#mycology

#introduction Hi, I am newish here. I go back and forth with whether or not mastodon is really for me. So I am back for now. I hope this time will be different. In these times, I feel like I really need some form of connection that I am not generally getting in my life. I have a list of things I am interested in in my bio, but I would love to discuss #mycology #economics (with an #anticapitalist slant) #weather (particularly supercells) #bikes #trainhopping and #music ...

Gymnopus semihirtipes https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Gymnopus_semihirtipes.html Ecology: Saprobic; growing alone, scattered, gregariously, or in clusters on leaf litter and woody debris under hardwoods; spring and early summer; widely distributed east of the Great Plains. Cap: 0.5-2 cm; convex, becoming broadly convex or nearly flat; dry; bald; sometimes becoming wrinkled over the center; orangish brown to reddish brown when young and fresh, but quickly fading to pinkish tan or buff, with a darker center. Gills: Attached to the stem or nearly free from it; nearly distant; whitish. Stem: 2-5 cm long; up to about 3 mm thick at the apex; more or less equal; dry; densely hairy over roughly the lower 1/3 with reddish brown to purplish brown hairs, but bald above; reddish brown. Flesh: Whitish; thin; tough. Odor and Taste: Not distinctive. Chemical Reactions: Ammonia or KOH promptly olive, green, or black on cap and stem surfaces. Spore Print: White. Microscopic Features: Spores: 7.5-9 x 3-4.5 ; smooth; lacrymoid to elliptical; inamyloid. Pleurocystidia absent. Cheilocystidia rare or absent. Pileipellis a tangled cutis of cylindric elements 4-11 wide. Hyphae of the stem encrusted with dark brown material in a water mount. #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #shrooms #mushtodon #sporespondence #floraspondence

Rediscovered this photo from a forest stroll back in January and forgot to share it! For the fungi fans. 🍄✨ #photography #Ireland #Mycology #Fungi #NaturePhotography

Common Coral Slime Mold, aka White-Fingered Slime, Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa. On well-rotted log in deep rainforest. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/07/cool-enough.html #VancouverIsland #SlimeMold #Mycology #NaturePhotography

Laetiporus cincinnatus https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Laetiporus_cincinnatus.html Ecology: Parasitic and saprobic on living and dead oaks; causing a brown rot of the butt and roots; growing alone or gregariously at the bases of oaks or on the ground nearby; late spring through fall; fairly widely distributed from the Great Plains eastward. The illustrated and described collections are from Illinois. Fruiting Body: Up to 45 cm across; usually consisting of several to many caps in a rosette but very rarely consisting of a shelving array near the base of the tree. Caps: 4-20 cm across; 6-20 cm deep; up to 2 cm thick; fan-shaped to semicircular, kidney-shaped, or irregularly lobed; smooth to wrinkled; finely suedelike; pale to bright pinkish orange, often with vague concentric bands of alternating shades of color; frequently fading in maturity and with direct sunlight; the margin often whitish. Pore Surface: Whitish; not bruising; with 2-3 circular to angular pores per mm; tubes to 5 mm deep. Stem: Usually absent; when present poorly defined, whitish, tough, more or less central. Flesh: Thick; soft and watery when young, becoming chalky and eventually crumbling easily; white; not changing when sliced. Dried Specimens: Cap surface and pore surface become dull pinkish orange to dull brownish orange and retain these shades for at least 20 years in the herbarium; they can often be distinguished from herbarium specimens of Laetiporus sulphureus, which are yellow to yellow-orange. Odor and Taste: Not distinctive. Chemical Reactions: KOH negative on cap surface and flesh. Spore Print: White. Microscopic Features: Spores 4-6 x 3-4 m; broadly ellipsoid; smooth; hyaline in KOH; inamyloid. Hymenial cystidia not found. Contextual hyphal system dimitic. Contextual binding hyphae 5-15 m wide; often branching; aseptate; smooth; walls 1-1.5 m thick; hyaline in KOH. Hymenial trama generative hyphae 4-7 m wide; tubular and unbranched; usually parallel; septate; smooth; thin-walled; hyaline in KOH. Clamp connections not found. #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #shrooms #mushtodon #sporespondence #floraspondence

Turn over any rotting log and you might find these beautiful structures, although you'll need a decent lens to appreciate them. Known as the common coral slime (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) based on its coral-like appearance, this slime mold species is truly cosmopolitan, with a global distribution (this photo was taken in New Zealand). The common coral slime was first described in 1729 by Pier Antonio Micheli, the Italian botanist who discovered fungal spores and is considered the 'founding father' of mycology — the branch of biology which concerns fungi. #SoilBiodiversity #Mycology #Fungi #SlimeMolds #MacroPhotography #TheWorldBeneathOurFeet

First-Ever Fungi Time-Lapse Reveals Nature's Hidden Partnership https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuwmt5e288M #Mycology #Botany #PlantScience #Microscopy

#Growers #GrowersSocial #Xylariapolymorpha #DeadMansFingers #Fungus #Mycology First year these guys popped up to snack on my garden stump.

Hi fedi. Are there any microbiologists, mycologists, botanists, or other scientists or science enjoyers #OnHere who would have some reading recommendations for me in understanding the succession of life in forefields and other sterile environments? I am a filthy scifi writer so I am actually interested in this process in the setting of exoplanet regolith but I feel like understanding the research we have on similar environments on Earth is the only real place to start. Please boost 💜 Thank you! #AskFedi #ScienceSideOfFedi #AskMastodon #Microbiology #Mycology #Botany #Biology #Scifi #FediPaperClub