#strobilomyces

[oliviarosaline]

Old Man of the Woods

Strobilomyces sp.

This shaggy, dusky mushroom is in the bolete family and can be hard to find because it often blends in with leaf litter or pinecones.

Aug. 15th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[dark-sage-bloom]

Weekend walk

[secondbeatsongs]

trick or treat!

[strobilomyces-strobilaceus]

Also what does your url mean? /gen

it's the scientific name for a mushroom! Strobilomyces strobilaceus, commonly known as the old man of the woods. I think it's neat :] funky little edible bolete (ive never tried it myself but i would like to! very easily recognized, good safe species if you know the basics)

[deathandmushrooms]

you are my new favourite tumblr person

a cruel question: what's your favourite fungus? or your top 2.2 to 3.8 million favourite species...

Aw, thanks, fellow tumblr person!

A cruel question indeed. I appreciate the alternative option for listening several million. 😆 But I think I can manage with three. No, four. No, two. I'll do two.

1. Black Trumpet (Craterellus fallax)

The first edible mushroom I ever foraged with a delightful goth aesthetic. It's pretty hard to mistake this mushroom for something else, but I was still terrified to eat it. First time round, anyway.

2. Old Man of the Woods (Strobilomyces strobilaceus... Or "floccopus" depending on who you ask, I think both are great)

Such a friendly shroom, and I'm always so happy to see it. And also boop it because it is very soft and boopable. It's like if a Newfoundland were a mushroom.

Thanks for asking!

[pilzpapi]

[card-a-day]

Today's Card

Midnight Magic: a Tarot Deck of Mushrooms by Sara Richard (please don't use as foraging guide)

Justice: Old Man of the Woods

Make sure your actions are in line with your values for if you are being sneaky or cutting corners you'll be judged. Judgment will be fair if you take full responsibility.

What's black and white on the outside but red inside? Old Man of the Woods, that's who. A strangely adapted metaphor for Justice.

[onelosertryingtolearnembroidery]

here's the other pocket! 1000% inspired by this post from @strobilomyces-strobilaceus

[videogamepolls]

Requested by @strobilomyces-strobilaceus

[lindagoesmushrooming]

I'd like to learn how to identify edible-vs- toxic mushrooms...

I believe, it's a skill acquired with time. You can use the internet, books, apps, the knowledge of other people to learn mushrooms.

There are thousands of mushroom species, so, I think, first you have to learn your local edible mushrooms. Whenever you're not sure what it is, even with slightest doubt - do not take it.

Probably, one the best and most nutritious of edible mushrooms are boletes. There are many species and subspecies of these guys (boletus, leccinum, suillus, xerocomus), most of them are edible.

(Boletus radicans, Boletus calopus, Tylopilus felleus are bitter. Porphyrellus porphyrosporus, Strobilomyces strobilaceus are also inedible. Boletus satanas is toxic.)

Then there are chanterelles:

Parasol mushrooms:

Chicken of the woods:

Honey fungi:

A lot of russula species are edible but they're not too nutritious and some of them can make you sick.

Lactarius sp. are edible, too, but then again woolly milkcap can be slightly toxic, if not prepared properly. Some of lactarius mushrooms are said to have carcinogens in them.

In the end, you have to study the mushrooms. Read about them, look at the photos and videos from every possible angle, learn about the stipe, the gills, the pores, the color, the smell. Don't go mushroom hunting alone, if you have no previous experience whatsoever.

(Also, here's a related ask some time ago.)

[lena-rosey]

A portion of yesterday's foray at the reservoir

Ochre jelly club (Leotia lubrica)

False Caesar's mushroom (Amanita parcivolvata) ?

Blood red russula (Russula rosacea)

Jellied false coral fungus (Sebacina schweinitzii) ?

Russula sp.

Gyroporus sp.

Old man of the woods (Strobilomyces strobilaceus)

Cantharellus sp.

Mycetinis sp.

[tom-at-the-farm]

One of the mushrooms I missed this past weird arid season - Old Man of the Woods (Strobilomyces sp). Featuring herons on this remix

[memoriesofthepark]

Old man of the woods 》 Strobilomyces strobilaceus

Some beautiful pores on these fine gentlemen.

Had my first encounter with this species at school and not even a week later I found a couple more in the field behind where I work! The one from school (first 4 images) was growing right out from under an old flush of turkey tails. So cool to see.

Southeast Texas, 2 May 2024 / 4 May 2024

[sowa-draw]

Woman of the Woods

She blush when we touch her 😳 Don't eat her ! She's prettier than she tastes. She belongs to the Woods, not your plate. I'm serious !

This was a warm-up for #Funguary2024. I sketched it my sketchbook before transferring it to the digital world, where i painted it. 😊

I hope you like it !

Inspiration : The mushroom Strobilomyces strobilaceus - "Old Man of the Woods" - "Bolet Pomme de Pin"

[strobilomyces-strobilaceus]

(repurposing this old post into an intro)

hi! you can call me xylaria, xy, or i guess some variation of my url if you want.

this is an art + photos blog, expect mainly my art and occasionally a cool mushroom or something i found in the woods. i reblog from @strobilomyces-confusus

dms open if you want to talk about anything, especially diy/creative process stuff, i like comparing notes with ppl

i am open to art trades, if you want one feel free to ask!

i don't mind construction criticism or tips, particularly on my traditional art/crafting stuff - i'm in a stage of wanting to try a whole bunch of different cool things, which means that i am an absolute beginner at most of them, and if you are experienced and know that i am making an absolute beginner mistake (tm) i'd like to know about it too!

you can also send me mushrooms you've found. i encourage this. i do not guarantee an accurate id every time but i can Try

[kevinwiesel]

(Strobilomyces strobilaceus, syn. S. floccopus) Old man of the woods // Gemeiner Strubbelkopfröhrling