Alan Rockefeller

Coprinopsis section Coprinopsis photographed yesterday in Tandayapa, Ecuador.

One of my favorite flowers, Lopezia racemosa. Second photo in 365 nanometer ultraviolet. The native range of this plant is Mexico through Central America. Extremely rare in cultivation - grown in California by Alan Rockefeller and @crime_pays_but_botany_doesnt - seed collected in Michoacán.

#plants

Sandpipers on the beach in Capitola, California.

#birds

Cystoderma carcharias

There are a bunch of subspecies.

I think they are actually always angry.

There's a bunch of different subspecies.

A Steller's jay that I saw this weekend at Salt Point State Park, California, USA.

#birds

Closer to the coast, but a few miles inland. 39.3422455556, -123.5075797222

The interior of the peridioles of Nidula niveotomentosa (a birds nest fungus) have surprising green fluorescence in 365 nanometer UV light. Photographed yesterday in Mendocino County, California.

Sliced in half with a sharp razor blade.

#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #fungifriends #uvphotography

In 2025 I made 3000 iNaturalist observations and found 1582 species, 682 of them I had never seen before. I made 46,000 identifications for other people. I did a 5 month road trip to the southwest and east coast, went to Ecuador twice and Costa Rica once.

Also wrote lots of Python (Github)

Yea, a time lapse would be awesome!

This is the second time I have photographed one of my favorite Mycena species - this one is found on leaves and has regular water droplets along the stem for a reason which remains a mystery to me.

From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.

#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends

Joey from Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't and I are leading a two-week trip to Ecuador this February with local botanists, mycologists, and herpetologists. Details at www.mycena.llc

The trip includes workshops on plant and mushroom identification, taxonomy, and photography techniques.

Mushroom hunt this Sunday in Quito, Ecuador with the Mycophilic Association of Ecuador and UrbanFunga.

Cost: $1 USD
Sunday, November 30, 2025
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Parque Metropolitano Guangüiltagua

Register here: forms.gle/qrgP8PQsiVL5...

I'm giving a talk on active mushrooms Dec 10 in Berkeley, California. Chad Hyatt will be there serving tacos.

5:30 pm - 8:00 pm - $20 in-person, $15 streaming

Metacampanella subdendrophora growing on scotch broom in Pacific County, Washington.

#metacampanella #mycology #macrophotography #fungi #fungifriends

Mycena tenerrima from Pacific County, Washington. This tiny and widespread Mycena is in Mycena sect. Sacchariferae due to the powdery cap texture, stem with long setae and disc at the stem base.

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What part of the world were they found in? Do you have a photo of the underside of a mature one?

Psilocybe azurescens in 365 nm ultraviolet light + white light. Seen a couple days ago in Pacific County, Washington.

#fungi #mycology #ultravioletphotography

Lactarius subgenus Russularia found 10 seconds ago in Aberdeen, Washington

#fungifriends #fungi #mushrooms

Alan Rockefeller Hogna sp. (wolf spider) photographed in Texas under 365 nanometer ultraviolet light. I still have Mycena ultraviolet lights for sale. $45 usd, USA shipping only. 365 nanometer LED, zwb2 filter,...

I use a bright 365 nm UV light. You can get them here: www.facebook.com/alanrockefel...

I don't know of anyone who has eaten this species - Inski ate a similar species in New Zealand and got a little sick.

This one doesn't get any bluer when bruised, so must be a different molecule.

Olympus OM-1 with 90mm Olympus macro lens. The first photo is 220 images stacked, second image is 22 images stacked with Helicon Focus method C. Both at ISO 200, f3.5.

An undescribed Mycena from the M. amicta group photographed yesterday in Aberdeen, Washington. This group of species is recognizable due to the blue colors, especially on the stem base and the conspicuous setae on the stem.

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An unknown parasite on Xylaria from Pastaza, Ecuador.

#mycology #fungi #fungifriends #xylaria

Thanks! This one was a little difficult because it started raining really hard as I was setting up my camera - I had some friends hold their raincoat over the tripod so I could get this shot without getting my gear too wet.

I saw lots of cool Psilocybe collections that you found along that road in the ENCB herbarium in Mexico City - I always wondered who Jim Jacobs was. I'd love to talk to you more about your Mexico travels - I'll be in the PNW next month, perhaps we can go mushroom hunting one afternoon.