Miranda Jans

Miranda Jans

@mmejans.bsky.social

I like all things fungi, lichen, and slime mold; and would like to learn more about them. Also bugs! Currently live in Hawaii. All photos are mine, unless otherwise stated.

1,440 Followers 1,018 Following 539 Posts Joined Sep 2023
1 day ago

Jaws music intensifying :)

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1 day ago

It is soooo beautiful!

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2 days ago
Fan shaped orange mushroom attached to a tree branch with a short orange stipe

Pycnoporus sanguineus on a tree branch #fungifriends

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4 days ago
Light green and yellow/orange liken inhabiting a triangle in a bush.

#DailyLichen
& #DailyReminder that
:
Mutually beneficial relationships
create worlds.

Divides
only hold us back.
:
#LICHEN
A colony of algae or cyanobacteria living in a mutually beneficial relationship with multiple fungus species & along other bacteria.
#fungifriends #OurFuture #strongertogether

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5 days ago
A close up of a brown cane spider on a white puppy pad with its eyes glowing due to camera flash

Yes, I’m here for my hugs #invertebrates #arachnid

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1 week ago

Thank you! I went for a fungal theme 🍄

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1 week ago

Likely a false parasol (not edible), looks very similar!

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1 week ago
A hand touching a large tan mushroom cap growing in grass

Reach out and touch #fungifriends

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1 week ago
A yellow slime mold (fuligo septica) plasmodium on a cut tree log

Small blob #slimemold

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1 week ago
The front of the Open Book store in the Minneapolis-St Paul airport.

Going through MSP on the way home, and if you happen to wander through here in the next few days, there are now a bunch of signed Scalzi books in the Open Book store.

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2 weeks ago
6 bad doodles with text under each one.
horseshoe crab is literally the animal horseshoe crab.
shoehorse crab is a crab riding a shoe, cowboy style.
crabshoe horse is a horse wearing literal crabs as shoes.
shoecrab horse is a horse telling a crab to go away.
crabhorse shoe is a pair of shoes, left one crab shaped, right one horse shaped.
horsecrab shoe is literally the same pair of shoes, flipped.

#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request

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1 week ago
Wall painting of a gray centipede on a bike on a red-orange-yellow background

Love the art in Tucson #invertebrate

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2 weeks ago

Someone here recommended I touch them, and the texture is great too! Sensory delight 😂

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2 weeks ago

That’s amazing!!

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2 weeks ago
A fan-shaped shelf fungus with tan, red-brown, and grey stripes, growing on a mossy stump

Love the colors and texture of this bracket mushroom #fungifriends

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2 weeks ago
Decaying wood with a small cluster of bright white translucent slime mold shaped like coral or little tubes

It’s finally Friday evening! Here is a shiny slime mold (Ceratiomyxa) #slimemold

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3 weeks ago
A grey-green fruticose lichen growing on a brown tree branch

Some pretty lichen found along Kaunala trail #fungifriends

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3 weeks ago
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Lapel Pin: ʻAlalā ʻAlalā, Hawaiian crows, are unique treasures of our Hawaiian forests. ʻAlalā are native to Hawaiʻi and found nowhere else on earth. They are considered extinct in the wild, with the exception of sever...

ʻAlalā, Hawaiian crows, are unique treasures of our Hawaiian forests, native to Hawaiʻi & found nowhere else on earth. They are considered extinct in the wild, with the exception of several birds recently released as part of conservation efforts to restore this species to Hawaiian forests. 🪶 #alala

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3 weeks ago
A watercolor painting depicting forest floor full of layered leaves and mushrooms. A butterfly, Eastern Comma emerging from them along with early spring ephemerals. Enjoy! 😊

Forest floor full of layered leaves.. .
Eastern Comma emerging . .
Along with early spring ephemerals. .
Life thrives together. .
In harmony. .
In interdependence. .
Watercolor in progress ©️Heeyoung Kim 2026

#botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #natureart

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1 month ago
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uploaded 20 new sticker designs to the shop
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3 weeks ago

Dankjewel, Peggy! Jij ook een geweldig weekend 👋

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3 weeks ago

Thank you very much, Daan!!

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3 weeks ago
Two gulf fritillary butterflies mating on green uluhe ferns

Happy Valentine’s Day! #invertebrate

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3 weeks ago
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Pffffft klaar! De Elzenweerschijnzwam / Mensularia radiata, wat een hoop details om te tekenen deze, en druppels, poriën en veel zachte overgangen. Ik stelde het ook steeds uit 😁 maar nu er niet zoveel soorten meer op mijn lijstje staan, heb ik de moed verzameld om deze te tekenen.

#FungiFriends

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3 weeks ago

Beautiful colors!

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3 weeks ago

They are some of my favorite 😍

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3 weeks ago
A white rumped Shama thrush perched on a branch singing, with AAA edited on the photo

Today’s mood #birdsky

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1 month ago

The fall forest hikes in North Carolina were a highlight of last year! Such lovely mushrooms

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1 month ago
A cluster of fan shaped shelf mushrooms with tan, blue-gray, orange, and brown stripes, growing on a log

Some more turkey tails from my fall trip to NC #fungifriends

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1 month ago
This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes.
These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals.
Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests.  Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!

Bees 🐝

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