Dick's not looking too well. Not that looks matter. J.D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford looked like walking corpses for the last third of their lives and yet they just wouldn't die, much to many's chagrin.
"Although Usnea usually grows in tree branches, harvesting it is easy after a strong windstorm, when branches have been blown to the ground. Large amounts of Usnea can be harvested in such cases rather quickly."
ummm...that would be because lots of lichen is correlated with dead branches!
Best climate humor evar
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Laughed out loud
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http://www.expressnightout.com/content/photos/2010-11-17-BlogLog.jpg
http://www.micheloud.com/FXM/so/scans/JDRd.jpg
http://www.echostudiochicago.com/learn/images/gw-carver-ford.jpg
Haha, Morocco Bama, you probably missed the disclaimer at Climate Progress:
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Nice...
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Richey: Natural antibiotic found in local lichen
(there's a familiar looking picture, this might be some good news)
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/010911/liv_767427667.shtml
a commenter added this link
http://www.earthlife.net/lichens/intro.html
Interesting Catman, especially this:
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ummm...that would be because lots of lichen is correlated with dead branches!
Love it, about time, thanks.
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