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蓮猫 Lotuscat
@lotuscat.bsky.social
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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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蓮猫 Lotuscat @lotuscat.bsky.social · Sep 24
Hello. There seems to be another surge of new followers recently so let me re-introduce myself. I am a nature lover living in beautiful Nagano, Japan. Bilingual in English & Japanese. I take photos of lichens, bugs, and plants, and post them on bluesky.
地衣類と虫の人。
Collage of lichens and bugs.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Snowy river bank' by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print featuring a narrow river with a field and trees on both sides, the fields are covered in a light dusting of snow, the river shows reflections of the trees abd the sky is grey
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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jcurtisart.bsky.social
Another demo print from a recent workshop.
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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hgpennington.bsky.social
An impressionist painting of ginko leaves in autumn, against a blue sky with wispy clouds.

Painted from a photograph taken during a holiday in Japan in Nov/Dec 2024

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yellow and brown ginko leaves against a blue sky
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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suzannek23.bsky.social
Joan Mirò
Landscape in the Night
1966 - 1974.
oil and acrylic on canvas
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, on loan from a private collection

ジュアン・ミロ
《夜の風景》
1966-74
油彩、アクリル/カンヴァス
ジュアン・ミロ財団、バルセロナ(寄託)
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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akikoitoyama.bsky.social
誕生日に友達がくれたソーイングセットがかわいい。長い旅をするときに連れて行きたい
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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sagasugayome.bsky.social
あと地面から子嚢殻っぽいのが出てたので掘ったりするただの主婦です
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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locavite.bsky.social
Pretty in Pink

#SlimeMoldSunday
#SereneSunday
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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wrenandbee.bsky.social
Today for #BestOfNature2025 is this wonderful species…

Puss Moth 😻

(May, Essex UK)

🖤 🤍 💛

#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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ni9akers.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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mushimushibooks.bsky.social
講座『どんぐりの謎-拾って食べて考えた』
2025年12月20日13:30〜
講師:盛口満
▶︎茨城県自然博物館3階映像ホール　
▶︎オンライン
※事前申込先着順↓
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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mole-hills.bsky.social
A patchwork of #lichens on a boulder.

#nature #pattern #FungiFriends #fungi
Yellow and grey lichens speckled across the surface of a rock
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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boddave.bsky.social
Lichen gives us a different green for winter.🌱
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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actuallyelaine.bsky.social
Pixie cup lichen.
I do love the quirky things that dwell near my house.
Pixie cup lichen on a big leaf maple tree. PNW Photo by actuallyelaine.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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imagewildlife.bsky.social
Found a striking #lichen on a large decaying tree trunk in moist coniferous forest canyon. In dry conditions thallus is a bright pale green patch with pale pink apothecia. With rainfall/moisture the thallus becomes deeper green and apothecia orangish. Fairly common w. Montana.
Typical substrate for Candy Lichen is rotting wood. In this case, downed timber well decayed. The crustose thallus is a pale green color. The apothecia are pink in color and only measure 1.5 to 4 mm in diameter (https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Icmadophila%20ericetorum). Candy Lichen, as pictured, is exceptionally bright and vividly colored. Guessing this is a result of recent rains. Usually colors much more washed out, because of dry conditions? Note the crustose pale green thallus covering mosses and the surface of decaying wood. The pale pink apothecia are flat and irregularly round in shape. Pretty distinct from other lichen species. Typical irregularly shaped patch (actually thallus [vegetative body]) of Candy Lichen. Yep, found growing on decaying wood. Quite a sight to behold in a dark green/brown forest floor.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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twohuskies.bsky.social
really fun lichens from our public park
green foliose (?) lichen on a tree branch a variety of lichens on a bare tree branch lichen on tree bark
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
A Rosette lichen (genus Physcia) growing on a Gambel Oak trunk at Deer Creek Canyon today 🌿
Lumpy Bluish lichen with dark-centered apothecia on bark
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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peterbraubach.bsky.social
Vezdaea leprosa #lichen - I think. At least it looks like the specimen I was shown on the last course by HB.
Lichen consisting entirely of bright green granules, much smaller than the grains of sand its embedded in. Microscopy of the lichen granules around a grain of substrate/sand showing that the granules are algae packed in fungal hyphae.
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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starpredator.bsky.social
#TLを国立科学博物館にしよう
#国立科学博物館
今日は日本館3階のヤマキクバゴケからおはようの挨拶です
ウスイロキクバゴケとも呼ばれている地衣類で北海道〜沖縄と日本の広範囲に分布し地衣体は灰白色～緑灰色の葉状で放射状に広がります。 共生藻は緑藻で日当たりの良い非石灰岩質の岩上に生えます。
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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hairo-iroha.bsky.social
#地衣類 #lichen #fungifriends
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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yprops.bsky.social
梅林＠湯河原。
梅は終わっていました。
地衣類は！たくさん！いました！
#地衣類 #lichen 2025.03
白く葉状地衣類に覆われる梅の枝々。一見禍々しいが若芽もよく芽吹いている。 枝の切り口アップ。周囲の樹皮から葉状地衣類が伸びて覆いつつある。
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
lotuscat.bsky.social
Graphis lichen hanging on to the walnut tree. The lirellae apothecia are nice and fat. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Lichen #FungiFriends
モジゴケの仲間。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #地衣類
Close-up of the squiggly apothecia of Graphis lichen. The squiggle is line with no branching. The interior is balck with slight raised rim. Thallus is green-grey. Colony of Graphis lichen on tree. There are short black squiggles against white, textured thallus.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
lotuscat.bsky.social
Shriveled up fruit of matatabi (Actinidia polygama) still on the vine. I didn’t see too many fruits despite the abundance of flowers, but the fruits were just hiding behind the leaves. I tasted the fruit, and it was sweet & tart. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Plants #Botany
萎びたマタタビの実。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #植物
A shriveled matatabi fruit hanging from vine. It is oval shaped with brown calyx on top side and tails on the pointy bottom. It is orange and wrinkled all over. The bottom is still yellow-green. Two, orange matatabi fruit on vine. The leaves have fallen off. The fruits are oval shape with large calyx on the top and point at the tail.
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
lotuscat.bsky.social
Forest floor. Tokikubo.
林床。鴇久保にて。
Colorful leaves on the ground. Some are yellow, dark red, and brown, with brown spots. There are also short needle of larch trees.
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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purrinink.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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bruib.bsky.social
Chella in a box.

#Photoedit #Chella
A photo edit of a cat in a box. mainly orange, multicoloured lines.
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM