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@lurkingvampire.bsky.social

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ItΒ΄s all about fungi!
Chalciporus rubinus
#fungifriends #mycology

30.07.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a fulbody of my oc, Elizabeth. She is holding a decorated umbrella/parasol

a fulbody of my oc, Elizabeth. She is holding a decorated umbrella/parasol

petals in the void

#oc #OCsky #kaoracters #art

24.07.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
Two bunnies sit on a tufted beige cushion. One is brown and white, the other black and white.

Two bunnies sit on a tufted beige cushion. One is brown and white, the other black and white.

25.07.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1361    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 27
Close-up of a bunny's nose and mouth. The fur is soft and white, with a hint of pink on the nose and lips.

Close-up of a bunny's nose and mouth. The fur is soft and white, with a hint of pink on the nose and lips.

22.07.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1719    πŸ” 324    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 20
A brown bunny wearing large glasses sits on an open book, appearing to read.

A brown bunny wearing large glasses sits on an open book, appearing to read.

23.07.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2045    πŸ” 346    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 19
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Decay🌿

#oc #ocsky #art

24.07.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 608    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
Pictured is a pale, translucent flowering plant growing in a clump in the forest floor. Decaying brown foliage and some green plants are around it. Found in NW Wisconsin, US.

Pictured is a pale, translucent flowering plant growing in a clump in the forest floor. Decaying brown foliage and some green plants are around it. Found in NW Wisconsin, US.

Here is my exciting find from a walk in my Wisconsin woods yesterday- a Ghost Plant/ Indian Pipe. It is an herbaceous, parasitic, non-photosynthesizing perennial flowering plant. It gets its nutrients from fungi that are connected to tree roots. Weird, but amazing.
#bloomscrolling #fungifriends

23.07.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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American giant millipede (Narceus americanus) on a common earthball (Scleroderma citrinum)! #mushrooms #fungifriends

20.07.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Spotted this perfect old man of the woods (Strobilomyces strobilaceus) on my walk along a hemlock ravine! #mushrooms #fungifriends

19.07.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 199    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
small fungi from underneath 
on the side of a birch tree

small fungi from underneath on the side of a birch tree

topside of the fungi on a birch tree

topside of the fungi on a birch tree

small purplish mushrooms πŸ„β€πŸŸ« on a log

small purplish mushrooms πŸ„β€πŸŸ« on a log

small tan fungis on a log

small tan fungis on a log

more fungi i saw today
warren vt
#fungifriends

19.07.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A lovely fresh bracket fungus, Ganoderma resinaceum, at the base of an oak tree.

A lovely fresh bracket fungus, Ganoderma resinaceum, at the base of an oak tree.

A lovely fresh bracket fungus, Ganoderma resinaceum, at the base of an oak tree.

A lovely fresh bracket fungus, Ganoderma resinaceum, at the base of an oak tree.

A lovely fresh bracket fungus, Ganoderma resinaceum, at the base of an oak tree.

A lovely fresh bracket fungus, Ganoderma resinaceum, at the base of an oak tree.

A lovely fresh bracket fungus, Ganoderma resinaceum, seen on an oak tree at Framingham Earl, Norfolk, on yesterday's bike ride.

#Fungi #FungiFriends

19.07.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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A favorite from my archive a day: waxcap/Hygrocybe
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

19.07.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 203    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
tan spotted alien egg puffballs in the woods

tan spotted alien egg puffballs in the woods

blurry closeup as it was getting dark

blurry closeup as it was getting dark

white tiny caps behind where the woodpile usually is

white tiny caps behind where the woodpile usually is

alien πŸ‘½ πŸ₯š eggs
and tiny mushrooms πŸ„β€πŸŸ«
vermont #fungifriends

19.07.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Beautiful orange mushrooms at the bar of an oak tree. πŸ„πŸŒΏ

Beautiful orange mushrooms at the bar of an oak tree. πŸ„πŸŒΏ

Amazing mushies! πŸ„πŸŒΏ
September 16, 2023.
#nature #mushrooms #fungifriends
#photography

17.07.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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[oc] ysmyra.

Just a harpy girl <3

#ocsky #art #digitalart #oc

16.07.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1104    πŸ” 197    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 0

#fanfic #fanficwriting #fanfiction #ao3 #writing #idkThisIsARandomPost
My writing process is just me staring at the words I do have on screen, scrolling Tumblr about writing, pacing my room, and in all of this there's a chance that a sentence of words will come to me.

14.07.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#illustration
#oc
#δΈ€ζ¬‘ε‰΅δ½œ

13.07.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 835    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
A small brown mushroom with patches of white fluffy-looking material all over its cap grows out of fir-needle-covered ground.

A small brown mushroom with patches of white fluffy-looking material all over its cap grows out of fir-needle-covered ground.

I love getting photos of little Amanitas as they pop out of the ground and are yet to fully separate from their egg-like base

πŸ“· Canon R5
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/4, 1/5, ISO 400
Stack of 23 images
10/12/24
Northern Oregon Coast

#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms #amanita

πŸ„πŸ“· πŸ“ΈπŸŽž 🌿🌱 🟒 πŸ„ πŸ„β€πŸŸ«

06.07.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I saw this β€œwhite thing” sticking out of the branches in the middle of the tree… imagine my delight when I got close enough to recognize what I was looking at 😍

#fungifriends #fungi

07.07.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just put on a smile and move forward :)

(an animation test)
#pacman #blender3D

28.06.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Armillaria sp.
#fungi #fungifriends

26.06.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
On a fallen log surrounded by dead leaves on the forest floor, grows several VERY dark (almost black) cup fungi. They appear goblet shaped, thinner at the bottom and with a large opening at the top. They look like they're meant to collect rain water, they're so open and wide.

On a fallen log surrounded by dead leaves on the forest floor, grows several VERY dark (almost black) cup fungi. They appear goblet shaped, thinner at the bottom and with a large opening at the top. They look like they're meant to collect rain water, they're so open and wide.

Day 74 of posting cool mushrooms every day:

The Devil's Urn (Urnula craterium) is a goblet-shaped mushroom that appears in eastern NA, Europe, and Asia in early spring. It causes a canker disease on oak.

It inhibits other fungi via a mechanism we have not yet discovered.

(Source: bit.ly/4i2zqBV)

16.02.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
On a background of leaves and forest, grows a mushroom in moss in the foreground. It has a pale red stem and a very slimy-looking dark red cap. The stem has splotches of yellow on it.

On a background of leaves and forest, grows a mushroom in moss in the foreground. It has a pale red stem and a very slimy-looking dark red cap. The stem has splotches of yellow on it.

Day 85 of posting cool mushrooms:

The Shrimp Mushroom (Russula xerampelina) is named so because, yes, it smells exactly like seafood! Particularly crab. This smell occurs due to the molecule Trimethylamine.

It grows from the Arctic Circle down to Costa Rica.

(Image source: Wiki, bit.ly/4hwOC9N)

21.03.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A white hand holds up a postcard-size canvas that is semi-transparent. On the front, there are several pink-capped mushrooms drawn over an orange background. The stems are white. On the backside of the postcard you can faintly see writing and stamps. In the background of the postcard are fake ivy plants growing around a window. A bright blue sky is visible beyond them. You can also see a cat statue sitting on the windowsill. At the very top left, there is a sign that says "Attract what you expect."

A white hand holds up a postcard-size canvas that is semi-transparent. On the front, there are several pink-capped mushrooms drawn over an orange background. The stems are white. On the backside of the postcard you can faintly see writing and stamps. In the background of the postcard are fake ivy plants growing around a window. A bright blue sky is visible beyond them. You can also see a cat statue sitting on the windowsill. At the very top left, there is a sign that says "Attract what you expect."

A friend of mine painted me this postcard of Ballerina Waxcaps for my birthday!!!!

They know I love pink, so they picked one of the few pink mushrooms there are!

I absolutely love it. People who are so artistic blow my mind. I would love to learn how to draw and paint one day.

#fungifriends

14.06.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tiny corpse finger mushrooms poking out from under a leaf. There are three fruiting bodies visible, gray and white. Several dew drops hang on the mushrooms.

Tiny corpse finger mushrooms poking out from under a leaf. There are three fruiting bodies visible, gray and white. Several dew drops hang on the mushrooms.

Corpse finger mushrooms (xylaria something). These are teeny tiny! #fungifriends

18.06.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Keep an eye out for ghost pipes/Monotropa uniflora, even with how dry it has been there are so many coming up. Scroll down to see one of several clumps I found earlier on this hike before I saw this one by itself. #fungifriends #naturephotography

19.06.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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A favorite from my archive a day: A perfect common bonnet.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

22.06.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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A favorite from my archive a day: Pseudohydnum gelatinosum or toothed jelly fungus or cat’s tongue.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

25.06.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ringless honey mushrooms
#fungi #mushrooms #fungifriends #foraging

26.06.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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i forgot i have bsky oops

#skyyoung #art #arcane

20.06.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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