Voronoi stone
#Lichenodon #Mosstodon
A fragile purple penstemon (?) on the mountain bluff lookout. #bloomscrolling #hiking #vancouverisland #lichensubscribe #lichenodon #mosstodon
I didn't see any early spring flowers this morning on my walk to work along the canal but I did see these marvellous lichens on two fallen twigs. And there is a little moss too so this qualifies for the #Mosstodon tag and is #lichenodon a tag too?
We took a stroll on the side of Loch Ness yesterday and I am glad to report that #mosstodon and #lichenodon are healthy and ubiquitous in the Highlands.
Interesting to see 115 years of lichen growth: the same outcrop of metamorphic rock in Mull from a photo published in 1910, and from last year. Given that deglaciation was ca. sixteen-and-a-half thousand years ago, the early C20th outcrop was still remarkably free of lichen. Over the last century lichen growth seems to have become turbocharged. Changed climate? #Lichen #Lichenodon #LichenSubscribe #Mull #Geology

@sellathechemist @jeppe it's a very nice project, I believe they have different science topics each year. They also say in the piece that they found a species of lichen that was thought to be extinct in Denmark, it only grows in undisturbed locations. We have a (crowdsourced) nature database in DK (naturbasen) where you can put your observations and I checked it out.

#CrowdScience #Lichen #Lichenodon

It's this one: https://www.naturbasen.dk/art/37410/smuk-konfettilav

Smuk Konfettilav (Normandina pulchella) - Naturbasen

Læs om Smuk Konfettilav i Naturbasen - Danmarks Nationale Artsportal. Her er billeder, udbredelseskort, observationer, levesteder, rødliste og meget mere.

Naturbasen - Danmarks Nationale Artsportal

This is so cool! There is an annual mass #biodiversity experiment in Danish schools, which this year involved 30,000 kids collecting + examining samples of moss + lichen. Only 5% have been examined so far but they've already discovered 5 species of water bear unknown to science.

Ht @jeppe

https://uddannelse.social/@jeppe/111322661213816133

#skolechat #mosstodon #lichenodon #tardigrade #WaterBear

https://www.folkeskolen.dk/hillerod-kommune-naturfag/danske-elever-skriver-naturhistorie-fem-nye-arter-opdaget-i-masseeksperimentet/4739378

Jeppe Bundsgaard (@[email protected])

Sådan skal undervisning være! "Set fra vores stol er det allerede en kæmpe succes, når så mange elever har haft mos og lav i hænderne. Rørt ved og duftet til det i stedet for at læse om det. De har forstået forskellen på de to ting, og hvordan man kan bruge det til at sige noget om biodiversiteten", siger hun. Desuden er eleverne blevet introduceret til autentiske naturvidenskabelige undersøgelsesredskaber og -metoder, pointerer Lene Christensen. #skolechat https://www.folkeskolen.dk/hillerod-kommune-naturfag/danske-elever-skriver-naturhistorie-fem-nye-arter-opdaget-i-masseeksperimentet/4739378

Uddannelse
A little world on an old birch tree. Is this #lichenodon ? :P
Also.. not #Mosstodon, maybe #Lichenodon?!