Biblical Angels But Their True Form Looks Like The Patterns In 90s Arcade Carpets

Willkommlangea reticulata

by Alison Pollack

i didn’t notice while i was taking this photo of some Cortinarius sp. mushrooms, but creeping up their stipes is some plasmodial slime mold !! i wish i had realised and gotten a better shot of it

Mushrooms releasing spores into the wind. Captured by Paul Stamets

This is super interesting and discusses how tilling soils destroys the microbiome of soil, with some micro fauna and microbe populations not even fully recovering in disturbed soils for upwards of 10 years.

That's why the best ways to improve soil is through top dressing with mulch!

Microbiology!

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(via Agar Art — A Cultural Triumph: See A Microbiology Masterpiece In A Petri Dish : NPR)

yep, it’s cultured & arranged bacteria!

phys.org

Predatory bacteria provide hope for chlorine-free drinking water

In a unique study carried out in drinking water pipes in Sweden, researchers from Lund University and the local water company tested what wo

In a unique study carried out in drinking water pipes in Sweden, researchers from Lund University and the local water company tested what would happen if chlorine was omitted from drinking water. The result? An increase in bacteria, of course, but after a while something surprising happened: a harmless predatory bacteria grew in numbers and ate most of the other bacteria. The study suggests that chlorine is not always needed if the filtration is efficient—and that predatory bacteria could perhaps be used to purify water in the future. Just as human intestines contain a rich bacterial flora, many types of bacteria thrive in our drinking water and the pipes that transport them. On the inside of pipe walls is a thin, slippery coating, called a biofilm, which protects and supports bacteria. These bacteria have adapted to life in the presence of chlorine, which otherwise has the primary task to kill bacteria, particularity bacteria that can make humans sick.

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plasmodial slime mold consuming a Trametes fungus by Michael Harz