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California Scientist Names Fungus After President Obama

Written by News One on April 17, 2009 4:07 pm

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Caloplaca Obamae, lichen named after President Obama

From LATimes.com:

You could say Kerry Knudsen took a lichen to our new president.

Knudsen, a curator of the plant-like combination of fungi and algae at the UC Riverside Herbarium, named a new species of tough, orange-colored lichen, Caloplaca obamae, after Barack Obama.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_VanityBonet_/ _VanityBonet_

    that must be wacist huh ?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JenBen12/ JenBen12

    haha only at UCR.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GotThatThump/ GotThatThump

    Umm is that like a back handed compliment or what? I would be hella perplexed by this had I been President Obama.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sistabigboness/ sistabigboness

    i just can’t take it… i really can’t…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Blue_AKA_LisaJsawoo/ Blue_AKA_LisaJsawoo

    isn’t this….lame

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    Maybe she thought the president likes to get down and “fungy” *crackin up*

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SWANKness/ SWANKness

    first a school, now fungi! i dont see anything wrong with it, somebody just tryin to pay tribute to our Pres. and us California people are weird anyway lol, some people named their dogs after Mr. Obama so we shouldnt get so mad.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Scrappy4U2/ Scrappy4U2

    no this is not lame… omg…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Girth757/ Girth757

    Pres. Obama is a fungi. Im sure he will enjoy this. LOL {{wonk wonk wonk}}

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cedric09/ cedric09

    this guy has s**t for brains … i hope the fungy kill him off.. s**t head .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/handsomebro18/ handsomebro18

    I am not understanding the coorelation. Is it because he is tough like the fungi?? lol, Anyway, no big deal, this is not a big deal in the scope of things, iono, like world issues!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoDelicious09/ SoDelicious09

    okay….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tarheel49/ tarheel49

    I guess people are going to say this is racist.. Just like the Old Navy commercial… Grow up, people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nuk_Pu_Nuk/ Nuk_Pu_Nuk

    Custard’s last stand.. pity them.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mdlady1/ mdlady1

    just another low blow threw up n the air towards our president.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lahdeia/ Lahdeia

    What in the hell? I am so tired of all this negativity about my president. Now give the man sometime. It took eight years for thing to get this way and it will get worse before it gets better. you can’t knock the new president for trying to fix the shYt the last one left.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gloryous4U/ Gloryous4U

    Republicans GET OVER IT. What did you name after BUSH ?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PurpleFlames/ PurpleFlames

    Um, people. I think meant that as a compliment for the Obama.

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