#my favorite fungi :)

[entomologize-nonbug]

These patterned fungi are a collage of pressed flowers by Helen Ahpornsiri for her picture book, a Year in the Wild.

[themushroomstheyfoundme]

Funguary Day 21: Birds Nest Fungi

The bird's nest fungi is named for its nest-like appearance, with “eggs” inside the main cup. The “eggs” are actually called peridioles and they're where the mushroom stores its spores. They're usually attached to the peridium (the main cup structure of the fungi) by a thin cord called the funicular cord. The cord is coiled inside a purse (see diagram below) until spore dispersal occurs. 

Bird's nest fungi are reliant on rain to disperse its spores. Raindrops trigger the spore release by splashing the peridoles out of place, as visible in this video. The purse ruptures and the cord uncoils as the peridoles are splashed into the air. Sometimes the funicular cord will wrap around a branch or twig and attach to the new substrate via the hapteron (see diagram below).  

See the rest of my posts for funguary here!

[woodsy-hoe]

rebirth on scorched earth 🍂

[anoddrock]

Shut up about your hogwarts house which TMA fears would you choose to associate yourself with and which would chase you till you fell on their blade

[foundfeast]

Translucent.

06.25.2024

[lord-of-the-noodles]

nature is healing <3

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Fungi February: The lion's mane is a tooth fungus that is claimed to have medicinal benefits, such as improving brain function, relieving anxiety, and immune system support. What's certain is its great culinary value, and that it makes tasty vegetarian crab cakes.

Disclaimer: Don’t rely on pictures of cute mushrooms with eyes to accurately identify edible mushrooms. At best the wrong one will taste bad, at worst it’ll be deadly!

[rustbeltjessie]

From the nature center: taxidermied turkey vulture w/ snakeskin, and rusty bits from an old sawmill.

(August 18 // Newport State Park, Door County, WI)

[leporidae-sylvilagus]

[schistostegapennata]

What’s your favorite fungi?

Oooooh so glad you asked! Here are some of my favorite children, cause it's too hard to pick just one:

Devil's tooth, or strawberries and cream, look like this when they're young

Then there's purple jellydisc, which looks like a bizarre internal organ. The jelly parts are made up of decayed plant matter being digested!

And indigo milk cap, which has a beautiful color and oozes indigo latex when cut 💜

can't forget bridal veil, which looks lacey and dainty but emits the stench of rotting meat to attract carrion flies!

And wood ear gets a special mention for being, in my opinion, the tastiest fungus

[cookie-nom-nom]

On the Subject of Religion and Rot: Part 1

Wickburn’s approach of the Elder was cautious, timid steps careful not to trip upon the thick roots of mycelium feeding into the veins of the thing no longer a human, replacing them. Thin mushroom stalks burst through Its skin, reaching towards the streams of light filled with hazy spores. Wickburn came with a question on his tongue and a dead fox in his arms. Its hot blood seeped across the rooted feet of the Elder as he set the offering before It, his enunciated question echoing in the hollowed out world tree. Wickburn waited, but there was no reaction from the Elder. It remained still. A heretic might even call the body a lifeless husk. Wickburn flinched at the thought, shame trickling in. He wanted to apologize, but knew that would likewise elicit no response. To receive knowledge one must have patience.

Wickburn felt like It knew his thoughts, but knew that to be hubris. The Elder had no use for his thoughts. Not yet. In time though, if he were lucky. But he couldn’t shake the feeling of being watched, or rather judged. The familiar isolation of not belonging in a crowd. But the Elder wasn’t a crowd, though numerous figures surrounded Wickburn like statues, their numbers swelling over the years as they rotted out the inside of the world tree. Yet all were called the Elder, singular. There was no sense of the individual, the blood of one flowing in the heart of the next. Give and take, give and take. Sharing, stealing; such distinctions were not made. Spores filled the room, at times the crackle of electricity strung between like spider webs, the firing of synapses of the great collective mind. Stay too long, seek too much knowledge, and the spores would seep in with each breath. Roots sunk into branching bronchus, twisting ever upwards to intertwine It at last with the brain. Wickburn inhaled deeply. A blessing, truly. Surely if one’s curiosity burned so bright they should be honored to join the hearth of ever expanding knowledge. Oh, if only one day Wickburn too would be rooted to the ground and filled with the secrets of the world! To so firmly belong to a community that could never reject him. But he was here to learn. And though he longed to stay, to at last become one with It, Wickburn knew his earthly knowledge was a paltry offering to the Elder. No matter how ardently he wished to remain, Wickburn turned and left. He consoled himself with the thought he would return in a few weeks time to read the answer carved into the bones of the decomposing fox.

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[shadowkira]

I want to go look for fossils and megalodon teeth. 🥺🥺🥺

Date idea for when.

[lordofthecoffee]

Amanita muscaria 🍄

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Fungi February: The hen-of-the-woods is also known as the maitake at fancy restaurants. It is a perennial, so once established it can produce mushrooms in the same location for years. The polysaccharides contained in the mushroom have potential medicinal value, but more research is needed.

Disclaimer: Don’t rely on pictures of cute mushrooms with eyes to accurately identify edible mushrooms. At best the wrong one will taste bad, at worst it’ll be deadly!

[taro-aly]

Some pretty mushrooms i found befor winter

[kon-konk]

Why is it so much harder to find Blu-rays of the shows I watched as a kid that weren't anime than it ever is to find anime Blu-rays?

Like yes, I could get a DVD set of Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy or Invader Zim that was released 2020+ but why is there not also a Blu-ray version? I thought by that point everything was releasing on both?