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Alyse Gray
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Children's mushroom book author and amateur mycologist. Occasional pathologists' assistant. 🍄 Here for your mushroom and bird pics.
YAAAAYY IT'S LICHEN BOOK PUBLICATION DAY!!! My kid's book, Zoom In on Lichen (for ages 1-5ish) is now available on Amazon!!! Unsure if this one is suitable for your kids? Here's a video of me reading it! Enjoy and happy lichen hunting!

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#lichen #childrensnaturebooks
Author reads ZOOM IN on LICHEN! Nature book for kids (ages 1-5)
YouTube video by A.D. Gray
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June 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
June 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
New book just dropped!! If you've got kids ages 1-4 who like nature, "Zoom In on Slime Mold" is the book for them.
You can purchase a copy from the Emporium of Evil a.co/d/4qFX80N

#childrensbooks #storytimeanimation #bedtimestories #bedtimestory #readtome
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June 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Just your friendly neighborhood Common Greenshield Lichen, Flavoparmelia caperata. Unlike some lichen, these are fairly pollution-resistant and can be found in all but the dirtiest of places. #lichen #art #commongreenshieldlichen #flavoparmeliacaperata
April 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Did you know lichen can live in the desert? The Namib desert even has an endemic species, the Namib Sun Lichen, Stellarangia namibensis

#lichen #art #lichenart #childrensbook #nature #Stellarangianamibensis #namibdesert
April 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
@peterbraubach.bsky.social I made a Springtail just for you!
April 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yet another exciting instance of painting a lichen one week, then spotting it in the wild the next! This one was growing on the shingles of a decorative archway, so getting a picture was hard and really awkward because people were about and wondered why a rando was climbing on the ledge.
April 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A nice Elegant Sunburst Lichen
Rusavskia elegans

#sunburstlichen #lichen #lichenillustration #lichenart #Rusavskiaelegans
April 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nerdy lichen shirt. Check. ☑️ @evasmith-art.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Lichen life cycle stuff #lichen
April 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
British Soldier lichen, Cladonia cristatella, with cute red hats! #lichen #illustrationoftheday #childrensbookillustrator #cladoniacristatella #britishsoldierlichen
April 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
After a short break, I am back on the lichen line. This is a local fav, the Fairy Puke Lichen, Lcmadophila ericetorum. No cap, that's what it is called. Lichen have some of the best names!
April 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Coral lichen and Lungwort lichen illustrations in progress.
March 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Barred Owls have started frequenting my yard, which is great until they start going WOOOOOO! at 3 AM like a frat bro who just hit the peak of his night. I go into get-off-my-lawn mode until realizing it’s just an owl living its best life and everything is ok. Party on, dudes. #barredowl
March 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
So insanely stoked to have found my first POWDERHORN LICHEN, Cladonia coniocraea, at the local park!! I just painted one of these!!! Going to try to get it DNA SEQUENCED this weekend too @mycowdc.bsky.social !!! AHHHH!!!! #powderhorn #lichen #commonpowderhornlichen #urbanlichens #Cladoniaconiocraea
March 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today's lichen is the Old Man's Beard, or Usnea. They had to be grumpy old men, of course. 😆 #usnea #oldmansbeard #lichen #painting #natureart #fungi #art #nature #gouache
March 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Today's lichen painting is the Freckle Pelt Lichen, Peltigera aphthosa, from the far north!
#frecklepeltlichen #lichen #art #Peltigeraaphthosa #lichenart #lichenbook #cute #cutelichen
March 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Today's lichen, the Ruffle Lichen (Parmotrena spp.), reflects my current mood. #rufflelichen #ruffle #lichen #parmotrena
March 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Dragon Cup Lichen, Cladonia squamosa, illustration for my book, Zoom in on Lichen. 🐉🍄‍🟫😁 Lichens have some of the best names, don't they? #cladonia #cladoniasquamosa #lichen #dragon #dragoncuplichen
March 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Pixie Cup Lichen draft for le lichen book #pixiecup #lichen #cladoniaasahinae #cladonia
March 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Reposted by Alyse Gray
Rusavskia (Xanthoria) elegans, Pensthorpe, TF92/VC28 West Norfolk, England. This #lichen was taken to orbit, fully exposed to space for 18 months, and lived! Common in Britain: see new field notes, and find it near you. aspenecology.com/rusavskia-xa... @norfolknats.bsky.social @robyaxley.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Preview of the cover for my book! #zoomin #slimemold #fungi #protist #amoeba
March 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I know this is old news, but I just found out that Great Tits are brain-eating murder birbs and I'm not ok. www.popsci.com/great-tits-m...
Great tits are killing birds and eating their brains. Climate change may be to blame.
Every year, little black-and-white birds called pied flycatchers make the lengthy trek from sub-saharan Africa to northern Europe to feast on caterpillars, claim a nest, and have babies. This typicall...
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March 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM