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What type of mushrooms are these ?
uhhhhhhhmmm gonna guess oyster mushroom???
Try as I may I still can't identify fungi super well T-T
what are they?
CONGRATS (TO MOST OF YOU) FOR CHOOSING THE RIGHT FUNGI!!!!!!
To those of you who voted mushroom B, I am giving you a light slap on the wrist
Happy April fools!
Let's play a game! :D Which of the following mushrooms are you going to eat?
In this game you can't say none of the above. You have to choose. I promise at least one will be a tasty snack. The other one is less so. Good luck :D
Mushroom fact of the Week!
Lichens are extremely durable. In 2005 NASA sent lichen to space to test how it stood up in the freezing cold vacuum. It was left outside in space for a period of time, and within 24 hours of rehydration had resumed all normal photosynthetic activity
Cross section of Xanthoria elegans, one of the two lichens sent to space!
Some concept art for a current project being made with the lovely @that-onecookiehead :)
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.
heeeyyy @madoxeal feel like doing a two artists one base with me? :3
tbh either character would fit either of us x-x
just depends who wants to do the side profile lol
I could tell from the veil xD Destroying angel was one of the first ever mushrooms I learned about when entering the mycology community
I'm proud to know that the majority of us will not die from eating the wrong fungi 😃👍
Truly though, that mushroom is drilled into your head the second you become a part of the mycology community, it, and the death cap
Happy April fools!
Let's play a game! :D Which of the following mushrooms are you going to eat?
In this game you can't say none of the above. You have to choose. I promise at least one will be a tasty snack. The other one is less so. Good luck :D
Mushroom fact of the week!
The white spots viewed on the fly agaric are actually not a part of the cap at all!
Many fungi’s fruiting bodies form inside a small sac, which when it breaks open becomes the universal veil. It's actually pieces of this sac that stick to the cap of the fly agaric becoming the appearance of white spots! If you were to touch the cap the spots would wipe off quite easily
heya ik we're not moots but tell me somethign and i'll draw it (preferrably epic or mcyt or like. Actual things that exist. Butttt pop off do anything)
We're mutuals now :D
I know mcyt a lot better than epic tbh, for epic possibly Aeolus? She is my favorite character and gets no art 😞
Aaaand for mcyt how about Cleo and the Ghost of Bdubs horse? Or possibly Grian's insanely excessive welcome back gift?
Let's talk about possible uses for the dried ghast!
-Lampshade
-Lawn gnome
-Toaster
-Plushie to sit on my shelf
-Rock for landscaping
-Put him in trees as a weird alien fruit
-Back to toaster, you see the resemblance right?
-Stepping stones in pond
-Outlet/plug
(your honor this is a joke)
coughcoughprobablycough
I have cried about him no less than 3 times today
Did the soulsand dry him out??? Did his mommy abandon him??? Are those his mom’s bones and he got dried out waiting for her??? Do ghasts shrink if they cry too much? Why do ghasts eat snowballs if they’re from a no-water environment? Are ghasts from the overworld originally and that’s why there’s fossils there too?
Also the implication of people using the dried ghasts as building blocks? NO! YOU PUT THAT POOR BABY IN WATER RN I SWEAR
Please donate braincells to the communal braincell :3
He is very hungry, you would not let him starve would you?
Mushroom fact of the week!
Enoki mushrooms actually only look like how most people think of them when grown in total darkness. They look quite normal otherwise!
Wild enoki vs. enoki cultivated in darkness ^
I herby pass the braincell to @that-onecookiehead
may you use it well
My work for week one of round two of the @mcyt-soulmate-sweepstakes!
Prompt: Extraterrestrial
Got an alien Pearlo for this one :D
I did some museum sketches yesterday to practice drawing clothing folds!
Fun story this little girl, about eight years old, came up to me while I was drawing and said "I like your drawing you're real good" in a really strong southern accent then just turned and ran away before I could say thank you :) Now its going on the list of best praise I have ever received.
Made a Whitepine art! This is made for the art event I'm in currently, the @mcyt-soulmate-sweepstakes
It's based off of a poem written by my teammate @that-onecookiehead, and the text on the image is an excerpt from that poem as well! :D
The poem is really good, it's right here, and you should definitely go read it :)
Fun fact, there are mushrooms living in your lungs right now!
Humans breathe anywhere from 500 to 100,000 spores daily depending on local environmental conditions. The fungi have a variety of ways to survive the immune response of the human body. Most are harmless and either die or do nothing at all. However, some fungi spores inhaled are possible pathogens or cause respiratory issues, and others are essential to a healthy microbiome .
So, if you’re breathing right now, just know that there's spores in that air, and your lungs are a nice cozy environment for them :)
Eat them Minecraft trees
@that-onecookiehead
Hey I need to fill up a sketchbook page gimmie something to draw (can be anything but preferably Epic cause I’m most comfy w/ it)
Have a nice evening freind -3•
MUSHROOMS
no I'll be nice i guess, how about Aeolus? (I do not get enough Epic fanart for her)
Or do Telemarketer in a hat if you're looking for something comfort zone-y
Woods adventure :)
Earlier today I went into the woods to hunt for bones with my grandpa, first thing we did was find where all the tracks were down by the creek, and there were a LOT. We found mostly deer tracks, but there were some raccoon tracks, rabbit tracks, and coyote tracks mixed in
As far as dead things go, there was some rabbit fur and feathers about, but no bones. There's been a hawk in the area lately, so it was probably him.
Of course, I did find fungi :D Its winter right now so theres not many about but the bracket fungi tend to stick around year round
I'm not sure what species it is, so if anyone knows let me know. There was also some reishi growing out by the wood pile, those have been growing there for almost a year now.
This horribly spiked honey locust tree was out to get me, and it did in fact spike me.
I was out in the woods a good 45 minutes before I headed back, and there were sadly no bones or antlers to be found. I did find some pretty blue glass and a crayfish claw though :D
Then I headed to the barn to see if any owls had left some bones for me. They had not, but the lighting was really nice :)
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.
I decided to do a meet the artist! :D
So! Important things: My name's Mycota, like the mushroom, and I'm your local mycelium obsessed *probably* human! (sorry, the names different in art, I'm working on updating it)
Theres also a couple other hyperfixations mixed in there, currently being Hermitcraft, The Magnus Archives, and Minecraft :)
I post about mushrooms every Saturday (#mushroom of the week), and I have a TON of mycology related posts over in my Funguary 2025 right here! :) I am definitely not hyper fixated on fungi whatsoever (definitely not)
As for art, it happens whenever about whatever but it does happen somewhat often!
Whoa :0
They're so neat!!!!
Funguary Day 27: Scarlet Cup
Most species that would come to mind when you think of fungi are basidiomycetes, fungi that produce their spores in cells called basidia. This phylum of fungi contains most of the “fleshy” fungi, including all fungi with gills or pores. Some “fleshy” fungi however, like the Scarlet Cup, are Ascomycetes. Mushrooms like morels and saddle fungi are also a part of this phylum. Ascomycetes produce their spores in sac-like structures called asci, unlike the basidia of the basidiomycetes. See the diagram below for more clarification on the difference between asci and basidia!
See the rest of my posts for funguary here!
This is one of my extra works for the art event I'm in currently, the @mcyt-soulmate-sweepstakes!
It was made to match my teammate @that-onecookiehead's fic for week one!
Prompt: Bonfire
Points: 875
Funguary Day 28: Caesar's Mushroom
The Caesar's mushroom is one of the very few fungi of the Amanita genus. It is close relatives with fungi such as the death cap (see that post here), however it is edible and reportedly delicious. That doesn’t stop it from having many poisonous look-alikes, as every year there are poisonings of people who thought they were eating Caesar's mushroom but were rather eating a poisonous species.
One of the most famous poisonings involving this mushroom took place in ancient Rome. emperor Claudius had ascended to the throne after the assassination of his nephew. He had many wives in his life but finally married his fourth wife Agrippina. Agrippina had a son, Nero, whom she had big plans for. She persuaded Claudius to adopt Nero, putting him in line for the throne, but she was not a patient woman. You can see where this is going. She decided to speed up the time it would take for her son to take the throne by feeding Claudius his favorite meal, the Caesars mushroom, laced with extracts from the death cap fungi. When the symptoms set in the next day a co-conspirator doctor administered a toxin from a plant called the bitter apple, finishing him off. Nero became the emperor, and the rest was history.
And that is funguary officially finished! One post per day on mycology for 28 days! Started preparing back in January, still finished the research for this post last night. Regardless, I loved it so much, and more importantly, now I have EVEN MORE mushroom facts to force upon my poor unassuming friends. If you're interested in seeing the rest of my posts for funguary you can find them all here!
And from now on, I will have a mushroom post every Saturday so if you're interested in that keep an eye out for it :)
Thanks for listening to my rambles!
Funguary Day 27: Scarlet Cup
Most species that would come to mind when you think of fungi are basidiomycetes, fungi that produce their spores in cells called basidia. This phylum of fungi contains most of the “fleshy” fungi, including all fungi with gills or pores. Some “fleshy” fungi however, like the Scarlet Cup, are Ascomycetes. Mushrooms like morels and saddle fungi are also a part of this phylum. Ascomycetes produce their spores in sac-like structures called asci, unlike the basidia of the basidiomycetes. See the diagram below for more clarification on the difference between asci and basidia!
See the rest of my posts for funguary here!
Funguary Day 26: Indigo Milkcap
Indigo Milkcap, or Lactarius indigo, is an edible fungi that bleeds a blue latex milk like substance when cut. This “milk” turns green when exposed to air, and is reported to have a mild taste similar to that of the fungi itself.
See the rest of my posts for funguary here!