Dec 9, 2020
A: cyanobacteria B-D: lichens. These lichens are mimicking the gigantic petioles on the stem of Amorphophallus - one of the world’s largest flowers. This is probably used as camouflage defense from predators. Lichens use mimicry too, ya’ll. #evolution #cryptothecia #amorphophallus #mimicry #lichens #lichenology #mycoblonde For the full story check out Claudel et al. 2019, whose picture is shown https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz014 https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjuhiss2pa/?igshid=1w5jurps9ad31
