#local fungi

[memoriesofthepark]

Oyster mushrooms!! 》 Pleurotus ostreatus

Gorgeous flush of oysters on campus!!!

I had seen some strange but similar fellows here last semester and IDed them as funnel woodcaps or perhaps linx paw oysters due to their fuzzy stems, but these dont appear to be quite the same species.

The president of the school stopped and chatted with me about them. She asked twice if my observation was related to my major. Nope, just my special interest. 😅

Southeast Texas, 8 Feb. 2023

[farmergilesofham]

Mushroom side of Tumblr, I beseech you:

What the fuck are these? (I know they're mushrooms)

Are they edible? Are they tasty? Do they look like something inedible? Are they native (to the British Isles)?

I need help, 'cause these have been intermittently growing in large clumps all over my neighbourhood, and it'd be real nice if I could eat them without perishing horribly.

Oh, @headspace-hotel

I'm sorry to @ you in this, but you're the most knowledgeable person I can think of off the top of my head.

[myxomycota]

Arcyria glauca

by Michael Harz, China.

[razedwrong]

[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.)

[owlishfuncrafts]

After 8 effing HOURS of carving over two day, I've finished day biggest carving ever. Boy is a giant mushroom and I'm so proud.

There is an additional carving that wants to go with it that will fill the tops of the mushrooms with colour...but brah I'm happy with just this piece for new. Hopefully all get to test it out on some bags this week, I have two markets next weekend and it would be nice to have some of the print to show off.

[whataniceone2]

Fungus under birch trees

[witchstone]

boletinellus merulioides found up the back garden underneath a stand of exotic bamboo

[mycological-mariner]

I really should go back to the short story about the fishwives and bal maidens tbh

[nihiltism]

im sorry DIRT CLASS. PARDON

oh did you not know about my dirt class! ive been in two dirt classes actually! im a dirt major! this isnt a joke !

[pyromagick]

New Fungi Keychains are live in my shop now ^-^

[theemeraldforesthideout]

Hillside Mush

[cerbreus]

Got a textbook on fungi :-) very excited to read it!!! It's got some lovely diagrams and images as well

[probably-ace-ok]

So, may have come up with a Legend of Zelda apocalypse/horror AU where a cyborg Link and decaying Ganon(dorf? Based on the TotK trailers) end up teaming up to find the Triforce and save Hyrule from the multitude of apocalyptic events that have occurred over the last few decades, although they both have very different reasons.

[g0nta-g0kuhara]

Day 3 in kokichi cosplay has concluded. Tide pens are a life saver

[b0nelessdoodles]

young wilfree looks like such a nerd i love him local noble goes foraging for mushrooms 🍄🍄🍄

Day 28: Forest