#moss lichen and mushrooms

[shovel-the-quasit]

Pixie cup lichen, orange mosscap mushrooms, and a rosy maple moth created out of wool, felt, embroidery, pipecleaners, and beads. The mossy background is punch needle embroidery in a couple different yarns. I got the brass frame from an Etsy shop. The inside of the frame is about 4 inches wide by 6 inches tall.

Getting really into fiber art lately

[speepybees]

It's been a Day. Before I go to bed I'd like to share some more mushroom pictures.

When life is tough, there's always Mushroom!

[seabeck]

Tiny forest details

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[julianplum]

🍄 🐌 🐸 🌿 ✨ // mushroom garden // gouache on hot press paper

[mycoblogg]

Whats the difference between lichen, moss, mould and mushrooms if they're all fungus? Aren't they all the same sorta thing?

so, interestingly, all of these groups are very different !! instead of naming the differences, let me quickly explain what exactly these organisms are.

lichen :

lichens are symbiotic organisms, meaning they are in themselves the product of a relationship between different organisms. to simplify it, lichens are big part fungus, & smaller part algae (protista) or cyanobacteria (monera). these different forms of life together create lichen, which grows on trees, rocks, leaves, mosses & sometimes other lichens !! to read more about lichens, check out @/lichenaday's blog :-)

moss :

mosses are actually not fungi at all !! they are small, flowerless plants. they grow on trees & in soil. :-)

mould :

mould is a type of structure that fungi can form - it is entirely fungal. it reproduces through airborne spores :-) there are many different types of mould ; some are toxic, some are used medicinally, & some are saprotrophs. (note : slime moulds & water moulds are unrelated to fungal moulds !!)

mushrooms :

so, lots of people think mushrooms are a species of fungus, but they are not. "mushroom" refers to the fruiting body of a fungus ; what a mushroom is to a fungus is comparable to what a flower is to a tree - the part that reproduces !! not all fungi produce mushrooms (e.g. moulds, which do not have fruiting bodies as the entire organism is able to release spores). there are currently only 14 000 discovered fungi that produce mushrooms !! more fungi that don't produce mushrooms include mildew, yeast & lichen.

so, yes !! they're all quite different in structure, cells & function in the ecosystem.

[laorelcreates]

My new pattern 'Forest Treasures' (available at my Redbubble shop).

[lionfloss]

garden_and_cosmos

[lycomorpha]

It feels like the kind of day when we need extra fungi/lichen/moss/love 🌿💚 May you find all the smol good things you need to get through rest of the week 🪲🍄🍀

[oochilka]

[cookie-nom-nom]

Decay is so pretty!

mushrooms are hairy hexagonia and turkey-tail (I think)

[speepybees]

Went on a walk today! I saw stuff!

[penumbrapolaroid]

april 11th, 2024

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[depthofnowhere]

my insta

[mbhfphotos]

Lichen Agaric Lichenomphalia umbellifera

Western Washington, March 16 2023 Photos Mary Howerton (shop)