#fruitbody

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"Fruitbodies?" What is that, some kinda gay alphabet-people word?

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FOTD #083 : viscid black earth tongue! (glutinoglossum glutinosum)

the viscid black earth tongue (or glutinous earthtongue) is a saprophytic fungus in the family geoglossaceae. it often grows among moss or in grassy areas :-) it is quite common in the northern hemisphere !!

the big question : can i bite it?? sure - it's edible, but considered "not worth eating". it has been said to be delicious when stewed<3

g. glutinosum description :

"the smooth, nearly black, club-shaped fruitbodies grow to heights ranging from 1.5 to 5 cm (0.6 to 2.0 in). the head is up to 0.7 cm (0.3 in) long, & the stipes are sticky."

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Cap shapes and gill attachment

This post shows the varieties of cap shapes and gill attachments of the "typical" mushroom with gills.

With the "typical" mushroom I mean fruitbodies of fungi that have caps and are not morel or saddle mushrooms.

While most of these "typical" mushrooms have gills, a lot can also have pores or teeth under the cap, but these are mostly just called pores and teeth, and are not distinguished by gill attachment, because well...they are not gills.

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Cap (pileus) shapes

Gill (lamella) attachment

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I just realised that in posts I just throw around the names of cap shapes and gill attachments without actually explaining what it looks like so that is why I made this post.

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Daldinia concentrica

Commonly referred to as King Alfred's cake, cramp balls, and coal fungus.

The reasons for these names are as follows:

Due to their burnt appearance their common name King Alfreds cake is a reference to the Anglo-Saxon king of England in the 9th century. There is a myth that after being given shelter by a peasant woman Alfred was reputed to have inadvertently allowed her cakes to burn, having promised that he would watch them cooking in return for the shelter.

People used to believe that carrying the fruiting body of one of these mushrooms would cure having cramp, hence the name cramp balls.

The fruiting body is also said to resemble a lump of coal due to its colour and size. The fungi can also be used as tinder for lighting fires, and may have been used as far back as the stoneage!

Daldinia concentrica are common in Europe, North America and Australia but they can be found all over the earth in temperate climates. They are found on dead or decaying wood, most often on ash and beech trees.

The fungi is a member of the Daldinia genus this means that inside the fruitbody there are concentric silver/grey and black layers, like tree rings these layers are related to seasonal growth. Many insects and small animals make their homes in the fungus.

Growing members of this species are a pinkish brown, turning black once they are fully grown. 

Some examples of young Daldinia concentrica:

Examples of the rings:

This fungus is inedible.

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Submissions closed, voting opened!

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to submit their work for this 2023 edition of the City Dionysia. The link to vote is at the end of this post. You have until April 11th 11:59pm PST to submit your vote. The winners will be announced on April 12th. Poetry

To the Naiades by @starofmithras

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I saw your tags on the mycology tumblr post - I challenge you to scare me with a mushroom fact. I’ve harvested and eaten wild mushrooms a few times, I’ve got my share of guidebooks and worked on research my university did on suede boletes. I’m no spring chicken of the woods but i’m also far from an expert. Scare me with the Deep Mushroom Lore

Woaaaah this got a bit lost and im a bit late, yikes! Anyway it looks like you were focusing on the Basidiomycota phylum which is where a lot of the frontliners and popular ones are. But let's look at the Ascomycota, lots of scary stuff there, lord there's so much but baseline ig is cordyceps which everyone knows about now. They can alter and control insects, a big example is bullet ant behavior to makes them climb as high as they can and bite onto the grass or whatnot to secure themselves until the host dies. They go as high as possible so when the cordycep actually grows the fruitbody the spores can spread as far as possible. Luckily for us human nervous systems are way too complex for the cordyceps....for now.

I mean any parasite that controls it's host is crazy and I 10000% recommend looking into it.

There's another fungus Laboulbeniomycetes that grows exclusively on arthropod exoskeleton.

A lot of fungal diseases make me shudder, there are probably fungal spores in your lungs right now! Pneumocystis is the genus of a yeast that loves your lungs and you guessed it, causes a strain of pneumonia that's very hard to diagnose! Yippee! Mostly because it is very hard to culture.

Let's look at everyone's favorite yeast Conidida. This guy is DIMORPHIC so it can be a yeast or invasive hyphae depending on environmental triggers/conditions, and wouldn't you know it, lives at human body temp. This guy causes yeast infections and the like.

Aspergillus is one that ferments soy products BUT can also cause Apergillosis which can cause an allergic reaction and eventually a fungal ball growth in your lungs, aak!

In a different phylum, Mucoromycota, Mucormycosis is probably my least favorite as the group USUALLY targets your fruits and is that pesky mold. Well another version of it will target the sinuses of immunocompromized diabetics. These are sugar loving molds so uhhhhh, no bueno. I recommend looking at pictures with CAUTION it is gross. The eyes can get really messed up, black lesions can show up on your face really really nasty stuff.

Anyway, Ascomycota cool group, lots of human diseases (many of which are hard to cure because of how close fungi are to animals so we target very specific things in their cells but OOPS resistance is on the rise), have fun with this info ::)

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last update 11/4/23

rajinikanth. 70. cis man. he/him. ┊┊ cerberus corp has been watching KINTAN NAIK.  some of the public has dubbed them SAPROPHYTE because of FUNGUS MANIPULATION gifted by EATING SOMETHING HE SHOULDN’T HAVE. having been an extra ordinary since 1969, they’re doing a good job at hiding THAT HIS POWER IS WEAK TO FIRE. when they aren’t working their day job as a PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY CEO, they are fond of SQUASH and are never seen without GOLD PLATED LIGHTER WITH THE WORDS ‘ALWAYS STAY HUMBLE’ ENGRAVED ON THE SIDE. at first glance they seem CHARMING & GENEROUS, though their underlings know them to also be MELODRAMATIC & ARROGANT.  they consider themself a ANTI-HERO. ┊┊

001.  GENERAL

name: kintan naik | nicknames: the general | age:  70 | date of birth:  1953 | zodiac  answer | place of birth:  - | current residence:  manhattan | gender:  cis man | pronouns:  he/him | sexuality:  gay | occupation: pharmaceutical company ceo | faceclaim:  rajinikanth | height:  5'7" | tattoos: n/a | piercings:  both ears

distinguishing features: reverse rogue x-men hair color (white on the sides, black in the center), large glasses, old man swagpositive traits:  charming, intelligent, perceptive, friendlynegative traits  melodramatic, arrogant, catty, manipulativelabels / tropes: the patriarch, cool old guy, evil old folks, benevolent boss, affluent ascetic, cool old guy, feeling their age, badass in a nice suit, man of wealth and taste, loveable rogue, affably evil. old wind bag, wise old folk facade character inspiration: En (dorohedoro) likes:  positive press, being adored dislikes:  dips in the stock market, his kids disappointing him fears:  being forgotten, death hobbies:  the old rich guy classics: squash, golf, sailing, polo habits:  smoking, taking off his fashion eye glasses for dramatic effect

002.  EXTRA ORDINARY

near death experience… 

According to the About Page on his company’s website, Kintan Naik grew up in one of the poorest districts in western India. A born humanitarian, Kintan would fast for days so the other children in the orphanage he grew up in could eat their fill during meals. At age sixteen and desperate to provide for his found family, Kintan fearlessly traveled out into the nearby woods to forage for food. Fortuitously, he was able to find a large collection of mushrooms growing in the shade of a large tree. The dappled light from the sun above obscured the colors of the clusters of mushrooms and in his hunger and excitement, Kintan brought one of the plump, white caps to his lips and took a bite; it was both his greatest mistake and blessing.

In the end Kintan’s NDE allowed him to be able to feed not just his brothers and sisters at the orphanage but the other struggling people around him as well. Community food gardens grew into a thriving mushroom cultivating business that gave both nourishment and employment to the people around him. A born humanitarian, it was a no-brainier that Kintan would become a philanthropist once he accrued a mass of wealth.

Whether this story is one hundred percent true or not is up to debate, but it's not partially advisable that naysayers bring up their issues with Naik or his company in public or forums that can be tied back to them. As if there’s one thing that’s certain is that Kintan Naik has a knack for creating good press and has the sort of good will rarely shown to someone in his tax bracket.

power…  [ tw references to/mentions of bodily harm, body horror, gore, mutilation, suffocation ]

Kintan has absolute power over all types of fungi (mushrooms, mold, yeasts) and as such he can force them to rapidly go through their life cycle from spore to sporing in an instant. He can create/connect to mycelium underground networks and use the fruitbodies of mushrooms as wiretap devices.

His ability to manipulate air borne spores into full grown sporing mushrooms means that he can cause mushrooms to grow into a giant cluster. Mushrooms with toxic spores could be used to create poison clouds (Toxic Spore Bomb). And any spores breathed in/ingested could be forced into rapid growth and suffocate or explode someone from the inside out (Rapid Mushroom Growth/Infestation). He is also hypothetically able to make people ill by causing molds/yeast outbreaks in food/body parts.

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drawbacks / vulnerabilities… 

His ability works by essentially transferring his own energy into the fungi in question so he cannot grow them indefinitely. Once he becomes exhausted he can no longer use his power and in the case that he tires himself out he would need a couple days to recover. He can also not generate fungi out of thin air, he can only manipulate existing fungi.

As they are organic material, his power is weak to anything that can damage living things but particularly fire.

He's real old. 🤷‍♂️

The mycelium must be able to reasonably able to connect to each other whether they are rooted into the ground or able to spread far enough to connect to the network.

codename…  His marketing team came up with Saprophyte.

003.  EXTRA

he has a gaggle of adopted children he's putting through saw-like sociopathic mind games to see which one is best suited to take over the family business once he retires

he is the face of many online memes that may or may not have been the work of his marketing and pr teams

has been time's person of the year

he caries small envelopes/baggies with different mushroom spores for emergency use.

he wears various rings with false gems that also contain spores but for particularly toxic fungi/fungi whose fruitbody grows extremely large (reserved for life-or-death situations).

003.  CONNECTIONS:

The Royal Court: Kintan's six children. [ 4/6 roles reserved ] Friends of the Family: SONGSTRESS / HIMIKO YAMADA

The Court Jesters: SAVANT / JAMES SAAB RUBIX / JUNGHYUN HARVEY KWON

[mycochaotix]

MCX Rants: Cloning

r/ContamFam mycopal asks: “Hey pal do you have any good tips or sources for info on moving mushroom tissue to agar?”

MCX Answers: The way I understand it is: you can do two types of transfers for cloning, considered most common and effective.

One is as you mentioned the splitting stipe and taking a transfer from inside the stipe. You want to ensure that your area, yourself, and your tools are cleaned with isopropyl alcohol 70% . You will tear from the base up towards the cap, with the exposed part of the STIPE, towards your laminar flow, or towards the back of your still airbox. you only need a rice size piece of transfer.

Often the inner flesh is very stringy and breaks away quite easily. I’ll personally just cut a rice size cut in a square shape from the inner part of the stipe and then gently poke that and pull it out and put it on a plate. Sometimes inner Mycelium flesh can pull away and you can put that on a plate. The mushroom fruit body is all mycelium. Everything about it is made from mycelium, and arguably all of its components, contain but also can, either: produce or generate, and proliferate mycelium from that fruit body.

The second way involves approaching the xfer from the topside of the cap, ‘dorsal’ and cutting open the center dorsal point and then take from inside the cap at the pileus-stipe junction… but from within the cap… its a little more technical and often can expose the xfer to contam from the flesh u open up before taking xfer if you arent careful in how you peel back the external flesh and when you push the knife into the cap it can push microbes down into the previously unexposed inner mycelial tissue).

The idea for these types of transfers is that contaminants in your environment that float in around you or fall off of you, if present, likely is on or near your external fruitbody. If you take from the inside of the fruitbody its arguable that its more clean and free of contaminant microbes as the primordia formation is assumedly on healthy uncontaminated mycelium and unless the flesh tears during maturation, the inner parts are fully protected from external contaminant sources while growing.

Sometimes these cooccurring microbes are harmless to your grow and to you, and can even be beneficial (like certain yeasts that are used in agar preparation) or even some naturally occurring bacteria in the substrate! I think of my tubs as a homeostatic localized microclimate - environment :)

Our tubs, and the fungi in them have similar homeostasis in the wild, and can be conceptually applied to community mycology cultivation!

I think of comparing potential “microcosm” cultivation much like the human body, external and internal… theres always gonna be contaminant microbes on our skin and around our mucosal membranes, but with proper hygiene and diet our body is its own microcosm of microbes that are fucking and fighting away under our literal noses xD —- its when one grouping of these microbes begins to advantage over the equalized body microcosm we have (think if you dont bathe you may develop yeast and bacterial infections more easily as surface conditions of your skin and within your creases, nooks and crannies will can be overpowered by something that spreads… )

and thats kind of the basic idea of germ theory I think… and I also think it applies to our grow environments if approach cultivation holistically :)

surely im missing technical nuance but I know my thoughts are in the spirit of the theory!

Hope my thoughts aid your mycojourney!

-MCX

Related resources:

- Yoshi Cloning vid and result video

- PGT Cloning Vid

- Ashley/Boomer Shroomer Cloning vid

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#1961 - Fuscoporia wahlbergii

Spotted by @purrdence​ while she was looking at Lord of the Rings locations.

AKA Polyporus zealandicus, Fomes robinsoniae,Trametes wahlbergii, Phellinus setulosus, Poria uncinat, Fomes senex var. hamatus, Poria victoria, Phellinus pomaceus, Fuscoporia uncinata, Fomes hamatus, Phellinus zealandicus, Fomes pomaceus, Polyporus victoriae, Scindalma zealandicum, Phellinus senex var. hamatus, Phellinus wahlbergii, Pyropolyporus robinsoniae and Fomes zealandicus. Some of that is no doubt due to genera being split up or renamed, but I suspect a good deal of it is due to mycologists discovering that what they thought were different species, scattered worldwide, were all the same thing. Pyropolyporus robinsoniae, for example, was only known from a single  decaying tree in Jamaica.

That said, it has been showing up well outside its previous range in recent decades - Buckinghamshire in the UK for example, when its nearest known site was in the Canary Islands. It’s not clear why it’s only spreading now, but in the case of the UK sighting mentioned above, the fungus remains so rare and scattered that the spores probably blew in (possibly on dust from the Sahara) rather then arriving as an existing infection in an exotic plant or timber, and found the warmer weather to its liking.

This bracket fungus is still mostly a tropical/subtropical species with tough, woody fruitbodies up to 55 cm wide and 30 cm out from the tree. It infects a wide range of host trees. 

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u/Scrybal commented on a comment I made, quoting my: “dice roll of spore germination”

Their comment: “ I've read a lot of posts and comments on the sub and have literally never come across this phrase. I have no idea what to make of it. I didn't even know that it was possible to have a stagnant strain. What is a stagnant strain? “

Mycochaos response: 

Spore germination is absolutely a dice roll, and a huge one with multi-variant possibilities, at that. Not just genetically when two spores do actually mate... but also related to the sterility of the water that multi-spore syringes have spores suspended in... and then there is the fact that you can have a clump of spores and none of the spores touching each other (without aid of zig-zag inoculation loop across petri dish) that just simply dont germinate with each other and just stay a clump of spores.

When I say stagnant strains I literally mean spore germination that leads to growth characteristics and/or genetic issues that cause its metabolism to cease, or slow to the point of competitor contaminants taking over uncolonized nutrients before the slowed or stalled or ametabolic mycelium)

The Mushroom Cultivator, Stamets and Chilton explains (page 5-14) the following related to lifecycle of basidiomycetes:

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In the life cycle of the mushroom plant, the fruitbody occurs briefly. The mycelial network can sit dormant for months, sometimes years and may only produce a single flush of mushrooms. During those few weeks of fruiting, the mycelium is in a frenzied state of growth, amassing nutrients and forming dense ball-like masses called primorida that eventually enlarge into the towering mushroom structure. The gills first develop from the tissue on the underside of the cap, appearing as folds, then becoming blunt ridges and eventually extending into flat, vertically aligned plates. These efficiently arranged symmetrical gills are populated with spore producing cells called basidia.

From a structural point of view, the mushroom is an efficient reproductive body. The cap acts as a domed shield protecting the underlying gills from the damaging effects of rain, wind and sun. Covering the gills in many species is a well developed layer of tissue called the partial veil which extends from the cap margin to the stem. Spores start falling from the gills just before the partial veil tears. After the partial veil has fallen, spores are projected from the gills in ever increasing numbers.

The cap is supported by a pillar-like stem That elevates the gills above ground where the spores can be carried off by the slightest wind currents. Clearly, every part of the mushroom fruitbody is designed to give the spores the best opportunity to mature and spread in an external environment that is often harsh and drastically fluctuating. As the mushroom matures, spore production slows and eventually stops. At this time mushrooms are in their last hours of life. Soon decay from bacteria and other fungi sets in, reducing the once majestic mushroom into a soggy mass of fetid tissue that melts into the ground from which it sprung.

Most mushrooms produce spores that are uninucleate and genetically haploid (1N). This means each spore contains one nucleus and has half the complement of chromosomes for the species. Thus spores have a "sex" in that each has to mate with mycelia from another spore type to be fertile [thus to germinate] for producing offspring. When spores are first released they are fully inflated "moist" cells that can easily germinate. Soon they dehydrate, collapsing at their centers and in this phase they can sit dormant Through long periods of dry weaTher or severe drought. When weather conditions provide a sufficiently moist environment, the spores rehydrate and fully inflate. Only then is germination possible.

Spores within an individual species are fairly constant in their shape and structure. However, many mushroom species differ remarkably in their spore types. Some are smooth and lemon shaped (in the genus Copelandia, for instance); many are ellipsoid (as in the genus Psilocybe); while others are highly ornamented and irregularly shaped (such as (hose in Lactarius or Entoloma}. A feature common to the spores of many mushrooms, particularly the psilocybian species, is the formation of an apical germ pore.

The germ pore, a circular depression at one end of the spore, is the site of germination from which a haploid strand of mycelium called a hypha emanates. This hypha continues to grow, branches and becomes a mycelial network. When two sexually complementary hyphal networks intercept one another and make contact, cell walls separating the two hyphal systems dissolve and cytoplasmic and genetic materials are exchanged. Erotic or not, this is "mushroom sex". Henceforth, all resulting mycelium is binucleate and dikaryotic. This means each cell has two nuclei and a full complement of chromosomes. With few exceptions, only mated (dikaryotic) mycelia is fertile and capable of producing fruitbodies. Typically, dikaryotic mycelia is faster running and more vigorous than unmated, monokaryotic mycelia. Once a mycelium has entered into the dikaryophase, fruiting can occur shortly thereafter. In Psilocybe cubensis, the time between spore germination and fruitbody initials can be as brief as two weeks; in some Panaeolus species only a week transpires before mushrooms appear. Most mushroom species, however, take several weeks or months before mushrooms can be generated from the time of spore germination.

Cultivators interested in developing new strains by crossing single spore isolates take advantage of the occurrence of clamp connections to tell whether or not mating has taken place. Clamp connections are microscopic bridges that protrude from one adjoining cell to another and are only found in dikaryotic mycelia. Clamps can be readily seen with a light microscope at 100-400X magnification. Not all species form clamp connections. (Agaricus brunnescens does not; most all Psilocybe and Panaeolus species do). In contrast, mycelia resulting from haploid spores lack clamps. This feature is an invaluable tool for the researcher developing new strains.

Two dikaryotic mycelial networks can also grow together, exchange genetic material and form a new strain. Such an encounter, where two hyphal systems fuse, is known as anastomosis. When two incompatible colonies of mycelia meet, a zone of inhibited growth frequently forms. On agar media, this zone of incompatibility is visible to the unaided eye.

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FOTD #092 : crab of the woods! (laetiporus sulphureus)

the crab of the woods (also sulphur shelf / polypore) is a bracket fungus of the family fomitopsidaceae. it is a saprophyte & weak parasite that often causes brown cubical rot !! it grows across europe & north america :-)

the big question : can i bite it?? yes & it is quite delicious :-) it has been compared to the taste of crab, lobster & chicken. some deer also eat it !! however, humans should not eat it raw.

l. sulphureus description :

"the fruiting body emerges directly from the trunk of a tree & is initially knob-shaped, but soon expands to fan-shaped shelves, typically growing in overlapping tiers. it is sulphur-yellow to bright orange in colour & has a suede-like texture. old fruitbodies fade to tan or whitish. each shelf may be anywhere from 5 to 60 centimetres (2 to 23+1⁄2 inches) across up to 4 cm (1+1⁄2 in) thick. the fertile surface is sulphur-yellow with small pores or tubes & produces a white spore print. when fresh, the flesh is succulent with a strong fungal aroma & exudes a yellowish, transparent juice, but soon becomes dry & brittle."

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Panthercap - Amanita pantherina

This post will discuss Amanita pantherina or the panthercap, a beautiful poisonous mushroom from the same genus as the iconic Amanita muscaria or the fly agaric.

This post includes pictures that I took last fall when I came across multiple panthercaps, only the microscopic picture of the spores I did not make myself. One of the panthercaps I took with me to make a spore print so there are pictures of that too:)

Fruitbody

The cap of Amanita pantherina ranges from 4 to 16 centimeters in diameter. The cap has a shiny brown, tan or yellowish brown colour and has a very finely striate margin. Initially the cap is domed but flattens out as the fruitbody matures. The pure white remains of the universal veil are dotted fairly even over the surface of the cap.¹

The gills of the panthercap are white, free, crowded and relatively broad.¹

The stipe of Amanita pantherina ranges from 4 to 18 centimeters tall and has a pure white colour with a hanging ring. The base of the stipe is slightly swollen and bulbous.¹

Spores and microscopic features

The spores are white of colour and are broadly ellipsoidal to ovoid, smooth, 8-12 x 6.7-7.5µm and inamyloid.¹ The basidia are 4-spored, rarely with clamps.²

Spore print

To make the spore print I seperated the stipe from the cap and put the cap down on paper. I sprinkled some water on top of the cap and left it over-night. In the morning I had this beautiful spore print.

Some advise I can give, however, is to make the spore print outside in case there are maggots in the mushroom. Sharp as ever, I forgot about that and woke up to find some maggots crawling over the cap, which had gotten all mushy on the top because of it.

Psychoactivitiy

The panthercap can contain the psychoactive chemical compounds ibotenic acid and muscimol as well as muscazone and muscarine. These are not the same as the psychoactive chemicals associated with many other psychedelic mushrooms which often contain psilocybin. The psychoactive compounds contained in Amanita pantherina are also toxins, which means that this species must be treated as a poisonous mushroom.¹

Ecology and distribution

Amanita pantherina forms ectomycorrhizal relationships with trees in deciduous and coniferous woodlands. Being an ectomycorrhizal fungus, it lives in root symbiosis with trees, deriving photosynthesised nutrients from it and providing soil nutrients in return.³ They might grow alone, scattered, or gregariously.²

The panthercap can be found throughout (southern) Europe and western Asia in late summer and autumn.³ It can also be found in the western North America during the fall and winter.²

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Another mycology infodump:)

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Bleeding tooth fungus by Millie Cruz (On and Off) Via Flickr: What is bleeding tooth fungus? Hydnellum peckii is a genus of tooth fungi in the family Bankeraceae (order Thelephorales). One of the better-known species is the unusual pinkish-white Hydnellum peckii, also known as "strawberries and cream" or as the "bleeding tooth fungus" due to the red droplets that appear on the pinkish or whitish fruitbodies. The fruitbodies of its members grow by slowly enveloping nearby bits of grass and vegetation. Thank you very much for your visit to my photo and for taking your time to comment! Much appreciated!

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LACQUERED BRACKET/ GANODERMA LUCIDUM

Identification relies on many characters that are accessible without recourse to microscopic work, although measuring spores is also sometimes informative. The cap is up to 25cm across and 4cm thick. They often have a stalk; fan-shaped or kidney-shaped, most often laterally attached but occasionally almost centrally attached when in sessile form.the colour pallet is yellow, orange, red and purplish zones shading to ochre towards the margin and with a white growing edge; eventually turning purple-brown all over the upper surface and finally blackening. The stem is substantial and they are eccentrically attached to the caps, are broad near the point of attachment and usually narrower towards the stem base. Stems can be up to 20cm in length, although 5 to 15cm is more typical. The red-brown stem and upper cap surface have a varnished gloss, becoming dull and matt when covered in spores. The tubes are white at first, later becoming ochraceous; 5 to 20mm deep and typically spaced at 4 to 6 pores per mm. The small roundish pores are just perceptible to the naked eye; they are white when the fruiting body is young, turning brown with age or when bruised.

In Britain and Ireland the Lacquered Bracket is parasitic mainly at or near the bases of old oak and maple trees or saprobic on the stumps of these and occasionally other recently felled broadleaf trees. This annual bracket fungus releases spores in summer and autumn, but the tough fruitbodies persist for several months.

HARVARD REFERENCE 

P. Karst. (2016). Ganoderma lucidum. [Online]. First Nature. Available at: https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/ganoderma-lucidum.php [Accessed 15 April 2023].

[biblicallyaccuratepigeons]

Cause fruitbodies are fleshy reproductive organs which grow when two or more mycelia are present in the same place

why do i like the idea of flesh acting like a fungus