#Parrot waxcaps

[fungitopia]

Beautiful Parrot waxcaps today!

[dandelionskiiies]

parrot waxcaps

What is a parrot waxcap?

a parrot waxcap is a unique type of fungi! They have a lovely green and yellow color, and are usually quite small. Sometimes they can ve found in blue or purple colours!

They usually appear in summer and autumn on roadside verges, in cropped grassland and in churchyards

they are usually considered edible (but don’t have a very good taste).

[floragender]

[ID: A flag with 6 bumpy stripes on a murky green background. The stripes from top to bottom are muted green, muted yellow, pale green, mint, green, dark green. In the center of the flag is a parrot waxcap mushroom.]

☆ gliophorean (gleeo-for-ee-an) :

a gender related to parrot waxcap mushrooms!

name derived from "gliophorus psittacinus" – the fungus' scientific name –, and the suffix "-ean".

some neopronouns for this gender may include fungi/fungis, myco/mycos, ver/vers, among others!

remember: you can use any pronoun(s) regardless of your gender! (o^_^)o

> 🐾 check pinned post for requests!

[DNI: Fatphobes, queerphobes, racists, ableists, anti-mogai, anti-endo, transmeds/truscums, terfs/swerfs/tehms, invalidate any mspec identity (including mspec lesbians/gays/straights), antisemites, proshippers/anti-antis.]

[orofeaiel]

Colorful Waxcaps - Observed 12/16/23 in Olympia, WA

[mycoblogg]

FOTD #065 : parrot waxcap! (gliophorus psittacinus)

the parrot waxcap / parrot toadstool is a mycorrhizal fungus in the family hygrophoraceae. it is widely distributed in the grasslands of western europe, the UK, iceland, greenland, the americas, south africa & japan.

the big question: can i bite it?? it is edible & has a mild taste !!

g. psittacinus description :

"the parrot toadstool is a small mushroom, with a convex to umbonate cap up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in diameter, which is green when young & later yellowish or even pinkish tinged. the stipe, measuring 2–8 cm (0.8–3.1 in) in length and 3–5 mm in width, is green to greenish yellow. the broad adnate gills are greenish with yellow edges and spore print white. the green colouring persists at the stem apex even in old specimens."

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

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[colorsoutofearth]

Parrot waxcap fungus (Gliophorus psittacinus)

Photo by Guy Edwardes

[theoldbone]

Parrot Waxcap, from https://foragevine.com/parrot-waxcap-mushrooms/

[devilbabykisses]

So beautiful woweee!!!

[dougdimmadodo]

Fast Fauna Facts #2 - Parrot Waxcap (Gliophorus psittacinus)

Family: Waxcap Family (Hygrophoraceae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Unassessed

Young mushrooms of this species have yellow stems and bright green, slime-covered caps, although as they mature the caps typically become pale yellow or orangey-red in colour and dry out somewhat (although most remain somewhat slimy even when mature.) Common in both woodlands and grasslands across much of Eurasia and also occasionally spotted in Australia, the subterranean main body of this fungus is believed to gain nutrients by connecting its hyphae to the roots of nearby plants and exchanging hard-to-absorb soil nutrients for photosynthetically produced sugars in a mutualistic partnership, although exactly which species of plants Parrot Waxcaps partner with is currently unknown. The mushrooms of this species are theoretically safe for human consumption, although a combination of their slimy texture, small size and bland taste means that they're rarely actually eaten.

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[aesteasis]

ur profile is so green

i think is missing some ooze though

-@tripleaslimecicle

you are absolutely correct, forgive me for my sins. may i offer you this picture of a mushroom that i believe you'd enjoy

[rustandsky]

Bloom

[ethanngenloss]

Ethan has mentally assigned each cast member a plant but he doesn't know how he knows some of the plants

[aminifanartist]

I made some little toadstool people,

The parrot wax cap girl is made of glow-in-the-dark clay but it didn't really show up in the photos,

[lalexxiaart]

Green Mushrooms 🍄 💚

[mycoblogg]

I love the look of mushrooms and I was wondering your favourite ones based on looks

this is such a good ask !! i'll be limiting myself to three, otherwise we'll be here all day-

wrinkled peach (FOTD coming soon<3) // rhodotus.

pixie's parasol (FOTD coming in, like, two days !!) // mycena interrupta.

parrot waxcap (FOTD.. sometime..) // hygrocybe psittacina.