Add first posts for plants and fungi
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src/main.rs
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Template::render("fungi", &context)
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}
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#[get("/fungi/grow-together")]
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fn fungi_grow_together() -> Template {
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let context = FlashContext {
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flash_name: None,
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flash_msg: None,
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};
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Template::render("fungi/grow_together", &context)
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}
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#[get("/fungi/lichen-space")]
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fn fungi_lichen_space() -> Template {
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let context = FlashContext {
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flash_name: None,
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flash_msg: None,
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};
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Template::render("fungi/lichen_space", &context)
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}
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#[get("/")]
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fn home() -> Template {
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let context = FlashContext {
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Template::render("plants", &context)
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}
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#[get("/plants/potato-tech")]
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fn plants_potato_tech() -> Template {
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let context = FlashContext {
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flash_name: None,
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flash_msg: None,
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};
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Template::render("plants/potato_tech", &context)
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}
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#[get("/meditation")]
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fn meditation() -> Template {
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let context = FlashContext {
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Template::render("meditation", &context)
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}
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#[get("/movement")]
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fn movement() -> Template {
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#[get("/support")]
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fn support() -> Template {
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let context = FlashContext {
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flash_name: None,
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flash_msg: None,
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};
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Template::render("movement", &context)
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Template::render("support", &context)
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}
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#[get("/travel")]
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.mount(
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"/",
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routes![
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files, art, background, bacteria, computers, fungi, home, lists, plants,
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meditation, movement, travel
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files,
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art,
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background,
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bacteria,
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computers,
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fungi,
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fungi_grow_together,
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fungi_lichen_space,
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home,
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lists,
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plants,
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plants_potato_tech,
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meditation,
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travel,
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support
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],
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)
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.register(catchers![not_found])
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{% block content %}
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<h2>Art</h2>
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<div class="flex-grid">
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of an aloe plant in black ink on white paper" src="art/aloe.jpg" title="Aloe plant" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of an American kestrel in black ink on white paper" src="art/kestrel.jpg" title="American kestrel" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a black oval surrounded by two rings of glyphs in black ink on white paper" src="art/obsidian_artifact.jpg" title="Obsidian Artifact" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of an aloe plant" src="art/aloe.jpg" title="Aloe plant" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of an American kestrel" src="art/kestrel.jpg" title="American kestrel" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a black oval surrounded by two rings of glyphs" src="art/obsidian_artifact.jpg" title="Obsidian Artifact" />
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</div>
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<div class="flex-grid">
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<img class="col" alt="Stylised line drawing of a mountain with a teardrop-shaped symbol above it, with mountains and clouds in the background, in black ink on white paper" src="art/mystic_mountain.jpg" title="Mystic Mountain" />
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<img class="col" src="art/cordyceps_ant.jpg" title="Ophiocordyceps unilateralis on ant host" />
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<img class="col" src="art/halo.svg" title="Halo" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a mountain with a teardrop-shaped symbol above it, with mountains and clouds in the background" src="art/mystic_mountain.jpg" title="Mystic Mountain" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of an ant with a long, antenna-like mushroom growing from its thorax" src="art/cordyceps_ant.jpg" title="Ophiocordyceps unilateralis on ant host" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a meditating figure with haloes of glyphs surrounding them" src="art/halo.svg" title="Halo" />
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</div>
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<div class="flex-grid">
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<img class="col" src="art/death_is_not_the_end.jpg" title="Death is not the End" />
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<img class="col" src="art/ring_monk.jpg" title="Ring" />
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<img class="col" src="art/shakuhachi.jpg" title="Mindless" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a humyn skull with mushrooms growing from it and text beneath reading 'Death is not the End'" src="art/death_is_not_the_end.jpg" title="Death is not the End" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a monk ringing a bell" src="art/ring_monk.jpg" title="Ring" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a man playing shakuhachi" src="art/shakuhachi.jpg" title="Mindless" />
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</div>
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<div class="flex-grid">
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<img class="col" src="art/pitcher_plant.jpg" title="Bait" />
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<img class="col" src="art/birch_polypore.jpg" title="Freeze" />
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<img class="col" src="art/wasp.jpg" title="Build" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a pitcher plant" src="art/pitcher_plant.jpg" title="Bait" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a birch polypore mushroom with icicles growing from a birch tree" src="art/birch_polypore.jpg" title="Freeze" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a paper wasp on a small nest" src="art/wasp.jpg" title="Build" />
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</div>
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<div class="flex-grid">
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<img class="col" src="art/enchanted_gano.jpg" title="Enchanted" />
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<img class="col" src="art/physalis.jpg" title="Frail" />
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<img class="col" src="art/hyphal_fusion.svg" title="Hyphal Fusion" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a young man standing next to a tree with mushrooms growing on it" src="art/enchanted_gano.jpg" title="Enchanted" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a physalis fruit" src="art/physalis.jpg" title="Frail" />
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<img class="col" alt="Line drawing of a humyn hand reaching out to touch a mycelial network" src="art/hyphal_fusion.svg" title="Hyphal Fusion" />
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</div>
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<hr>
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{%- endblock %}
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a:focus {
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.nav-item:hover a {
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.nav-item a {
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{% extends "nav" %}
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{% block content %}
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<h2>Fungi</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="/fungi/lichen-space">Lichens in Space</a> - <i>28 May, 2020</i></li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="/fungi/grow-together">Grow Together</a> - <i>29 March, 2018</i></li>
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</ul>
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{%- endblock %}
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{% extends "nav" %}
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{% block content %}
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<h2>Grow Together</h2>
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<i>29 March, 2018</i>
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<p>Yesterday, while pulling out dead lettuce stalks that had bolted, produced seed and died, I found a large mushroom attached to the roots of one of the plants (then another, and another)! I’m now less certain of my classification of the mushroom in the previous photo as a member of the Astraeus genus. I’ll have to do some investigating. If anyone here recognizes it, please let me know!</p>
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<p>This is one of the neatest examples of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis I’ve seen with my own eyes. You can see the dense white mycelium covering some regions of the root system. The mycelium forms a sheath around the root-tips and assists the plant by channeling water and minerals directly to it. The plant (usually) pays the fungus back with sugars and / or lipids (the transfer of lipids from plant to mycelium is a very recent finding).</p>
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<p>It seems the onset of rains and cooler weather, along with - potentially - the death of the plant, have prompted the networks of this species to produce mushrooms. All of the ones I have found so far have been growing in association with lettuce. Let’s practice the mycorrhizal way and nurture interdependence!</p>
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<p>So much love for the House of Wu Wei and all the myriad creatures who live here!</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="/fungi/earthstar.jpeg" style="width: 100%;" />
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<figcaption>You look interesting! I wonder what’s going on…</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="/fungi/earthstar_roots.jpeg" style="width: 100%;" />
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<figcaption>Inter-species companionship</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="/fungi/earthstar_mycelium.jpeg" style="width: 100%;" />
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<figcaption>Makes me wonder how long these species have been dancing one another into being</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<hr>
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{%- endblock %}
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{% extends "nav" %}
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{% block content %}
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<h2>Lichens in Space</h2>
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<i>28 May, 2020</i>
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<figure>
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<img src="/fungi/xanthoria_fun_dye.jpeg" style="width: 100%;" />
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<figcaption>Xanthoria elegans lichen in cross-section, stained with FUN-1 dye</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>So I think many of us have a basic understanding of what a lichen is: a symbiotic mutualism between a fungus and algae / cyanobacteria. The fungus provides a cosy home for the algae, along with water, nutrients and anchorage; while the algae photosynthesises and provides the fungus with carbohydrates. As Trevor Goward puts it: “Lichens are fungi that have discovered agriculture”. Put another way, lichen are fungi with solar panels. But I’ve only recently learned that the situation is far more complex than this simple 1:1 rendering of fungus and algae.</p>
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<blockquote cite="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen#Miniature_ecosystem_and_holobiont_theory">
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<p>Symbiosis in lichens is so well-balanced that lichens have been considered to be relatively self-contained miniature ecosystems in and of themselves. It is thought that lichens may be even more complex symbiotic systems that include non-photosynthetic bacterial communities performing other functions as partners in a holobiont.</p>
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<footer>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen#Miniature_ecosystem_and_holobiont_theory"><cite>Lichen Wikipedia page</cite></a></footer>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Holobiont - now that’s a rad word.</p>
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<blockquote cite="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holobiont">
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<p>A holobiont is an assemblage of a host and the many other species living in or around it, which together form a discrete ecological unit. The concept of the holobiont was defined by Dr. Lynn Margulis in her 1991 book Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation. Holobionts include the host, virome, microbiome, and other members, all of which contribute in some way to the function of the whole. Well-studied holobionts include reef-building corals and humans.</p>
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<footer>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holobiont"><cite>Holobiont Wikipedia page</cite></a></footer>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Another rather famous character in the lichen holobiont is the tardigrade! I wonder what it would be like to experience the lichen holobiont as a tardigrade - some sort of wondrous forested village perhaps? Maybe more like a landscape of networked villages, with all sorts of nanobiomes in between?</p>
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<p>Anywho, I digress. While listening to an episode of the In Defense of Plants podcast yesterday, specifically Ep. 80 - Lichens and Their Conservation, I learned that one species of lichen has been shown to be capable of surviving exposure to space and a simulated Martian atmosphere!</p>
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<p>The lichen Xanthoria elegans (which we can now think of as a holobiont and not a simple two-partner symbiosis) was exposed to space conditions for 18 months during a series of experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). This included exposure to vacuum, extreme cold, solar radiation and cosmic radiation. This was the first long-term exposure of eukaryotic organisms to space conditions in LEO, as well as a simulated Martian environment.</p>
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<p>Upon returning to Earth, the samples were tested for viability: “the lichen photobiont showed an average viability rate of 71%, whereas the even more resistant lichen mycobiont showed a rate of 84%”. They were still alive and capable of growth! The Martian experiment showed even livelier results:</p>
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<blockquote cite="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a8f6/a68e6db11f7b2bed133f434be742e1d4d390.pdf">
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<p>The X. elegans samples exposed on the ISS in Mars-analogue conditions showed slightly higher viability and clearly higher photosynthetic activity compared with the space vacuum-exposed samples.</p>
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<footer>- <cite>Brandt et al. (2015)</cite></footer>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Pretty astounding! The paper discusses these findings in light of the panspermian hypothesis:</p>
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<blockquote cite="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a8f6/a68e6db11f7b2bed133f434be742e1d4d390.pdf">
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<p>The Lithopanspermia hypothesis is […] based on a proposal by Thomson (1871), suggesting that life could survive interplanetary travel. Though the 1.5 year mission duration is much shorter than the estimated length of a hypothetical interplanetary transfer e.g. 2.6 Myr for some Mars meteorites (Clark 2001), the results presented indicate that X. elegans might be able to survive a longer duration in space or might be a promising test subject for a Directed Lithopanspermia as proposed by Crick & Orgel (1973)</p>
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<footer>- <cite>Brandt et al. (2015)</cite></footer>
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<p>So cool. Humyns have long dreamed of space colonies and interstellar journeys. Perhaps these dreams are genetic memories as much as simulated futures. Perhaps we have already surfed solar winds in peer-to-peer assemblages, crossing galaxies in holobiontic parties; expectant, hopeful, that Life might grow yet further.</p>
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<p>Here's a link to the full paper:</p>
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<p><a href="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a8f6/a68e6db11f7b2bed133f434be742e1d4d390.pdf">Viability of the lichen Xanthoria elegans and its symbionts after 18 months of space exposure and simulated Mars conditions on the ISS - Brandt et al. (2015)</a></p>
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<h2>Contact Information</h2>
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<li class="list-item">Email: <a href="mailto:gnomad@cryptolab.net">gnomad@cryptolab.net</a></li>
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<li class="list-item">Email: <a href="mailto:glyph@mycelial.technology">glyph@mycelial.technology</a></li>
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<li class="list-item">Merveilles: <a href="https://merveilles.town/@glyph" title="@glyph@merveilles.town">@glyph</a></li>
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<li class="list-item" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Scuttlebutt: @HEqy940T6uB+T+d9Jaa58aNfRzLx9eRWqkZljBmnkmk=.ed25519</li>
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<li><i>A Closed and Common Orbit</i> - Becky Chambers</li>
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<li><i>The Mushroom at the End of the World</i> - Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing</li>
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<h3>Graphic Novels</h3>
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<p>Currently Reading</p>
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<li><i>Deadly Class</i> - Rick Remender, Lee Loughridge and Wes Craig</li>
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<li><i>Saga</i> - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples</li>
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<p>Wishlist</p>
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<li><i>Trees</i> - Jason Howard and Warren Ellis</li>
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<li><i>Paper Girls</i> - Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang and Matt Wilson</li>
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<li><i>East of West</i> - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta</li>
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<li><i>Descender</i> - Dustin Nguyen and Jeff Lemire</li>
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<h3>Newsletters</h3>
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<p>Currently Reading</p>
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<li class="nav-item"><a href="/lists">lists</a></li>
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<li class="nav-item"><a href="/plants">plants</a></li>
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<li class="nav-item"><a href="/meditation">meditation</a></li>
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<li class="nav-item"><a href="/movement">movement</a></li>
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<li class="nav-item"><a href="/support">support</a></li>
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<li class="nav-item"><a href="/travel">travel</a></li>
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{% extends "nav" %}
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{% block content %}
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<h2>Plants</h2>
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<li><a href="/plants/potato-tech">Potato Tech</a> - <i>31 December, 2017</i></li>
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<h2>Potato Tech</h2>
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<i>31 December, 2017</i>
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<p>I shared lunch with some permaculture friends on Christmas day and they gifted me some of their seed potatoes. Today I planted them. Having seen how the plants thrived in my friend’s garden, and having learning more about potato diversity while I was in Peru, I’m excited to experience my first attempt growing them. As I do so, I extend the line of humyns who have woven relationships with this plant over thousands and thousands of years; an honour and a privilege.</p>
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<p>Seeing the potatoes like this is freakin rad! I got to appreciate the potato plant as an energy capture and storage technology: harness solar energy, grow a battery, redeploy solar panels from that battery months later. Beautiful.</p>
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<img src="/plants/potato_battery.jpeg" style="width: 100%;" />
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<figcaption>Warning: battery is reaching critical levels</figcaption>
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<img src="/plants/potato_sprout.jpeg" style="width: 100%;" />
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<figcaption>The courageous potato perseveres in search of the light</figcaption>
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<h2>Support</h2>
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<p>If you'd like to support my creative endeavours, please consider contributing in one of the following ways:</p>
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<li>Ethereum: 0x708f841c7c0f7B7648cb83e7885feA00b59A675e</li>
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<li>Donate to the <a href="https://opencollective.com/peachcloud" title="PeachCloud OpenCollective">PeachCloud OpenCollective</a></li>
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<li>Purchase a <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/harmonic-mycology" title="Harmonic Mycology Teespring">Harmonic Mycology t-shirt</a></li>
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<h2>Supporting</h2>
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<p>These are the projects and friends I currently contribute to:</p>
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<li>@cel - $5 per month for Scuttlebutt development</li>
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<li>@SoapDog - $5 per month for PatchFox development</li>
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<li>Joey Santore - $5 per month for Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't</li>
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