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The underside of a bolete appears in the foreground of the photo, with its teeth and tubes forming a rolling corrugated skin, catching the late afternoon sun. In the background a forest bed of oak leaves can be seen, with various oak and pine trees in the background, with a background of blue sky.

Slightly zoomed out shot of the bolete underside.

Top-down shot of the bolete - the slightly bumpy top of the bolete is a mix of tan and caramel colors, with a few spots of reddish brown and a few bites/chunks missing, where the yellow under-flesh can be seen. Below, you can see a bed of oak leaves.

Top down shot comparing size of bolete on right with OP’s left hand - it is equal to the size of two hands with palms and fingers spread.

Please behold: the biggest bolete I’ve ever seen, just casually existing by the roadside. I screamt a little scream when I first saw this football sized beauty! What do we think… is it the much sought-after Penny Bun?

#fungifriends #fallfungi #pennybun #boletusedulis

Only treats in this house! Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻

#happyhalloween #allhallowseve #labradorsofbluesky #dogsitting

White branching patterns reach toward a tan and brown center with small nodules, comprising the center of the inside of a mushroom cap - with the dark striated patterns of the cap visible behind the white branching patterns.

This is a slightly more zoomed out version of the first picture, still in bird’s eye view, with the inky outside of the mushroom cap now wrapping around the inside, with mulch and wood chips visible below the mushroom.

In this picture, four hare’s foot ink caps of various heights cluster together in a bird’s eye view, their caps curled slightly inward, with mulch and wood chips visible below the mushrooms.

This is a side view of the hare’s foot ink caps cluster of fruiting bodies, with long, pale stems that have white fuzz at the base, with black, inky parallel lines running from the top of the stems to the top of the caps, which are curled slightly inward. In the background, one can see mulch/wood chips and a variety of weeds and grass, with a redwood fence behind both.

Enjoying the gorgeous mycorrhizal patterns on these fleeting Hare’s foot ink caps - if you blink, you’ll miss the delicate fruiting bodies, as their lifespan plays out in just under 24 hours!

#haresfootinkcap #fungifriends #coprinopsislagopus #fallfungi #inkycapmushrooms

ADHD is like having the worst upstairs apartment neighbors in the world except they’re in your skull

like please I am just trying to brush my teeth I can’t hear “🎵🎶LIFE IS A CABARET, OLD CHUM🎵🎶” at top volume again

not even the whole song, just that one line on repeat forever

From my kid

Common yarrow, groups of dozens of tiny white flowers with yellow stamen, five creased petals on each one. Looking top down on bunches of them against a dark background.

Common yarrow, which just means that it's everywhere looking stunning for #StunDay Sunday.
#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin

Voyager scene. Seven of Nine (tertiary adjunct of unimatrix 01) is pictured. She has a dolphin shaped metal robotic implant around her left eye because she is a borgs. Closed caption reads, "Fun will now commence."

It's the weekend, baby

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

Happy Belated Father’s Day straight from the Alpha Quadrant!

#startrek #tresky #fathersday

San Francisco truly knows how to show up.

NO KINGS!

‘they are protesting in front of the Embassy Suites’ honestly feels like a phrase a surrealist art bot would come up with and yet, alas, truth is surrealer than fiction

Judge says Trump illegally deployed National Guard to help with LA protests, must return control A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California.

BREAKING: A federal judge says Trump illegally deployed the National Guard to help with LA protests and must return control to California.

The Trump administration's request to send the National Guard to L.A. is the first time since 1965 that a president has deployed a state’s Guard without a request from its governor.
www.latimes.com/california/l...

but they were, all of them, deceived, for another pope was made

YouTube video by The DailyFAFO Les Misérables Epilogue Scene Performed at the White House Governors Ball by the US Army Chorus

Proud of these brave folks! 🥺

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh...

Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People

🔗 www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

Boring rich women technically went into space achieving nothing for mankind today, while illegitimate American President defies constitution again, sending innocent man to rot in foreign prison.

This St. Patrick’s Day, I’d like to thank the Irish for my favorite way of saying goodbye! 🍀

#irishexit #irishfarewell #irishgoodbye

Phil is right. This is torture. 😕 🇺🇸

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

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10 Democrats voted with Republicans to censure Al Green. They need a reminder that now is the time to resist fascism. Al Green was showing the way & they FAILED. It then lists their office numbers

names & numbers of the traitorous 10

Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor.

The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!

This is the power of representation.

The phone rings in the FBI's Los Angeles field office. It's 2:34am. The deputy director wants someone to investigate something "people are talking about" on twitter. Again.

In a black and white picture from the 1940’s, two short and t-shirt clad cyclists lie kissing in the grass by a roadside, wrapped in a passionate embrace and seemingly unaware of the cameraperson, with a cream colored “Cyclists are Advised to Dismount” sign behind them against which are leaning two single-speed steel bicycles, one with double top tube and flat handlebars, the other with drop bars and a rear rack, both with fenders.

…. and have a little snog. 🤭 Happy Valentine’s Day!

#cycling #bicycling #bi-cycling #dayoflove #loveofbikes #saveacowboyrideabike

Passage from Carl Sagan’s The Demon-Haunted World

Reposting as Sagan is so prescient from 30 years ago.

Fire on the mountain, run boys run…

An elfin saddle mushroom stands amongst tan and brown oak leaves, with a glistening and knotted black top and a greyish cream stem with fluted grooves.

Overhead view of a knotted, converging, glistening black fungal mass sitting on a bed of tan oak leaves, brown pine needles and tree stems.

Forest floor view of an elfin saddle mushroom, nestled amongst tan and yellow oak leaves, as well as brown rot and detritus, with its glistening ribbonlike black top curling into itself and the fluted, converging and delicate cream colored stem.

Beyond excited to share my second ever find of the delicate and otherworldy #elfinsaddles! Rainy weather and California oak woodlands for the win!

#fungifriends #elfinsaddle #elfinsaddlemushroom #helvelladryophila
#onehelluvahellvella

White House rescinds federal aid freeze | CNN Politics The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded the federal aid freeze, according to a memo obtained by CNN from a Trump administration official

Trump's spending freeze was unconstitutional and a violation of the Impoundment Control Act.

But the public uproar yesterday should serve as a reminder that Trump's plans to gut federal programs are deeply unpopular.

Keep fighting. Keep up the pressure. Don't tune out. www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/p...

Of course, anytime! Wishing you good luck!