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Christa Büttner
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Natural sciences, Biology and Chemistry, Nature, Botanical Excursions, Fungi’s, Gardening, Birds, Culture and Arts
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Tower of Life — Klaus Klinger in Düsseldorf, Germany Street Art mural on building

#StreetArt #art #murals
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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locavite.bsky.social
Gush

#WhimsyWednesday
#FungiFriends 🍄‍🟫🍄
February 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Arcyria sp slime mold. NWT, Canada.
#myxomycetes #fungifriends
The slime mold sporangia are about 0.5cm high.
Close up photo of 4 mature slime mold sporangia. Each bright red sporangium consists of a short, thin stalk attached to a small cup from which a tubular, cotton candy-like spore mass protrudes. They are attached to dark coloured dead wood. The fuzzy photo background is mainly light green.
February 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Prepare for Far Too Many waxycaps. Hadda get them all before the poison oak comes in.
📷🍄 #FungiFriends #Mushrooms #Sporepunk
Two brilliant red mushrooms with yellow stems. The one on my left has an orange streak on the cap.
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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currentbiology.bsky.social
Using #FungiFriday to plug our special issue from last summer, packed with interesting mycology reviews, primers and other pieces...🍄👇

www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 30, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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madewithfire.bsky.social
Stropharia ambigua or Questionable Stropharia! You know what's not ambiguous? Nazis, fucking Nazis in the streets organized by the fucking pedophile in the WH. We're coming for you... #WeAreTheMajority
#AbolishICE

P.S. Don't be a Nazi!

#fungifriends
January 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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When the world serves up a shit tsunami - basically, everyday - I find spending time watching the hummingbirds keeps me calm. Took about two weeks of daily work to get this one comfortable enough to hand feed. It's a process.

#hummingbird #rufoushummingbird #birdsky 🪶
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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I can see this moss 1000 times and still stop and go yeah, that’s some good moss.

#moss
Some thick fluffy moss, star shaped. It’s at the foot of some trees.
January 20, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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scottzona.bsky.social
Prosopanache is the tropical American answer to Hydnora of Africa. The two genera are sisters, holoparasitic & lack chlorophyll. They appear above ground only as flowers. This is Prosopanche americana, parasitic on legumes. 📷: Agustín Zarco CCBY4 #Aristolochiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
: Photo of a white sand area in which a large flower has emerged. The flower has three large, open perianth lobes, which are chestnut brown. A single central structure of fused anthers.
January 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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wbuett.bsky.social
Merry Christmas 🎄
„Christmas Tree“ made of calcite, can be seen at the Mineralogical Museum in Freiberg/Sachsen, Germany.
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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compoundchem.com
Day 9's #ChemAdvent entries are linked by ginger - a key component of gingerbread and also one of the spices found in rooster doro wat, an Ethiopian spicy chicken stew eaten after periods of fasting, including at Christmas 🫚

#ChemSky 🧪
Infographic on gingerbread graphic that highlights the chemical transformation that ginger undergoes when cooked, and shows the chemical structures of gingerol (before cooking) and zingerone (after cooking). Infographic on rooster doro wat that highlights the ingredients of the spice mix used, including holy basil, cardamom, fenugreek and ginger. The structures of sotolon (component of fenugreek), linalool (component of coriander seeds) and 1,8-cineole (component of cardamom seeds) are shown.
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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zim2918.bsky.social
Blossoms
This work © 2025 by Lee Zimmerman is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Good morning Bluesky. Angel Oak, a southern live oak, located John’s Island, Charleston, SC.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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zim2918.bsky.social
Speech
This work © 2025 by Lee Zimmerman is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Apparently today is National Harvest Mouse day so here are some rather adorable photos I was able to take a couple of years ago, on the best photography day ever.
Harvest mice are astonishingly cute, and fast, and some of the other creatures I photographed that day would have loved to eat them!
Harvest mouse perches on ear of corn Close-up shot of harvest mouse on teasel More distant shot of harvest mouse on teasel Harvest mouse and berries
October 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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This work © 2025 by Lee Zimmerman is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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corybooker.com
“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control.”
— Stephen King
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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leibniz-hki.de
Meet our #September feature Hannah Büttner in this year’s #calendar 2025! 👩🏻‍🔬 She explored fungal-bacterial symbiosis, loves both music & art, and carries science in her bag wherever she goes. 🎒🏜️ Read her interview here: lmy.de/FUIJC 🎙️

#FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI
A young woman with glasses sits on a wooden bench outdoors, smiling at the camera while holding a viola on her lap. She is wearing a black top, wide green pants, and black heeled sandals. On the left side of the image, there is a large colorful speech bubble with the following quote: “I primarily focused on the symbiosis between fungi and endosymbiotic bacteria. We identified natural products produced by the bacteria that protect the fungi from predators and play a key role in the symbiotic relationship.” At the bottom left, the “Leibniz-HKI” logo is visible. At the bottom right, a large purple arrow points to the right. A graphic calendar page with a turquoise-blue gradient background. In large pink letters it says “SEPTEMBER,” and underneath: “Hannah Büttner.” At the lower left is the “Leibniz-HKI” logo with the text “Leibniz-HKI Calendar 2025.” At the lower right, the word “SWIPE” is written in bold black letters next to a large purple arrow pointing to the right. A young woman in a white lab coat is working in a laboratory. She is holding a pipette and placing a sample into a scientific instrument. On the right side of the image, there is a speech bubble in a turquoise color gradient with the text: “I particularly enjoyed structural elucidation and analytical challenges.” Below, the logo of LEIBNIZ-HKI is visible. A large purple arrow points to the right. A young woman with glasses, wearing a black t-shirt and green trousers, stands indoors next to a large aquarium full of fish and aquatic plants. She holds a viola under her arm and looks thoughtfully into the distance. Her reflection is visible in the aquarium glass. Colorful text bubbles on the right side of the image read: “I like it when Art and Nature come together.” The words “Art” and “Nature” are highlighted in bright, decorative fonts. At the bottom left corner, the logo “LEIBNIZ HKI” is visible.
September 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
cbuett.bsky.social
I prefer Dioptase !
September 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
cbuett.bsky.social
On the Schneekoppe 1350 m
#fungifriends
September 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Mushroom found in a park in Poland# fungy friends
September 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
cbuett.bsky.social
A difficult decision between kyanite and Topas! I chose Topas.
#Topas
September 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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An absolutely stunning Buckeye butterfly for #SaturdayOrange 🧡💜

#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
August 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.
July 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM