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Alyse Gray
@suture-self.bsky.social
Children's mushroom book author and amateur mycologist. Occasional pathologists' assistant. 🍄 Here for your mushroom and bird pics.
June 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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
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
Preview of the cover for my book! #zoomin #slimemold #fungi #protist #amoeba
March 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Went on a lichen walk. Now I'm obsessed with lichen and have to write a kids book about them too. Great. #lichen #physcia #hotsticksaturday
February 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Pretzel and Carnival Candy slime molds. Yum! 😆 #slimemold #myxmycetes #zoomin
February 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Based on this photo I took
February 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The latest illustration in progress for ZOOM IN on Slime Molds, a Red Raspberry Slime Mold. #tubiferaferruginosa #slimemold #childrensillustration #kids #childrens #science #book
February 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Some are black, some are blue, and some are filled with sticky pink goo. #slimemold
February 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#Tubifera is red
#Cribraria is blue
Everyone needs a valen-slime
Don't you? #valenslime #valentine
February 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The woods behind my house are a vibe this morning. #the #woods #are #lovely #dark #and #deep
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM