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urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2015-12-04 06:45 pm
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Tread marks

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The marks on the surface of this tinder polypore Fomes fomentarius are the slow deliberate strokes of a mollusk's tongue. The mineralized end of a radula--the feeding instrument of snails and slugs--swiped across, scraping material into the gastropod's mouth.

[identity profile] darkest-diary.livejournal.com 2015-12-13 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I love your pictures, they are always so informative!