Brittany
@sequinsmygenome.bsky.social
Plant Biology PhD candidate at UC Davis. I am an evolutionary biologist studying ectomycorrhizal symbiosis. 🍄 I am particularly fond of lichens, liverworts, and the occasional cyanobacteria colony.
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Brittany
@sequinsmygenome.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Hello! I'm a 3rd year PhD candidate in the plant biology program at UC Davis. I study ectomycorrhizal symbiosis. My projects mostly study the genetic mechanisms that establish and maintain the symbiosis at the root-microbe interface. I use molecular tools to answer evolutionary questions!
What I think is Lichenomphalia chillin' amongst some moss
February 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
What I think is Lichenomphalia chillin' amongst some moss
Today I took my students on a walk to a special place on campus with a cute community of lichens. This little windowsill on the side of a lecture hall has educated UC Davis students on lichens for at least a few years now!
January 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Today I took my students on a walk to a special place on campus with a cute community of lichens. This little windowsill on the side of a lecture hall has educated UC Davis students on lichens for at least a few years now!
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Ladybug picnic under mushroom umbrellas. Sonoma, CA
January 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Ladybug picnic under mushroom umbrellas. Sonoma, CA
Collemataceae jelly lichen from my New Year's Day hike!
January 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Collemataceae jelly lichen from my New Year's Day hike!
I found a fairy ring - with tiny basidiocarps - growing on moss, ON a boulder. This was a first for me!
December 29, 2024 at 4:41 AM
I found a fairy ring - with tiny basidiocarps - growing on moss, ON a boulder. This was a first for me!
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Scytinium lichen on my hike today. I love jelly lichens!
December 29, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Scytinium lichen on my hike today. I love jelly lichens!
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Today for #ArtAdventCalendar - lichens, moss and fungi from a winter walk in the Lake District last year - winter’s great for finding these, as they become more prominent amongst the bare branches.
#nature
#nature
December 11, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Today for #ArtAdventCalendar - lichens, moss and fungi from a winter walk in the Lake District last year - winter’s great for finding these, as they become more prominent amongst the bare branches.
#nature
#nature
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I want a custom Bluesky feed that shows me endless 400x microscope images.
I need inspiration and examples of what’s possible.
I want a custom Bluesky feed that shows me endless 400x microscope images.
I need inspiration and examples of what’s possible.
Ever wondered why your hands get sticky and green when handling the tomatoes in your garden? This is why. You can actually see the green coloring of the secretions in this intact glandular trichome.
December 11, 2024 at 4:55 AM
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I want a custom Bluesky feed that shows me endless 400x microscope images.
I need inspiration and examples of what’s possible.
I want a custom Bluesky feed that shows me endless 400x microscope images.
I need inspiration and examples of what’s possible.
A stoma on tomato stem. You can see some photosynthetic tissue just beneath it and before the ground tissue turns into collenchyma. The guard cells are green because they have chloroplasts too.
December 11, 2024 at 1:39 AM
A stoma on tomato stem. You can see some photosynthetic tissue just beneath it and before the ground tissue turns into collenchyma. The guard cells are green because they have chloroplasts too.
Ever wondered why your hands get sticky and green when handling the tomatoes in your garden? This is why. You can actually see the green coloring of the secretions in this intact glandular trichome.
December 10, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Ever wondered why your hands get sticky and green when handling the tomatoes in your garden? This is why. You can actually see the green coloring of the secretions in this intact glandular trichome.
My student's beautiful tomato stem cross-section for their final. Secondary growth, trichomes, stomata, collenchyma...isolated phloem strands! This section really has it all.
December 9, 2024 at 4:32 PM
My student's beautiful tomato stem cross-section for their final. Secondary growth, trichomes, stomata, collenchyma...isolated phloem strands! This section really has it all.
I love this for me. 😂🍄 Queen of Quirky Flora sounds like the title for my dissertation.
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blueskyroast.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:47 AM
I love this for me. 😂🍄 Queen of Quirky Flora sounds like the title for my dissertation.
blueskyroast.com
blueskyroast.com
Made a cross section of carrot root today with my students. You can see that the vascular cambium produces secondary parenchyma as well as secondary phloem and xylem.
December 4, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Made a cross section of carrot root today with my students. You can see that the vascular cambium produces secondary parenchyma as well as secondary phloem and xylem.
Russula friend (they're blushing!) 🤭
December 2, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Russula friend (they're blushing!) 🤭
GIF where you're from
December 2, 2024 at 12:13 AM
GIF where you're from
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GIF where you're from
December 1, 2024 at 9:43 PM
GIF where you're from
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banned books make great holiday gifts.
December 1, 2024 at 10:01 PM
banned books make great holiday gifts.
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Still possibly my favorite #thanksgiving thing ever ... my younger brother Matt made this for a school assignment when he was little. It reads:
"I am thankful for the earth's crust because if we did not have it we would all die"
"I am thankful for the earth's crust because if we did not have it we would all die"
November 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Still possibly my favorite #thanksgiving thing ever ... my younger brother Matt made this for a school assignment when he was little. It reads:
"I am thankful for the earth's crust because if we did not have it we would all die"
"I am thankful for the earth's crust because if we did not have it we would all die"
I am spending today finishing my fellowship application! 💻
November 28, 2024 at 11:47 PM
I am spending today finishing my fellowship application! 💻
My friend who is much better at mushroom ID than I am tells me this may be Mycena citrinomarginata
November 28, 2024 at 8:48 PM
My friend who is much better at mushroom ID than I am tells me this may be Mycena citrinomarginata
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Lungwort’s deep breath
Plumb the calm in forest deep,
Epiphytic peace
Plumb the calm in forest deep,
Epiphytic peace
November 28, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Lungwort’s deep breath
Plumb the calm in forest deep,
Epiphytic peace
Plumb the calm in forest deep,
Epiphytic peace
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Hey you! Use a piece of tinfoil to reflect some light under your mushrooms!
Same enoki, with and without using a tinfoil reflector
Same enoki, with and without using a tinfoil reflector
November 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Hey you! Use a piece of tinfoil to reflect some light under your mushrooms!
Same enoki, with and without using a tinfoil reflector
Same enoki, with and without using a tinfoil reflector