#lamellae

[3liza]

finally identified the culprit

[mudwerks]

New adhesive surface modeled on a remora works underwater

It was tested for its ability to adhere to the inside of the digestive tract.

Remora adhesive disks are an evolutionary adaptation of the fish’s first dorsal fin, the one that in other species sits on top of the body, just behind the head and gill covers. The disk rests on an intercalary backbone—a bone structure that most likely evolved from parts of the spine. This bony structure supports lamellae, specialized bony plates with tiny backward-facing spikes called spinules. The entire disk is covered with soft tissue compartments that are open at the top. “This makes the remora fish adhere very securely to soft-bodied, fast-moving marine hosts,” Traverso says.

A remora attaches to the host by pressing itself against the skin, which pushes the water out of these compartments, creating a low-pressure zone. Then, the spinules mechanically interlock with the host’s surface, making the whole thing work a bit like a combination of a suction cup and Velcro. When the fish wants to detach from a host, it lifts the disk, letting water back into the compartments to remove the suction. Once released, it can simply swim away.

[bileshroom]

heres an age up of my alien fungus thing !

1-3 years: always underground, the soil around them has a very very strong fungus smell

4-5 years: they start peeking up above the ground, occasionally making small squeaking sounds

6-10 years: half way unearthed, starting to speak in full sentences and eating actual foods, visibly covered in frills

11-14 years: pulls themselves out of the ground (VERY important they do this with no assistance), able to care for themselves partially, frills begin to subside 

15-18: fully able to be on their own, less frills

19+ years: fully grown, able to integrate into the society of the planet theyve been planted on, able to act and care for themselves, covered in small buds that grow into smaller toxic mushrooms, frills only left on the hands and feet

[rrondo]

Lamellae for Georg Jensen. Zaha Hadid Design

[mxopifex]

New D&D character. Lamellae, a variant feral tiefling, who’s a circle of the spores Druid and a bit of a mad scientist.

[mountrainiernps]

Landscape Language

Lamella (n) – a gill of a mushroom, plural: lamellae

More commonly called the “gills” of a mushroom, lamellae are layered or rib-like structures underneath a mushroom’s cap. They hold and release the mushrooms spores used in reproduction and are a key tool in identifying mushroom species. What gilled mushrooms have you photographed in Mount Rainier’s forests?

NPS photo, 6/13/2014. Description: A series of gilled mushrooms stacked upon each other growing up the trunk of a tree. ~kl

[lampfacedstudios]

one more sketchdump of compiled note doodles before Logan and I head off to the no-wi-fi, no-cell-service family cabin tomorrow. not the last of my note doodles but for the next week I won’t be able to compile or post what’s elft.

various misc. note doodles that don’t have to do with one thing or another in particular. some of these are recurring characters/creatures of mine, some are just doodled designs that happened because I was bored. 

[rocksncrystals-blog]

386 Nuummite from Nuuk, Greenland

weight 28g/140cts & dimensions 27x20x18mm

Nuummite is a rare metamorphic rock, consisting of the minerals Gedrite and Anthophyllite, which form lamellae that give the rock its typical iridescence. Usually black in colour and opaque, Nuummite is named after the area of Nuuk in Greenland, where it was found.