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[mycoblogg]

FOTD #040 : fairy fingers! (clavaria fragilis)

fairy fingers (also called white worm coral & white spindle) is a saprotrophic fungus in the family clavariaceae. it is usually found across the northern hemisphere, but has also been found in australia & south africa :-)

the big question : can i bite it?? yeah !! though it is nonpoisonous, it is too fragile to be of substantial worth in cooking, but it is edible nonetheless.

c. fragilis description :

"the fruit bodies of c. fragilis are irregularly tubular, smooth to furrowed, sometimes compressed, very fragile, white, up to 15 cm (6 in) tall by 5 mm (0.2 in) thick, & typically grow in dense clusters. the tip of the fruit body tapers to a point, & may yellow & curve with age. there is no distinct stalk, although it is evident as a short, semitransparent zone of tissue at the base of the club. microscopically, the hyphae of the flesh are swollen up to 12 µm wide & lack clamp connections. the spores are smooth, colourless, ellipsoid to oblong, measuring 5–7 by 3–4 µm. the spores are white in deposit. the basidia (spore bearing cells) measure 40–50 by 6–8 µm, & lack clamps at their bases."

[images : source & source] [fungus description : source]

"i love these guys teehee<3 they're so ethereal."

[spindle-and-nima]

Top 10 noses that should be kissed

[xbomboi]

apple: briar, remember when we first became best friends?

briar: only when i’m thinking about where my life went wrong.

[yarapara]

Since it's still pride month I decided to share more SneeuwRoosje art! Sleeping beauty's outfit is based from how she looks in the Efteling fairytale forest I wanted to give Snowwhite a different outfit based on a certain book ;)

[viciousewe]

It’s always morally correct to call out of work to spin wool.

[hmvw2015]

He was kinda hard to draw, ngl.

[milkweedman]

Filled up this spindle with those rolags made from shetland combing waste, and just finished 2 plying it (not blocked yet though).

I really love the texture of it but unfortunately the majority of the garlic roots fell out during plying (and getting them to stay in during spinning was only sometimes successful). So I don't know if I'll bother putting them in the next batch of rolags, even though I do love the effect. Spinning and garlic roots do not seem to want to go together :( I might end up using the rest of them as core material for a very small basket.

[around-your-throat]

patruick :^)

[mischief-tea]

First chain-ply! OMG it feels SO soft and yet firm - I am very confident in the integrity of this yarn.

[poisonandpages]

She smiled, and it was as if the sun shone into that dim room. "The little people will stop where they are, now. I do not like them. And you, girl. You will sleep too."

"No," said the Queen.

Books Read or Re-read in 2023;

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

[pigeon-feet]

all the yarn i’ve made so far, chronological from left to right

[marystaceylala]

[spindle-and-nima]

Sea slugging on a sunday

[brarb-does-stuff]

I got hand cards and 20 grams of floof in white and blue today, so I tried to mix a gradient (without measuring anything, just by feel). Trying to go a bit thinner than my previous woolen spun yarn to get a few more meters out of it.

[rachelsfindings]

Deck Roof Extensions Deck - mid-sized coastal backyard deck idea with a roof extension

[daichisamas-icons]

Backyard (DC Metro)