Mycology - Blog Posts
Kinda looks a bit like a mushroom ghost maybe...?
Small little teeny tiny mushroom
Ahh hell yeahhh I've been looking for green elfcups for ages and finally found some!!
Rotting tree covered in mushrooms, Smoky Mountain National Park (2023)
More from the logs in my back yard (2022)
Mushroom growth on live tree (2023)
Could you pls do a FOTD for smooth cage fungus if you haven't already? I think they look pretty interesting :]
FOTD #076 : smooth cage fungus! (ileodictyon gracile)
the smooth cage fungus is a saprotrophic fungus in the family phallaceae. it is native to australia, but has also been found in china, japan, india, south korea, england, italy, portugal & spain.
the big question : can i bite it?? the edibility is unconfirmed - but the putrid smell will steer you away !!
i. gracile description :
"the smooth cage fungus's basidiocarps (fruit bodies), are shaped like a ball with interlaced or latticed branches. it is a whitish, mesh ball."
[images : source & source] [fungus description : source]
"thank you for the request !! i could've sworn i did the white basket (a very similar fungus) a while ago,, but apparently i didn't? or maybe the tumblr search is broken, lol. who knows !!"
Hey y’all here’s something I drew for my queer studies class last semester 🏳️⚧️
I wasn’t able to put too much time into it but I’m pretty proud of how it turned out, especially the mycelium rib cage 🩻🍄🟫
Happy pride! 💚
false chanterelle (hygrophoropsis aurantica)
beautiful little blewit (collybia nuda) from this weekend
bird's nest fungi (Crucibulum laeve)! these guys have a very unique method of spore dispersal - when a raindrop falls in the cup, it sends the spore-filled "eggs" flying
earth tongues (genus Geoglossum) plus a little waxcap
Awesome day trip to the "WOODS"! Anyone know what this is?
Recent rains encouraged this beautiful cap to grow and spread! Any ideas? It is believed this edible mushroom is a coprinus sterquilinus which white upon emergence but this speciman has another fungus turning it black.
We have had almost 17 " in 3 weeks. Lots of fungi out and about. Not our normal.
Proud of how this design turned out, iykyk 💜🍄
I feel my gender/sex is the same way that fungus have 36.000 diferent tipes
Time for the grand reveal the poisonous mushroom was...
Mushroom A!
Yet again, the people of Tumblr have had a surprising amount of common sense. Just you wait though, I'll get ya'll next time.
Mushroom A: Blushing wood mushroom
Mushroom B: Prince mushroom (edible)
Pick a mushroom to eat!
Time for my favorite game, guess the mushroom that won't kill you! The People™️ did so well on my last one in fact that I've made it harder this time :D
Enjoy!
Mushroom fact of the week!
Termitomyces fungus forms symbiotic relationships with termites. The termites bring the fungi plant material to decompose and build it "fungal combs" to grow in. In exchange the fungi provides nutrient rich spherules for the termites to eat.
