The Mushroomist

Image of mushroom in rain storm

Every. Thing. Is. Connected.

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Y’all, have you seen a decorated Pholiota (Leucopholiota decorosa)? It’s definitely a sight to be seen! #mushrooms #fungifriends

Compare these to black staining polypores, looking in prime condition too!

Stay til the end to see what this weirdo #slimemold does - it always delights the kids and grosses everyone else out 😆
𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟'𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 (𝘓𝘺𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮)

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A large brown mushroom growing on the side of a tree trunk

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Sometimes it’s hard to believe that bird’s nest fungi are a real thing! #mushrooms #fungifriends

One of the prettiest mushrooms IMO!

I did too. Then I found a chocolate tube slime mold and was blown away. They are cool!

Ahhh, we're both wrong 🤦‍♀️I was apparently asleep when I was writing this 😂. It's Craterellus ignicolor

𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 (𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴)

The veins of the yellowfoot chanterelle. Notice how thick and blunt they are compared to "normal" gills.
𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 (𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴)

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Nice find! It is rare to find oyster mushrooms without the lil bugs

Not so innocent, these mushrooms 😜 . They're actually quite brutal. Good eating, though 😁 -- the #circleoflife, and so it goes

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Yeah, chicken of the woods is parasitic. And saprotrophic. It is infecting the tree. The good news is that it usually takes a long time (its a slow parasitization), so the tree might still live 10-20 years more (and produce the mushroom all that time 🤞). Eventually though the tree will die.

Woah! That chicken of the woods is STUNNING

The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi Kits that help people grow their own golden oyster mushrooms at home may be one reason this nonnative species is now spreading in the wild.

Quote: "It is time to include invasive fungi in the global conversation about invasive species and examine their role as a cause of biodiversity loss."
theconversation.com/the-golden-o...

Ha! Love the volunteer plants!!

Amanita mushroom and slug

Just a wee #slug finding #dinner on a bright yellow Amanita 🥰
𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴

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Could be - would need to see the gills and possibly do a spore print. If the gills have any green or yellow in them, that's it

A golden colored Amanita mushroom with its volva/cup/pod intact at the base from which it has emerged. The stem, also called a stipe, is textured with a velvet-like surface and has a very dark colored spider crawling across.

turning my gaze away from humanity for a spell

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For some reason this particular violet toothed polypore is hosting multiple other organisms - some algae and a mold

With our powers combined ✨

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Ah that is sad!!

Looks like Leucocoprinus birnbaumii - they love to just show up and show off! A sign of healthy soil

Sure looks like that or in the same group with those pinkish pores

A tiny striped mushroom

Found a tiny parachute #mushrooms #fungalsky

Looks like ganoderma species (reishi)

Hey folks! 🍄✨

I'm on a journey to find joy in art again after taking a much needed break. 30 days of shrooms and currently still within my first week!

I'm hoping to find the fun and remind myself why I loved art to begin with. If you're interested in my journey follow along!

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Look like a young ganoderma species

Throw back to last fall when when I had a #fantasticfungi kind of day in the woods of #Vermont. Lobsters and black trumpets!
𝐋𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 (𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮)
𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬 (𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘹)

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#Nature is weird and complicated, that's all there is too it.

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These mushies blend right in! Edible and not bad - not top on the list but palatable if you get them young
𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 (𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘦)

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