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Camouflage, also called cryptic coloration, is a defense or tactic that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually to blend in with their surroundings. Organisms use camouflage to mask their location, identity, and movement. This allows prey to avoid predators, and for predators to sneak up on prey.
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Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic. The organisms, each termed a symbiont, must be of different species. Wikipedia
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This plant with a beautiful name is endemic to Japan. The diameter of the flower is 6-7 cm. In Tsugaike, Nagano, Japan.
To the best of my knowledge it still holds the record in the genome size: its DNA is the longest or largest among organisms so far examined. Its genome size is 50 times larger as compared to the human one.
白馬の栂池で見たキヌガサソウです。ゲノムサイズが最大の生物で、日本固有種です。
I inverted the back and white image and then the little frozen bubbles look like single-celled organisms......
Ice-abstract.
A small offshore salt formation surrounded by pink water full of salt-loving organisms gives it an unusual pink color.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the photo.
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A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria (or both) living among filaments of a fungus in a symbiotic relationship.
fungus (plural: fungi or funguses is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista.
A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the Eumycota (true fungi or Eumycetes), that share a common ancestor (i.e. they form a monophyletic group), an interpretation that is also strongly supported by molecular phylogenetics. This fungal group is distinct from the structurally similar myxomycetes (slime molds) and oomycetes (water molds). The discipline of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as mycology (from the Greek μύκης mykes, mushroom). In the past, mycology was regarded as a branch of botany, although it is now known fungi are genetically more closely related to animals than to plants.
Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or other fungi and also parasites. They may become noticeable when fruiting, either as mushrooms or as molds. Fungi perform an essential role in the decomposition of organic matter and have fundamental roles in nutrient cycling and exchange in the environment. They have long been used as a direct source of human food, in the form of mushrooms and truffles; as a leavening agent for bread; and in the fermentation of various food products, such as wine, beer, and soy sauce. Since the 1940s, fungi have been used for the production of antibiotics, and, more recently, various enzymes produced by fungi are used industrially and in detergents. Fungi are also used as biological pesticides to control weeds, plant diseases and insect pests. Many species produce bioactive compounds called mycotoxins, such as alkaloids and polyketides, that are toxic to animals including humans. The fruiting structures of a few species contain psychotropic compounds and are consumed recreationally or in traditional spiritual ceremonies. Fungi can break down manufactured materials and buildings, and become significant pathogens of humans and other animals. Losses of crops due to fungal diseases (e.g., rice blast disease) or food spoilage can have a large impact on human food supplies and local economies.
The fungus kingdom encompasses an enormous diversity of taxa with varied ecologies, life cycle strategies, and morphologies ranging from unicellular aquatic chytrids to large mushrooms. However, little is known of the true biodiversity of Kingdom Fungi, which has been estimated at 2.2 million to 3.8 million species.[5] Of these, only about 148,000 have been described,[6] with over 8,000 species known to be detrimental to plants and at least 300 that can be pathogenic to humans.[7] Ever since the pioneering 18th and 19th century taxonomical works of Carl Linnaeus, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, and Elias Magnus Fries, fungi have been classified according to their morphology (e.g., characteristics such as spore color or microscopic features) or physiology. Advances in molecular genetics have opened the way for DNA analysis to be incorporated into taxonomy, which has sometimes challenged the historical groupings based on morphology and other traits. Phylogenetic studies published in the first decade of the 21st century have helped reshape the classification within Kingdom Fungi, which is divided into one subkingdom, seven phyla, and ten subphyla.
In the desert, mud from flashfloods becomes a highway for the movements of a variety of living organisms. Small mammals and birds leave noticeable tracks across the tableaus of clay as they search for the beetles and worms and centipedes who find their way in and out of cracks searching for other creatures carried in from rain-scoured banks to sustain and or possibly inhabit and infect the locals.
I share this image to project to you our own human traverse across this planet; how the infinitesimal can bring us to its table in a flash; how our movements have made us vulnerable; how we must consider our own large and noisy footprints.
So, when I was a child, Alien was one of my favorite movie - and it still is.
When I saw these long patterns in the sand in Thailand, I just knew what kind of picture I would like to take about this mystic sight.
I hope you can feel that almost space-like atmosphere I tried to convey here.
There were fishing boats floating on the horizon and the whole sea was glowing a mysterious green color. Never seen anything like that before.
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The upper terraces at Canary Springs appear perched on the edge of a hill. The hot springs is one of the active terrace building springs at Mammath Hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. The terraces, composed of calcium carbonate cover a hillside. The chalky white colors show where there is no current hot springs flow or terrace building. Active terraces are colored by orange, yellows and cream colors caused by thermophilic organisms. The water for the hot springs comes from precipitation in the surrounding mountains that runs down into the subsurface. The water is heated at depth. As the water rises it dissolves limestone underneath Mammoth and the surrounding mountains. The hot carbonate rich water comes to the surface and forms the travertine terraces. Geologists estimate that at any given time about 10% of the water in Mammoth Hot Springs is on the surface. The other 90% remains underground.
• Fly agaric / fly amanita
• Matamoscas / falsa oronja / oronja pintada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Fungi
Division:Basidiomycota
Class:Agaricomycetes
Order:Agaricales
Family:Amanitaceae
Genus:Amanita
Species:A. muscaria
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The white birch bark is home to many organisms, yellow lichen, green algae and polypore. Crowdy garden
Endoliths are organisms that can live on or in the surface of rock, such as the microbes that turn this limestone green.
I'm sorting old photos and posting a few interesting ones. This image was uploaded to Flickr on Apr. 4, 2022.
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Springwatch 2024 offering up my little 'Phoretic organism'. Probably a Common Tree Chernes.
Well chuffed :@)
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Phoresis or phoresy is a temporary commensalistic relationship when a phoretic organism attaches itself to a host solely for the purpose of travel.
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fungus (plural: fungi or funguses is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista.
A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the Eumycota (true fungi or Eumycetes), that share a common ancestor (i.e. they form a monophyletic group), an interpretation that is also strongly supported by molecular phylogenetics. This fungal group is distinct from the structurally similar myxomycetes (slime molds) and oomycetes (water molds). The discipline of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as mycology (from the Greek μύκης mykes, mushroom). In the past, mycology was regarded as a branch of botany, although it is now known fungi are genetically more closely related to animals than to plants.
Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or other fungi and also parasites. They may become noticeable when fruiting, either as mushrooms or as molds. Fungi perform an essential role in the decomposition of organic matter and have fundamental roles in nutrient cycling and exchange in the environment. They have long been used as a direct source of human food, in the form of mushrooms and truffles; as a leavening agent for bread; and in the fermentation of various food products, such as wine, beer, and soy sauce. Since the 1940s, fungi have been used for the production of antibiotics, and, more recently, various enzymes produced by fungi are used industrially and in detergents. Fungi are also used as biological pesticides to control weeds, plant diseases and insect pests. Many species produce bioactive compounds called mycotoxins, such as alkaloids and polyketides, that are toxic to animals including humans. The fruiting structures of a few species contain psychotropic compounds and are consumed recreationally or in traditional spiritual ceremonies. Fungi can break down manufactured materials and buildings, and become significant pathogens of humans and other animals. Losses of crops due to fungal diseases (e.g., rice blast disease) or food spoilage can have a large impact on human food supplies and local economies.
The fungus kingdom encompasses an enormous diversity of taxa with varied ecologies, life cycle strategies, and morphologies ranging from unicellular aquatic chytrids to large mushrooms. However, little is known of the true biodiversity of Kingdom Fungi, which has been estimated at 2.2 million to 3.8 million species.[5] Of these, only about 148,000 have been described,[6] with over 8,000 species known to be detrimental to plants and at least 300 that can be pathogenic to humans.[7] Ever since the pioneering 18th and 19th century taxonomical works of Carl Linnaeus, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, and Elias Magnus Fries, fungi have been classified according to their morphology (e.g., characteristics such as spore color or microscopic features) or physiology. Advances in molecular genetics have opened the way for DNA analysis to be incorporated into taxonomy, which has sometimes challenged the historical groupings based on morphology and other traits. Phylogenetic studies published in the first decade of the 21st century have helped reshape the classification within Kingdom Fungi, which is divided into one subkingdom, seven phyla, and ten subphyla.
Side street, Naples, Italy, 2017
Driving a car in Naples is an interesting experience. Relax, do not adhere to classic driving laws, relax, use your horn for lots of friendly conversation and greetings, relax, park in places that are too narrow for a tow truck to reach your vehicle, relax, open up a second or third lane even when there is hardly space for a single lane, relax, Vespas would pass beneath your car if there were room, relax, always hire a car with complete inshurance. Looks like is is the very same way with local architecture...
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This little brook, which feeds into the West Dart River less than a mile to the south, is where salmon come to breed. The nearby Lower Cherrybrook Bridge, which carries the B3357, has fixed gates across both arches to prevent canoes from passing under and disturbing the breeding beds in the gravel, and the alevins, as newly hatched salmon are called.
Adult salmon lay their eggs in special nests in the gravel called redds in the late autumn. The eggs then hatch in the spring time (depending on water temperature) into alevins. They have yolk sacs which they use for food whilst buried in the redds. After the yolk sacs have been used up, the alevins have to start to feed. At this point they are known as fry. They feed on tiny water organisms and grow quickly during their first year. The salmon are known as parr once they are over a year old. They stay in freshwater for between one and four years, feeding on small insects and growing larger. Eventually they grow into smolts and head for the sea.
Miniature landscape lichens, about 1 cm / Miniatuur landschap korstmos, ongeveer 1 cm
Lichens are the result of the close coexistence of two different types of organisms: a fungus (the "mycobiont") and a green algae and/or a blue-green algae (the "fycobiont"). Many lichens grow very slow (sometimes no more than 0.1 mm per year).
Together they are strong, a beautiful example of symbiosis, characteristic of all lichens.
Korstmossen zijn het resultaat van de innige samenleving van twee verschillende typen van organismen: een schimmel (de "mycobiont") en een groenwier en/of een blauwalg (de "fycobiont"). Veel korstmossen groeien zeer traag (soms niet meer dan 0,1 mm per jaar).
Samen staan ze sterk, een fraai staaltje van symbiose, kenmerkend voor alle korstmossen.
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New Brighton Park
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Xanthoria parietina is a foliose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It has wide distribution, and many common names such as common orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen and shore lichen. It can be found near the shore on rocks or walls (hence the epithet parietina meaning "on walls"), and also on inland rocks, walls, or tree bark. It was chosen as a model organism for genomic sequencing (planned in 2006) by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
These are salt evaporation ponds on the south shore of San Francisco Bay, filled with slowly evaporating salt water impounded within levees in former tidelands. There are many of these ponds surrounding the Bay, mostly south of the San Mateo Bridge, and best viewed from altitutde.
These ponds are filled with sea water at different times, and display different colors as the water slowly evaporate,s leaving at the end a field of white sea salt. That's when it's ready for harvesting.
Along the way, microscopic life forms of different kinds and colors predominate in series as the water evaporates. First comes green algae. Next brine shrimp predominate, turning the pond orange. Next, dunaliella salina, a micro-algae containing high amounts of beta-carotene (itself with high commercial value), predominates, turning the water red. Other organisms can also change the hue of each pond. The full range of colors include red, green, orange and yellow, brown, blue, and finally white.
Germany, Wedel, Marshland, ...twilight & raising fogg over the peaceful & fertile marshland with a special fresh & “fragranced air” to breathe.
The Wedeler Marsch is the southern part to which the Haseldorfer & Seestermüher Marsch also belong. Together they extend over a length of 22 kilometers along the banks of the Elbe and border directly on the Wadden Sea, which stretches from the Netherlands via Germany to Denmark.
The Wadden Sea is one of the most valuable ecosystems on earth. Huge mud flats that dry out at low tide are populated by billions of organisms, a richly laid table for fish and birds.
The nature reserves of the Wedeler Elbmarsh are protected according to the EU Birds Directive & Flora-Fauna-Habitat Directive and are therefore part of Natura 2000, a Europe-wide network of protected areas.
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Walking past an old dumpster I noticed this. It is a rust patch created when a welding torch heated the outside of the metal wall burning the red paint off. The burning paint created the black plume (turned upside down here). The heat of the torch oxidized the burn to varying amounts creating the color rings. Inside the dumpster a large metal plate could be seen welded to the side.
This is an extreme close-up of the edge of the Crested Pool in Yellowstone National Park. It is part of a bacteria mat (scientific name is Cyanobacteria Phormidium) which ranges between 95 and 135 degrees. It was sunny when I snapped this shot thus all of those sparkles. It is good to know what has kept Hans off of Flickr; glad to be able to pray for him and lift him up. Hans, have missed you and wish you a quick and full recovery.
Lichens are amazing life forms: a fungus and an alga (and sometimes cyanobacteria) in a symbiotic relationship - that is, a composite organism. There are approximately 20,000 lichen species, and they cover 6% of the earth's land surface. Although they photosynthesize, they are not plants, but instead belong to the fungus kingdom (taxonomy has changed a lot since I was in school...) They grow almost everywhere, from sea level to high mountain elevations, in deserts, rain forests, tundra; on wood, stone, garage walls, gravestones, plastic; and some are among the earth's oldest living organisms.
From a purely aesthetic standpoint, they brighten up the prairie that surrounds the little village I now call home. And I have taken the theme "surrounded" and turned it into a photo project over the past decade and a half. Here's how it works. Any time I'm out hiking the prairie, regardless of any specific goal, I keep my eye open for patches of bare rock that have been completely surrounded by lichen growth. I am interested in the negative spaces thus created. They come in fantastic shapes. For a few years everything I shot seemed to be a aerial map of Australia, or even Africa, but I keep pushing for more exotic shapes, and now my collection includes an elongated cat, a whale, a rocking horse, various fish, an antelope on its knees, a shouting man, two satyrs dancing... all fanciful, of course, and most certainly someone else will not see what I see.
Here is the latest... quite possibly my favourite... but I won't try to influence anyone as to what it may be. Imagination is a personal thing. I've always been good at daydreaming; ask any of my former teachers. Once, in high school, I looked up from my desk and realized I was in the wrong class. The bell had gone, my classmates and teacher had shuffled out, new students and their teacher had shuffled in, while I sat there in another world. So... this is easy for me.
Technically, it's not difficult to make shots like this. Tripod, usually a macro lens, parallel plane focusing (align the plane of subject parallel with the camera's sensor), stop down the lens so that there's enough depth of field to keep everything in focus. Soft light is pleasing. Much easier than flowers or insects.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Housing myriads of primitive organisms in its massive core, it sows seeds of otherworldly life across outer space.
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The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Western Australia
The Pinnacles are limestone formations within Nambung National Park, near the town of Cervantes, Western Australia. The raw material for the limestone of the Pinnacles came from seashells in an earlier era that was rich in marine life. These shells were broken down into lime-rich sands that were blown inland to form high mobile dunes. However, the manner in which such raw materials formed the Pinnacles is the subject of debate. The Pinnacles Desert contains thousands of limestone pillars. The pillars are the weathered and eroded fragments of limestone beds composed of deposited marine organisms such as coral and molluscs. Some of the tallest pinnacles reach heights of up to 3.5m above the yellow sand base. The different types of formations include ones which are much taller than they are wide and resemble columns—suggesting the name of Pinnacles—while others are only a meter or so in height and width resembling short tombstones. A cross-bedding structure can be observed in many pinnacles where the angle of deposited sand changed suddenly due to changes in prevailing winds during formation of the limestone beds. Pinnacles with tops similar to mushrooms are created when the calcrete capping is harder than the limestone layer below it. The relatively softer lower layers weather and erode at a faster rate than the top layer leaving behind more material at the top of the pinnacle.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinnacles_(Western_Australia)
Nambung National Park is a national park in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 200 km northwest of Perth, and 17 km south of the small coastal town of Cervantes. The park contains the Pinnacles Desert which is an area with thousands of limestone formations called pinnacles. The park derives its name from an indigenous Australian word possibly meaning crooked or winding. The word was first used in 1938 when naming the Nambung River which flows into the park and disappears into a cave system within the limestone. The Yued people are the acknowledged traditional custodians of the land since before the arrival of Europeans.