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Mushroom fact of the week!

Mushrooms scam trees!

Some fungi get their nutrients by exchanging nutrients with plants. The fungi provides phosphorous and the plant gives carbon in return.

The less phosphorous available, higher price the plant will pay for the phosphorous, giving more carbon for each unit received. However, when there is more available the fungi will receive less carbon for its troubles.

So what these fungi do, being the scammers they are, is transport phosphorous through the mycelium from areas of high abundance to areas of low abundance where it is more scarce and fetches a higher price. This way, the fungi is able to get much more carbon out of the plant.

Found these neat mushrooms, not sure what they are but I can't wait to eat them!

Testing One-Two?

Please ignore. Just making sure I can figure out links for my masterpost.

Funguary Day 20: Pixie Parasol

Pixie parasol, or Mycena interrupta, is found on deadwood in damp areas. It connects to its substrate via a bluish tufted basal disc. 

The word “interrupta” is latin for interrupted, or broken, and likely refers to the appearance of the gills (see photo)

See the rest of my posts for funguary here!

Witches Cap Fungi

Mushroom of the Week No. 1

The witches cap mushroom, or Hygrocybe conica, starts off a vivid red-orange with patches of yellow. As it ages it slowly turns black naturally, or bruises black due to injury. This is actually one of the most helpful factors in identification, though the fungi itself is not sought after for its edibility. It cannot be cultivated in labs presently, suggesting that it requires something special from its environment, possibly a mycorrhizal relationship. For this it needs to be investigated further.

Funguary Day 5: Enoki

In 1993 NASA sent enoki mushrooms to space as food for astronauts and to test the mushroom's reaction to zero gravity. Instead of growing vertically as it normally does, the enoki mushrooms shot out in all directions.

This is sadly a photo of enoki in boring normal gravity because NASA wasn't nice enough to take a photo of their enoki for me.

See the rest of my posts for funguary here!

Mushroom fact of the week!

Spalting is a pattern of dark black webs that appears in wood. It's quite sought after in woodworking for its unique appearance, but is actually caused by competition between the different fungi inhabiting the log.

The black lines are what's known as zone lines. Fungi make walls when they feel another fungi nearing in on their territory to protect their resources, resulting in black lines.

A team that (almost) rivals Ivory and Ranboo

“vote scar!!” “No vote zam!!” Yap yap yap YAPPPPP NO I SAY WE VOTE BOTH. Put them on the same percentage, I want to see them both on a team

i fear they would be unstoppable

Hello! Ig we're moots now. And do you mind being tagged in tag games?

Not at all :D

Beware the ides of march!