Fall is the best time of year for #mushrooms #π
Iβm loving these rainbow Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonoides
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Your friendly neighborhood Mycologist π Community Science Director at Mycota Lab 𧬠Creating networks of field collectors across North and South America πΈοΈ Rainforests are my happy place βοΈπβ¨ https://linktr.ee/mandie_quark
Fall is the best time of year for #mushrooms #π
Iβm loving these rainbow Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonoides
As a traveling mycologist Iβve been kicking around in Colorado for the last 3 weeks. Itβs been absolutely amazingβ¨
22.08.2025 02:21 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Arctia caja (the great tiger moth!) at 9,000 ft elevation in gorgeous Telluride, Colorado ποΈβ€οΈβ¨
22.08.2025 01:38 β π 40 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0You can always ask your friendly neighborhood mycologist! Or, just post it on iNaturalist for community consensus!
16.08.2025 03:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Summer bounty π
#fungifriends #biodiversity #northcarolina #appalachia
Phaeolus!!
15.08.2025 13:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gymnopilus for sure!
15.08.2025 13:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This is Oudemansiella! β€οΈβ¨
15.08.2025 13:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Confirming ID - youβre right!
15.08.2025 13:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Amanita cruentilemurum - the name of this mushroom means βbloody ghostβ probably because itβs all-white but stains red when handled or sliced π©Έπ»
#fungifriends #biodiversity #inaturalist
These were either sequenced by Mycota Lab or OMDL, and they may not be in Genbank but theyβre definitely on MycoMap. You can run a MycoMap BLAST by clicking the MycoMap BLAST Results link (right side) on any of these observations
13.08.2025 12:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0There are 6 observations on iNaturalist with DNA sequence data, check it out www.inaturalist.org/observations...
13.08.2025 12:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Pretty pink Porpolomopsis, looking like a ballerina in the forest. This is likely a species new to science, discovered by our research crew last month in Costa Rica π
#biodiversity #new #pink #mushroom #fungi #ballerina #science #nature #discovery #costarica
Sometimes when I feel unhappy, I remember that Iβm alive and get to experience this amazing life. Some people Iβve known are gone too soon. Yet, miraculously, Iβm still hereβ¦ kickin, screamin, and pickin mushrooms πππ
13.08.2025 03:44 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gorgeous flowers grow on the side of the road! This prickly poppy, in the genus Argemone, was captured on a back road in southern New Mexico π
#plants #backroad #biodiversity #newmexico
Agaricus section Arvenses from southern New Mexico, growing under a mature blue Spruce at the edge of a gorgeous field on the top of a mountain at sunset β€οΈ
12.08.2025 17:14 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Southern New Mexico has an amazing diversity of fungi, including this awesome new species of Neoboletus with the provisional name "southwestern rainbow" π
12.08.2025 17:06 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I want to pick it and cook it!
01.06.2025 16:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gills like a fancy dress πβ¨
#chanterelles
Morel mushroom in the snowmelt
Morels in the snowmelt β€οΈβ¨
#mushrooms
Itβs not toxic or psychoactive. This is a choice edible! It actually tastes rather like corn. Can turn eggs green when cooked together!!
23.05.2025 14:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No but that was clearly a missed opportunity! Thanks for the idea π‘π©΅β¨
22.05.2025 15:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0β¨π©΅β¨
22.05.2025 15:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Amazing!! π©΅πβ¨
22.05.2025 15:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you so much ππ©΅β¨
22.05.2025 02:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Youβre so welcome!! π©΅πβ¨
21.05.2025 17:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No, itβs a choice edible without psychoactive properties π©΅
21.05.2025 17:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes way!! ππ©΅βοΈβ¨
21.05.2025 17:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gills of a gorgeous Lactarius in baby blue
Lactarius indigo from the old growth oak forests of southern Mexico ππ©΅π¦β¨
#bkuesky #blue #mushroom #fungi #nature #art #macro #photography #mexico
If you live in Colorado, we want your mushrooms for free DNA sequencing!!
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