Post by @amiserabilist@beige.party

2026-05-03 19:07 UTC

@glasspusher @Kierkegaanks @MAJ1 @Soldusty @JustaJason007 @revndm @LikeItOrLumpIt @alexpsmith @Shivviness Lichens aren’t bioluminescent, which is to say that if you turn out the lights, they won’t glow in the dark. Under ultraviolet light, however, many of them fluoresce, glowing vividly in ways that most humans can’t detect in normal daylight conditions. https://nature.ca/en/fluorescent-lichens-dazzling-creatures-of-light/ magical

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@JustaJason007@beige.party 2026-05-03 19:33

@amiserabilist @glasspusher @Kierkegaanks @MAJ1 @Soldusty @revndm @LikeItOrLumpIt @alexpsmith @Shivviness yes, and I think it's a dinoflagellate that gives it the florescence.

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@glasspusher@beige.party 2026-05-03 23:30

@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks @MAJ1 @Soldusty @JustaJason007 @revndm @LikeItOrLumpIt @alexpsmith @Shivviness doesn't matter, they're in the club attn: @wendinoakland

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@wendinoakland@beige.party 2026-05-03 23:34

@amiserabilist @glasspusher @Kierkegaanks @MAJ1 @Soldusty @JustaJason007 @revndm @LikeItOrLumpIt @alexpsmith @Shivviness swoon! 🙀

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@JustaJason007@beige.party 2026-05-04 00:27

@amiserabilist @glasspusher @Kierkegaanks @MAJ1 @Soldusty @revndm @LikeItOrLumpIt @alexpsmith @Shivviness you ever seen meat coral? Acanthophyllia is one of my favorite florescing critters and it sometimes looks like a lichen is growing on it because it shares some of the coloration via protists. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=fpas&q=acanthophylia&ia=images&iax=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fzeeaquarium-winkel.nl%2Fcontent%2FProducts%2Facanthophyllia-rainbow-147054696.jpg

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@JustaJason007@beige.party 2026-05-04 00:28

@amiserabilist @glasspusher @Kierkegaanks @MAJ1 @Soldusty @revndm @LikeItOrLumpIt @alexpsmith @Shivviness one polyp can extend to the size of a dinner plate or more.

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