Does making vitamin D using sunlight count as photosynthesis?
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rhythmisaprancer - 1mon
Not that long ago, mushrooms were plants. I mean they weren't, but we hadn't figured that out yet. I hadn't figured it until today what lichen is 😔 but have eaten it!
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glimse @lemmy.world - 1mon
I am attempting to grow lichen indoors for some reason. Wish I would have read more before impulse buying because apparently this is a fool's errand
Sooooo... Pick the right one, shoot it to mars, come back a few hundred years later to have a proper foundation for other organisms?
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supersquirrel @sopuli.xyz - 1mon
Yes, be delicate with your feet! Walking in nature is an active process that requires awareness, not a passive one, and Lichens are way easier to destroy than they look.
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NOT_RICK @lemmy.world - 1mon
Lichen, not to be confused with werewolves
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roofuskit @lemmy.world - 1mon
I did not lycan them to one another.
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dellish @lemmy.world - 1mon
Breaks down rock
Prevents erosion
So... both?
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Scubus @sh.itjust.works - 1mon
Prevents run off erosion is what they meant presumably
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AwesomeLowlander - 1mon
I don't understand how they survive wildlife if they're that fragile
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Contramuffin @lemmy.world - 1mon
I was taught in my Micro course that lichen is actually a symbiosis between 3 organisms: fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria. The cyanobacteria produces energy, but more importantly fixes nitrogen into a more biologically available form, which would not be otherwise accessible in the environments that lichen grows in
negativenull in science
It's true!
https://media.piefed.world/posts/xl/ud/xludM5f6RXI7Sqa.jpghttps://media.piefed.world/posts/xh/eI/xheIZzNmuvmt4oO.jpg
https://media.piefed.world/posts/zk/B1/zkB1oSwWYrg2PSM.jpg
https://media.piefed.world/posts/9b/Yv/9bYv6jSmkSGRhxM.jpg
https://media.piefed.world/posts/qb/KY/qbKYD2XvAp7b6Kf.jpg
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/07600a2f-de6e-4d22-ae13-39cd4d81e845.png
Edit:
I made another meme about it:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/814aed49-c2f7-4ed7-b857-776d9268cfcb.png
Does making vitamin D using sunlight count as photosynthesis?
Not that long ago, mushrooms were plants. I mean they weren't, but we hadn't figured that out yet. I hadn't figured it until today what lichen is 😔 but have eaten it!
I am attempting to grow lichen indoors for some reason. Wish I would have read more before impulse buying because apparently this is a fool's errand
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b2bfaf3f-c26c-447b-8bd3-2029257eb5f3.jpeg
Sooooo... Pick the right one, shoot it to mars, come back a few hundred years later to have a proper foundation for other organisms?
Yes, be delicate with your feet! Walking in nature is an active process that requires awareness, not a passive one, and Lichens are way easier to destroy than they look.
Lichen, not to be confused with werewolves
I did not lycan them to one another.
So... both?
Prevents run off erosion is what they meant presumably
I don't understand how they survive wildlife if they're that fragile
I was taught in my Micro course that lichen is actually a symbiosis between 3 organisms: fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria. The cyanobacteria produces energy, but more importantly fixes nitrogen into a more biologically available form, which would not be otherwise accessible in the environments that lichen grows in