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You know you are researching an ugly species when...
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Randy Skinner Jul 3.
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LOL. I never thought of that aspect of Ep - is it shirt-worthy?
Okay, so it does look a little like black puke. Though I am still thinking about how to put it on t-shirts.
The photo on the Arkive site is actually when the lichen is relatively dry and grey looking. When the weather is foggy and damp for some time, the lichen becomes engorged with water, and turns a deep, dark green. The apothecia on the lichen (the lit…
I have no Idea what that professor was talking about. It looks like a lot of common lichens--not repulsive at all. Granted, not likely to show up on t-shirts, but not actually ugly.
I thought I would start this discussion for those of us unsung researchers who, as luck (or unluck) has it, are studying what you could define as an ugly, non-charismatic species (whether it is endangered or not, but if it is, that is better).
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- At 9:39am on July 3, 2009,
Nathan Yaussy said…
- It'd be great to have an EUTaskforce. FYI, I'm trying out the chat-thingy that this site has, but it doesn't seem to inform you that I'm trying to chat.
- At 9:21am on July 3, 2009,
Nathan Yaussy said…
- Great to see you here! Though, be warned, there isn't a whole lot of forum activity yet, so there might not be a lot happening here for a while.
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