Comments on: Lichens in the Mist http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/06/10/lichens-in-the-mist/ A blog about the weird wonderfulness of life on Earth Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 By: Heather http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/06/10/lichens-in-the-mist/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:19:13 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=5036#comment-2666 A fascinating and kind of hilarious look at one of my favourite groups of organisms. I’m always pointing out lichens to groups I take into the woods here in Manitoba because they just so fun to explore. Most who come with me are skeptical at first, but I’m pleased to report there have been many converts by the end of the walk.

]]> By: Contagions Round-up 11: E. coli, Excavation Reports, and Early Medieval Continuity « Contagions http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/06/10/lichens-in-the-mist/comment-page-1/#comment-2506 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:11:18 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=5036#comment-2506 […] Frazer of the Artful Amoeba has an interesting post on forest lichens. I’ve always found lichens fascinating for some […]

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/06/10/lichens-in-the-mist/comment-page-1/#comment-2502 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:57:16 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=5036#comment-2502 Come to Colorado sometime and I will! Definitely take the kids — but also make sure you take a 10x hand lens or loupe. Lichens are even more fascinating under a little magnification . . . your kids will love it, I promise. : )

]]> By: kati http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/06/10/lichens-in-the-mist/comment-page-1/#comment-2501 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:19:56 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=5036#comment-2501 next time take me with you!!! :)

that tripe is fascinating, it does look a little like what you find in your pho soup :)

i am going to get my kids some sorel boots and we are so going to go on a lichen hunt in the cascades one of these days. it’s a must! with some bear spray and a dog, obviously…

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