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A naturalist and lichen lover living in Nagano, Japan. I post in Japanese in the morning, and in English in the afternoon & evening. 信州の地衣類と虫の人。午前は日本語、午後は英語で投稿。

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「#確かな情報を得る訓練」3DAYアクションを行います - Bluesky Blueskyは「#確かな情報を得る訓練」として、情報の「拡散」ではなく「見極める力」を養う3日間の取り組みを行います。災害時に備え、情報の受け取り方を平時から整えることを呼びかけます。

情報が速く広がる時代、災害や非常時に必要なのは拡散ではなく見極める力です。
Blueskyは3月8日(日)〜10日(火)の3日間、「確かな情報を得る訓練」3DAYアクションを実施します。
混乱時に備え、信頼できる情報源を探してフォロー・ブックマーク。そして、あなたの見つけた情報源やヒントをハッシュタグ #確かな情報を得る訓練 をつけて共有しましょう。

▼詳細はこちらのブログ記事で
bsky.social/about/blog/0...

07.03.2026 00:06 👍 2539 🔁 1334 💬 57 📌 36
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明日から頑張るタヌキ

07.03.2026 11:56 👍 214 🔁 64 💬 2 📌 0
Two panel comic. The top panel shows a pink triceratops with a speech bubble that says, “New month, new me!” The bottom panel shows the triceratops walking to the right, oblivious to imminent doom caused by the meteor, volcano, and fire in the background. Two dinosaurs in the background look up at the meteor with worried expressions.

Two panel comic. The top panel shows a pink triceratops with a speech bubble that says, “New month, new me!” The bottom panel shows the triceratops walking to the right, oblivious to imminent doom caused by the meteor, volcano, and fire in the background. Two dinosaurs in the background look up at the meteor with worried expressions.

At the start of every month I think, “I’m going to make more art and post more!” Here’s a comic to express how I feel about trying to be creative these days.

07.03.2026 18:41 👍 148 🔁 48 💬 2 📌 2

CONSIDERING

I have the seating board of a broken chair i could paint on and make this sign of 🪑 (the back bit is not a trellis for cucumbers)

07.03.2026 19:19 👍 34 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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Pine Beauty from this morning at Cley Moth Obs.
March 7 2026
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth

07.03.2026 18:33 👍 51 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
A photo of a large pale green luna moth resting on the edge of a wooden table.  Its wings are spread displaying the eye spots on all 4 wings.  There is a reddish line along the leading edge of the front wings, and the hind wings descend into a delicate "swallows tail"  The hind wings show some damage indicative of attempted predation.

A photo of a large pale green luna moth resting on the edge of a wooden table. Its wings are spread displaying the eye spots on all 4 wings. There is a reddish line along the leading edge of the front wings, and the hind wings descend into a delicate "swallows tail" The hind wings show some damage indicative of attempted predation.

Another photo of the moth resting on a white sheet, the forewings are partly closed over the hind wings.

Another photo of the moth resting on a white sheet, the forewings are partly closed over the hind wings.

A macro photo of the moth's head from the side, showing its feathery yellow antennae, it's red legs, and the white fur-like scales covering the head.

A macro photo of the moth's head from the side, showing its feathery yellow antennae, it's red legs, and the white fur-like scales covering the head.

A detail photo of the ruffly ends of the ends of the hindwings.  The edges  feature a slender red line bordering the pale green.  The ends of the "swallows tail" are ruffled.

A detail photo of the ruffly ends of the ends of the hindwings. The edges feature a slender red line bordering the pale green. The ends of the "swallows tail" are ruffled.

Last night was the second night I have set up the #BugLight \his year and the first real night of the season, and I WAS VISITED!

Luna Moth, Actias luna.

#fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#photography
#Nature
#NatureIsAmazing
#Invertebrates
#insects
#Saturnidae
#Moths

07.03.2026 18:39 👍 50 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0
A little seedling peeping out from a hole in the pavement.

A little seedling peeping out from a hole in the pavement.

Street photography in Stoke.

03.03.2026 15:55 👍 48 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
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エリアシタンポタケ

07.03.2026 01:15 👍 36 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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This is Mycena rosoflava. A species of agaric mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. It is a wood-inhabiting mushroom native to New Zealand.

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07.03.2026 18:12 👍 732 🔁 90 💬 22 📌 13
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#macro #nature #photography #lichen

07.03.2026 01:05 👍 66 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Assorted white and yellow and minty green and dark grey lichens coat the bark of a young Magnolia stellata like wallpaper, so that the bark's own texture is obscured. The variety of lichen textures is pleasing as they jostle each other for surface space.

Assorted white and yellow and minty green and dark grey lichens coat the bark of a young Magnolia stellata like wallpaper, so that the bark's own texture is obscured. The variety of lichen textures is pleasing as they jostle each other for surface space.

Lichen coating the bark of a star magnolia beside the hardware store.
#lichen #FungiFriends

07.03.2026 01:14 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of a hand holding a twig covered in bright chartreuse lichen with brown "eyes" blooming in it.

Photo of a hand holding a twig covered in bright chartreuse lichen with brown "eyes" blooming in it.

Photo of a hand holding a twig covered in bright chartreuse lichen with brown "eyes" blooming in it. The eyes have lovely long "lashes"

Photo of a hand holding a twig covered in bright chartreuse lichen with brown "eyes" blooming in it. The eyes have lovely long "lashes"

Oh what beautiful brown eyes you have, Wolf Lichen.

07.03.2026 03:25 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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C'est la plus incroyable des chasses au trésor !

"Nous pensons que les lichens préfèrent les os fossilisés parce que leur composition calcaire et leur porosité offrent les bonnes conditions de croissance"
👉 https://l.sciencesetavenir.fr/3PI

07.03.2026 09:16 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
close up of a tree trunk with different types of green / grey lichen

close up of a tree trunk with different types of green / grey lichen

few spots of yellow lichen amongst the green / grey types

few spots of yellow lichen amongst the green / grey types

mix of lichens on one twig including some pixie cups

mix of lichens on one twig including some pixie cups

beard lichen, very long on a twig which is almost impossible to see through the lichen

beard lichen, very long on a twig which is almost impossible to see through the lichen

Many photos!

Unfortunately the road was too audible for us to be able to record there though the birds were singing their spring song and it was a lovely place to be.

07.03.2026 10:40 👍 27 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Lichens on trunk

Lichens on trunk

Close up on side

Close up on side

Trunk mottled with lichen

Trunk mottled with lichen

Close up

Close up

This tree trunk was absolutely covered in lichen

07.03.2026 14:15 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Photo taken February 21, 2026, near Beegum Gorge #ShastaCounty, #NorthernCalifornia of some lichens on a road cutbank. The smaller lichens are like armor protecting the rock it is attached to. #photography #nature #FungiFriends #fungi #lichens

07.03.2026 14:43 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Good morning. The sky is a strange pallid color after all of the storming that it reminds me of cladonia rangiferina, also known as Reindeer Cup Lichen.

I do wonder why it’s been storming so much.

07.03.2026 15:45 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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I'd say Parmotrema #lichen, perhaps P. perlatum; though it's also a bit confusing picture - it looks like a meta-symbiote of a kind, with two different lichen intermixed.

07.03.2026 17:11 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of a round, orange lichen on mottled colour rock. The lichen is comprised of numerous branching arms, radiating out from the centre.

Photo of a round, orange lichen on mottled colour rock. The lichen is comprised of numerous branching arms, radiating out from the centre.

Elegant Orange Sunburst Lichen. NWT, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

06.03.2026 23:25 👍 202 🔁 23 💬 4 📌 4
Cracked wood with a green lichen crust with waxy cream coloured apothecia.

Cracked wood with a green lichen crust with waxy cream coloured apothecia.

Coenogonium pineti #lichen on oak lignum. From today in Hannovers city forest Eilenriede.

07.03.2026 20:12 👍 33 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
ベージュの公園ベンチ上。8mm程度で緑の地衣体。白いビアトラ型と思われる子器が数十個。

ベージュの公園ベンチ上。8mm程度で緑の地衣体。白いビアトラ型と思われる子器が数十個。

同、もっと薄めの同種。他に3mm程度の地衣体の色が白っぽい緑のもの。子器は似ている。

同、もっと薄めの同種。他に3mm程度の地衣体の色が白っぽい緑のもの。子器は似ている。

同、4~8mm程度に円く剥げた箇所がいくつも。

同、4~8mm程度に円く剥げた箇所がいくつも。

ベンチを上から撮影。いろいろついててまだら。おじさんがしばらく座ってたしちゃんと使われてるけど地衣類は生きていけるんだな。だいぶ木陰、水場の近く。

ベンチを上から撮影。いろいろついててまだら。おじさんがしばらく座ってたしちゃんと使われてるけど地衣類は生きていけるんだな。だいぶ木陰、水場の近く。

昨日の白星病の樹の近くにある去年もポストしたベンチ。こっちはやっぱり生葉上地衣類に見えます。(ネットで見る画像に似てるってくらいの意味で。)
地衣体の色味が2種類あるなとか、円くハゲてるのはなんでだろうとか興味出ます。
ここにこれがあるので、周りの葉っぱにもあると思うんですがまだ見つかりません;;
#lichen 2026.02

06.03.2026 22:13 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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地衣類とか

07.03.2026 11:12 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A section of cherry tree twig covered in different types of lichen and some dark green moss (on the bottom). On the upper right, there is some pale, sea-green oakmoss lichen. In the middle is the grayish-white outward-looking rosette lichen with its little black discs. Down to the left is some bright yellow sunburst lichen, along with some pale bluish green shield lichen.

A section of cherry tree twig covered in different types of lichen and some dark green moss (on the bottom). On the upper right, there is some pale, sea-green oakmoss lichen. In the middle is the grayish-white outward-looking rosette lichen with its little black discs. Down to the left is some bright yellow sunburst lichen, along with some pale bluish green shield lichen.

This #HotStickSaturday offering is still part of a cherry tree. Some of my favorite outward-looking rosette lichen with other species and some moss! #Lichen #Fungi #FungiFriends #LichenSubscribe #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

07.03.2026 19:16 👍 34 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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ガードレールに張り付く地衣類

07.03.2026 02:39 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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#地衣類 #lichen #fungifriends

07.03.2026 10:12 👍 69 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Morning scenery. Indigo blue sky gradating to orange toward the horizon. Bit of cloud over the distant mountain. Landscape in silhouette.

Morning scenery. Indigo blue sky gradating to orange toward the horizon. Bit of cloud over the distant mountain. Landscape in silhouette.

おはようございます。
26年3月8日(日)、-4.3℃。今朝は寒く感じる。花粉も飛んでいる。

07.03.2026 20:55 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Apricot Trees in Blossom - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14250

06.03.2026 01:16 👍 64 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
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Agaricocrinus is a common Mississippian crinoid, but very beautiful. This specimen is from the Edwardsville Fm of Indiana near Crawfordsville. Each arm has delicate pinnules that would filter water for food.

#FossilFriday

06.03.2026 19:19 👍 43 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
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Calcaire et ciel, croquis de paysage, fossiles... Cette semaine à la Réserve naturelle du Bois du Parc.

La chaleur et la lumière se rassemblent peu à peu.

#baladedujour #sketch #fossilfriday

06.03.2026 19:14 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Truly Canadian
Lee Munn
2014

06.03.2026 20:30 👍 120 🔁 27 💬 2 📌 0