarts. The outside rims of the apothecia are tan coloured….the middles are orange.
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