Description: "Seems like a normal lichen, smells like a normal lichen, feels like a normal lichen. It moves, though, so that ain't what a normal lichen can do."
SCAN: Lichenized fungus-like species. Colors range from bright yellow to bright green and / or chartreuse. It is shrubby and densely branched, with dimensions ranging from 2 to 7 cm in diameter.
Habitat: "Branches, mostly of older trees - barks that aren't as sturdy anymore. Tend to dangle sometimes out of them."
SCAN: Typically found in drier areas. Abundant on exposed branches, especially near clearings. Tend to grow between the air pockets of barks that start dying. Found at relatively low elevations.
Behavior: "Thought someone was tailing me, but guess they were reacting to me instead. They remind me of some plants I found in Japan, except those reacted to touch. These react to sound, curl inwards and flat out.
It's as if you're scaring a lowlife against a wall, hehehe."
SCAN: Highly tolerant of freezing and low temperatures. Able to reactivate its metabolism after hours of cold storage and resume photosynthesis within minutes of thawing. This species has a very high sound pollution sensitivity, retreating into its thallus as a result.
Uses: "Guess it could be used as a makeshift alarm system if you're attentive enough to watch them react."
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Name: "Pacifier plant"
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Description: "Seems like a normal lichen, smells like a normal lichen, feels like a normal lichen. It moves, though, so that ain't what a normal lichen can do."
SCAN: Lichenized fungus-like species. Colors range from bright yellow to bright green and / or chartreuse. It is shrubby and densely branched, with dimensions ranging from 2 to 7 cm in diameter.
Habitat: "Branches, mostly of older trees - barks that aren't as sturdy anymore. Tend to dangle sometimes out of them."
SCAN: Typically found in drier areas. Abundant on exposed branches, especially near clearings. Tend to grow between the air pockets of barks that start dying. Found at relatively low elevations.
Behavior: "Thought someone was tailing me, but guess they were reacting to me instead. They remind me of some plants I found in Japan, except those reacted to touch. These react to sound, curl inwards and flat out.
It's as if you're scaring a lowlife against a wall, hehehe."
SCAN: Highly tolerant of freezing and low temperatures. Able to reactivate its metabolism after hours of cold storage and resume photosynthesis within minutes of thawing. This species has a very high sound pollution sensitivity, retreating into its thallus as a result.
Uses: "Guess it could be used as a makeshift alarm system if you're attentive enough to watch them react."
Discovered by: Mamoru Hijikata