Comment on Lichens are things

JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Bassman1805@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The short answer: fungus and algae work together and create a multi-organism structure.

  The medium answer: [this meme]

  The long answer: [years of graduate school]

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• anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a thing that grows on trees and rocks mostly, but can and does grow on basically anything in the goldilocks conditions. They feel like crispy moss if you touch them.

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  • dogsnest@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They thrive in graveyards…

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    • anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      off screen Me too!

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      • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        To those unfamiliar, this is the translation from goth to non-goth. Any non-goths hearing Robert Smith here make this statement would perceive someone closer to:

        ~me too~

        Subscribe for more fun facts from “Too Sad to Sack Rome: Understanding Goths”

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    • troyunrau@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just need to build a lab in a graveyard then. Checkmate lichens!

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    • aStonedSanta@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What if it’s how our souls are released. Man I’m high and that thought still gives me the fall of the void lol

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• kartoffelsaft@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m no biologist, but I’m pretty sure that this photo I took a while back has a lot of lichen:

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  That flakey & coral-looking stuff growing on the branches should be lichen.

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• ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lichen deez nuts

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    gottem

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s the opposite of not lichen.

  And that’s both a pithy retort, as well as an accurate reflection of the ultimate gist of the infographic lol

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• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A containment protocol for an ancient plague.

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