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#Humuluslupulus is dioecious, having a separate plant with male flowers from the plant that makes female flowers. It's the female flower you see above and that makes the bitter, interesting flavor molecules in the dusty yellow resin. How does a raw flower taste, you ask? BITTER! 😂

I'm glad you asked! These are a singled-celled eukaryotes in the genus Tetrahymena. They move by beating hair-like cilia. We used them as a model for gobbling up solid particles of black dye. You can measure how quickly they make internal dyed food vacuoles!

Yes! I'm scoping out places on my school's campus to do the same 😀

Asimina triloba are river trees that grow in largely in clonal stands in the wild. Growers have released cultivars selected for flavor, larger fruit, and smaller seeds. These are propagated by grafting scion wood to seed-grown root stock.

Preach!

This speaks to my heart!

Seems silly not to share a sample of the harvested corn. It's an heirloom cultivar named Hickory Cain.

We grow a little every year. I love this hibiscus!

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These pics are amazing!!

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Thanks! I see little brown mushrooms with moss pretty often. First time seeing these together, though. Your question sent me down a fun rabbit hole re:moss-fungi ecology research!

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That's a great idea! I'll try that.