fungi inveniri in rerum natura

gefunden am wegesrand, im wald und sonstwo..

[cherrychross]

[cnet]

Happy Captain Picard Day!

Salute Captain Jean-Luc Picard with a day dedicated to celebrating the legacy of the fearless and fair leader of the Enterprise D.

[jedi-prince]

to brighten your day, here is some young mark hamill (aka luke skywalker, hero of the galaxy). wearing a sweater. cuddling a kitten. enjoy! (x)

[use-the-force-rey-deactivated20]

I’m the cat

[cherrychross]

Polyporus squamosus, quite an old one!

[theblueridgemycophile]

[cherrychross]

A dried Amanita muscaria, I love the metal shine of the hat

[theblueridgemycophile]

Little punks beat me to this oyster ತಎತ

[cherrychross]

That tasty little fellow is a Piptoporus betulinus!

[theblueridgemycophile]

Another unidentified specimen of (most likely) the same species as my previous post.

[cherrychross]

That is a young Armillaria melea

[theblueridgemycophile]

Can’t find an identification for this, its very odd looking.

[cherrychross]

Quite sure it is a Polyporus squamosus, found one myself the other day

Edit: on second look, I agree that it can't be a Polyporus, as it has lamellae instead of pores :) the Habitus an especially the stem and the clear gap between the stem and the hat fooled me :( I somewhat disagree with the armillaria melea classification for some reason.. Can't really pin it down.. But sure, the black mycelium is a pretty good hint :)

[dasupastar]

What is this fungus in my yard? #nature #fungus?

[cherrychross]

Sparassis XXX (spathula?) 

Sparassis crispis ist bei uns als Fette Glucke bekannt und ein beliebter, wenn auch seltener Speisepilz! :)

Schönes Exemplar jedenfalls!

[huldrapress]

Hericulum coralloides mushoom, glass plate photograph by Huron H Smith from his 1910 expedition to Oregon

[beardedtooth]

hedgehog mushrooms, black trumpets, chanterelles, lion’s mane hericium, oyster mushroom, vermont

[cherrychross]

Wow, ich wäre der glücklichste Mann der Welt für lange Zeit nach so einem Fund!

[oakapples]

This afternoon I went to a talk about structural colour in Hibiscus, during which I remembered about these Lamproderma slime moulds that also display this phenomenon (although with a different physical basis). Many species are restricted to the snow-line in montane Europe. Beautiful things.

[cherrychross]

Beautiful things

[betomad]

lost forest. photo by nene00

[cherrychross]

I wonder what these are

[steepravine]

Mushrooms In Moss

(Marin, California - 3/2014)

[indefenseofplants]

Believe it or not, what you are seeing here is the same species of plant. The one on the left is the normal reproductive state of an Arabis mustard while the one on the right is the same species of mustard that has been infected by a rust fungus known as Puccinia monoica. The interaction of these two species is interesting on so many levels. I spent an entire summer, along with my botanical colleagues, completely stumped as to what this strange orange-colored plant could be only to eventually find out that it was a mustard that has been hijacked! The fungus in question, Puccinia monoica, is part of a large complex of interrelated rust fungi who are quite fond of mustards. They are some of the only fungi I know that utilize such an elaborate form of sexual reproduction. The life cycle is as follows: Fungal spores land on a young mustard plant and begin to invade the host tissue. As they grow, they gain more and more nutrients from the mustard. Eventually the fungi effectively neuters the host plant and causes it to begin to form what are referred to as “pseudoflowers.” The pseudoflowers are basically just leaves that have been mutated by the fungus to look and smell a lot like other plants blooming in early summer. The pseudoflowers produce a sticky nectar-like substance that smells quite nice to pollinators. The mimicry even goes as far as to produce yellowish pigments that reflect UV light, which makes it an even more attractive target for passing pollinators. On each pseudoflower are hundreds of small cups known as spermatogonia. These house the sex cells of the fungus. The insect becomes covered in these sex cells, which it then transfers to other infected plants thus achieving sexual reproduction for Puccinia monoica. Still with me? At this point, the pseudoflowers stop producing color and nectar and instead, the fused sex cells germinate into hyphae that begin to form specialized structures called “aecia.” The aceia house the spores that will be responsible for infecting their secondary host plants, which are grasses. The spores germinate and infect the grass. From there, structures called “uredia” are formed that go on to produce even more spores to infect even more grass. Eventually, structures called “telia” are formed on the grass and the cycle finally comes full circle. The telia produce the spores that will infect the original mustard host plants.

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Cross section slide credit: http://gal8.piclab.us/

[cherrychross]

That's just fascinating! I love botany! And mycology! See where they meet! :)

[lepista-nuda]

[breadndbutterflies]

So yeah. Mushrooms!!!!!!! 🎉🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🎊 today’s haul: #chickenofthewoods #giant #puffball #giantpuffball #amanita #rubescens #chanerelles #beefsteak #blacktrumpets #beautyberries #turkeytail #princeagaricus #boletus #leccinum #bolete #macrocybe #titans #dandelion #greens #foraging #mushroomhaul #wild #edible #food #healthy #nature