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.
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!
January 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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!
And a close-up of the mushrooms! 🤯
December 29, 2024 at 4:47 AM
And a close-up of the mushrooms! 🤯
Here is a wider picture of the rock.
December 29, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Here is a wider picture of the rock.
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!
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!
Oh wait yeah you can literally see the chloroplasts in the guard cells.
December 11, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Oh wait yeah you can literally see the chloroplasts in the guard cells.
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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December 4, 2024 at 7:47 AM
I love this for me. 😂🍄 Queen of Quirky Flora sounds like the title for my dissertation.
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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!) 🤭
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
Hello ❤️ I am autistic but was only recently diagnosed at 29 when years of struggling in the world came to a head. I'm a third year PhD candidate. I consider myself an evolutionary and molecular biologist. I study photobiont-fungus mutualisms such as lichens and ectomycorrhizae.
November 27, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Hello ❤️ I am autistic but was only recently diagnosed at 29 when years of struggling in the world came to a head. I'm a third year PhD candidate. I consider myself an evolutionary and molecular biologist. I study photobiont-fungus mutualisms such as lichens and ectomycorrhizae.
Today in Davis the rain is milder and the early morning chill is so kind.
November 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Today in Davis the rain is milder and the early morning chill is so kind.
Beautiful lil' epiphyte community
November 26, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Beautiful lil' epiphyte community
I am still obsessing over my liverwort friend
November 26, 2024 at 4:58 PM
I am still obsessing over my liverwort friend
I picked up this branch to admire the beautiful lichen (Lobaria anthrapsis) but was surprised and delighted to notice a leafy liverwort sporophyte and took a picture with my hand lens.
November 25, 2024 at 12:09 AM
I picked up this branch to admire the beautiful lichen (Lobaria anthrapsis) but was surprised and delighted to notice a leafy liverwort sporophyte and took a picture with my hand lens.
Foraging in coastal California today
November 24, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Foraging in coastal California today
The coolest Lobaria
November 24, 2024 at 5:05 AM
The coolest Lobaria
My students learned about fruit types today and I had them get into groups and assigned them two fruits to draw, label, and identify, then present to the class. It was so much fun.
November 21, 2024 at 9:37 PM
My students learned about fruit types today and I had them get into groups and assigned them two fruits to draw, label, and identify, then present to the class. It was so much fun.