Olivier
LightNews LightNews
banner
olivi3r.bsky.social
Olivier
@olivi3r.bsky.social
87 followers 47 following 73 posts
Engineer, nature geek & photography enthusiast. All photo's are my own, except reposts.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Olivier
jeffontherock.bsky.social
Another instalment of Slime Mold on a Stick. NWT, Canada. #slime #myxo #fungifriends
Photo of bright yellow slime mold sporangia held together by a string of plasmodium. The sporangia look like tiny, round balls or ornaments. The photo background is green. The smile mold is attached to a twig.
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
This has to be the largest fungus i have ever seen. A Southern Bracket (𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘦) with a width of 50 cm! What a giant!
#Fungi #FungiFriends
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Olivier
jeffontherock.bsky.social
Cladonia lichen. Newfoundland, Canada.
Photo covers about 2”/5cm left to right.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Photo of grey-green Cladonia lichens that looks like hands and fingers.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
𝘜𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢, also known as the Lustrous beard #lichen, is extremely rare in the Netherlands. As far as i know there are only 3 known spots. Luckily there is one close to my city in an area where i hike often. Always a joy to see it thrive!
#FungiFriends #photography 📷
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Olivier
levondymond.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The amazing world of fungi – in pictures
Dr Tom May, a mycologist at the Royal Botanic Gardens and an expert witness at the Erin Patterson trial, has collaborated with renowned fungi photographer Stephen Axford for Planet Fungi, a new book f...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Reposted by Olivier
jeffontherock.bsky.social
Some pics from a wilderness hike on Friday. #Newfoundland Canada. #lichens #hiking #trail
Photo of a red-tipped Cladonia lichen. Photo of a pink earth lichen. Photo of a red carpet of lowbush blueberry shrubs in front of some evergreen trees. Photo of an orange coloured Porpidia species crustose lichen on rock.
October 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Reposted by Olivier
bernoid.bsky.social
A Pale Tussock never fails to impress. ⭐️
October 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Reposted by Olivier
kataoka5233.bsky.social
アオモジホコリ
Physarum viride

毎度おなじみのアオモジホコリ。よく見かける種になります。
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reposted by Olivier
lotuscat.bsky.social
Bryoria sp., possibly Bryoria furcellata characterized by the clumps of fine hair growing from the branches. Yachiho Kogen, Sakuho-machi, Nagano #Lichen #FungiFriends
コフキイバラキノリかもしれない。長野県佐久穂町八千穂高原 #地衣類
Close-up of the branches of Bryoria lichen on birch tree. The branches are translucent dark green. There are clumps of short hairs growing from the branches. Colony of Bryoria lichen on birch tree. The branches are narrow and flimsy. There are foliose and crustose lichens around the colony.
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Reposted by Olivier
bernoid.bsky.social
Cysthus striatus - Fluted Bird’s Nest. I love these. 🍄📷 #FungiFriends
September 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Reposted by Olivier
lotuscat.bsky.social
A gorgeous orb-weaver or nagakoganegumo (Argiope bruennichi) munching on a planthopper. I think this one is female. This is one of the most common spiders found here. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Invertebrates #Spider
ナガコガネグモ。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫 #クモ
Large spider with oval abdomen with yellow & black tiger-stripe pattern. Legs are also tiger stripe. There is a green and black planthopper wrapped in threads in front of the spider.
September 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Reposted by Olivier
kataoka5233.bsky.social
アナアキカタホコリに初めて出会いました。メタリックに輝く変形菌です。美しすぎる～
June 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Reposted by Olivier
at384.bsky.social
5月12日の菌探索より🍄
見慣れない黄色い盤菌がいると思って撮ったら、その手前に謎の黒い根状菌糸束的なものが😃

でもって、よく見ると...水滴❣️
(技術点50,芸術点30)
#fungifriends
June 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reposted by Olivier
kataoka5233.bsky.social
今、サカズキホコリのなかまがいろいろでてますね。マルサカズキホコリが葉っぱの縁で並んでします。胞子を飛ばしやすい所に並ぶことが多いです。
June 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
Heading home from work today, i noticed a little passenger on my bicycle: a planthopper (𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴). I hope he enjoyed the ride!
#macro #photography
June 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
Gall wasps are interesting creatures. Their inducement for gall formation seems largely unknown, but could be chemical, mechanical, or viral. These wasps create wondrous structures for their larvae! Left: Rose bedeguar gall (𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘦), right: Cottonwool gall (𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘪).
#nature
Rose bedeguar gall of a Diplolepis rosae wasp. Cottonwool gall of a Andricus quercusramuli wasp.
June 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
A Mottled dingy-brown click beetle (𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴). Not much liked by farmers due to the larvae eating the roots of crops, but still an interesting creature!
#macro #photography
June 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reposted by Olivier
robhudson.bsky.social
A tipping point in the Anthropocene as “insectageddon” moves up the food chain.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Reposted by Olivier
susanporter.bsky.social
Some cotton candy views of #DVNP

#deathvalleynationalpark #mesquitesanddunes #desertlandscape #minimalphotography #abstractnature #desertlight #fujifilm #G+Circle #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #fujifilm #stunday
A minimalist abstract photograph of Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley. Soft pastel pinks and purples sweep across layered sand ridges and curves, creating a serene, dreamlike composition of light and texture.
June 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
A Green bottle fly (𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤.). Not sure what species this is. The larvae feed on decaying flesh or feces, while the adults feed on pollen and nectar as well. They are important pollinators and a treat for the eye up close!
#macro #photography
June 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
The 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘦 family has many different species. Adults can be found in all sorts of shapes and colors, and this is the same for the nymphs. Some are really striking like this Red-legged shieldbug nymph (𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘧𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴).
#macro #photography
June 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
The seeds of thistles is a preferred food for the European goldfinch (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴). Always happy to encounter these beautiful little birds!
#nature #photography
May 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
Spring is in full swing! Two Common blue butterflies (𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴) celebrating the start of macro season.
#macro #photography
May 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
olivi3r.bsky.social
The Long-tailed tit (𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) is one of my favorite birds. Today i saw a pair collecting #lichen for their nest. I have never seen one but i was able to locate it. They just started building it. It consists of moss, spider silk & lichen. Can't wait to see it finished!
#bird #photography
March 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Reposted by Olivier
lotuscat.bsky.social
Menegazzia terebrata looking happy on a rock. Was ultra busy today, so one photo. Lake Matsubara, Koumi-machi, Nagano #Lichen #FungiFriends
センシゴケ。長野県小海町松原湖 #地衣類
Close-up of the lobes of Menegazzia lichen. The lobes are stacked up on each other. They have holes. And they have powdery spore-producing structures here and there. Colony of Menegazzia lichen on a stonewall. The lobes are stacked up on each other, and there are holes.
March 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM