Hard to believe this is a semi-arid Mediterranean forest, and that this landscape will be dry in a couple of months. All this water comes from the storms of the past few weeks. Verdizela, Portugal.
#forest #temporarylakes #ephemeralwetlands
#afterthestorm #naturephotography

Academic precarity in Portugal
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Temporary ponds in a Mediterranean forest after weeks of heavy rain, Verdizela Portugal.
#forest #ponds #trees #nature #naturephotography

Winter sunset in the Atlantic Ocean
#sunset #ocean #nature #naturephotography

A centenarian Cape Verdean dragon tree Dracaena caboverdeana. This critically endangered species is emblematic of the Cape Verde archipelago, but this one has been growing in an old, forgotten garden in Lisbon since the nineteenth century.
#dragontree #dracaena #trees #nature #naturephotography

Richenella fibula, Monsanto, Lisboa.
#fungifriends #mushrooms #fungi #biology #macrophotography #naturephotography

Temporary pond is the forest, Verdizela, Portugal.
#nature #forest #photography #ponds #naturephotography

Hairy Hexagonia Hexagonia hydnoides, Verdizela, Portugal.
#fungifriends #mushrooms #fungi #biology

Thaumetopoea herculeana, Caparica, Portugal
#caterpillars #lepidoptera

Flammulaster muricatus, Caparica, Portugal.
#fungifriends #mushrooms #fungi #biology

Galls of the acacia gall wasp (Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae) on spike wattle (Acacia longifolia). Caparica, Portugal.
#galls

#mushroomonday #fungi #fungifriend

Gymnopilus junonicus
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Dr Jane Goodall 💚

3 April 1934 - 1 October 2025