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[moe-mycelium]

Dryad’s Saddle!! (Cerioporus Squamosus)

The other common name is a Pheasant Back Mushroom, which is derived from the patterning, while the name Dryad’s Saddle comes from the old folk tale that fairies (dryads) would sit on these mushrooms.

The young versions of this mushroom are edible, but older specimens will get tough and indigestible. (This post does not serve as your identification guide, don’t eat random shroomies if you aren’t 100% sure what they are)

They’re parasitic or saprotrophic, in this case, the specimen was saprotrophic because it was gaining nutrients from the decaying log.

Shroomies are so fun!

[thoughtsofagremlin]

Tired of mushrooms being seen as just drugs. I recently got a mushroom shirt and someone implied it was drug related :(. Mushrooms are so much more!!! They do so much cool stuff!!

Anyway please reblog with cool mushroom facts to help prove my point.

[freakyfungi]

When we say "mushrooms", we typically refer to their macro fruiting bodiess. The actual mushroom is a much larger organism, a network of filamentous threads called "mycelium" which can span for acres of land.

The fruiting body has a limited lifespan, but the mycelium can be functionally immortal as long as a spore survives and thrives in the right conditions.

The largest organism in the world is a mushroom! The mycelium of a honey mushroom (s.n Armillaria ostoyae, nicknamed the humongous fungus) spans over 9 kilometers in Oregon.

[thoughtsofagremlin]

Tired of mushrooms being seen as just drugs. I recently got a mushroom shirt and someone implied it was drug related :(. Mushrooms are so much more!!! They do so much cool stuff!!

Anyway please reblog with cool mushroom facts to help prove my point.

[moe-mycelium]

Mycelium, which is the main organism that mushrooms fruit from, can form a sort of internet for trees to communicate through. The mycelium will form mycorrhizal connections with the plants roots, and trees can use it to exchange nutrients and information.

This is a simplified description but that’s the gist!

[freakyfungi]

Coprinopsis atramentaria

these are mushrooms that will turn into INK once they mature. how fuckin cool is that

Coprinopsis atramentaria (commonly known as the ink cap) is a species of fungus that is super awesome so we're gonna talk about it Ink caps are saprobic, meaning they feed on dead organic matter. They are commonly found growing on decaying or buried wood.

"but mr fungi man why do they turn into ink"

through a process called deliquescence which means they disintegrate their own cap in order to spread its spores through its "ink"

[freakyfungi]

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[freakyfungi]

Coprinopsis atramentaria

these are mushrooms that will turn into INK once they mature. how fuckin cool is that

Coprinopsis atramentaria (commonly known as the ink cap) is a species of fungus that is super awesome so we're gonna talk about it Ink caps are saprobic, meaning they feed on dead organic matter. They are commonly found growing on decaying or buried wood.

"but mr fungi man why do they turn into ink"

through a process called deliquescence which means they disintegrate their own cap in order to spread its spores through its "ink"

[freakyfungi]

"is it edible?" i hear you asking

YES

YES IT IS

Coprinopsis atramentaria is generally regarded as edible

moreso when it still looks like this:

but it becomes bitter when it matures (starts turning into ink)

be careful since it can be poisonous when you have alcohol in your system 3 days before or 3 days after consuming an inky cap

[freakyfungi]

Coprinopsis atramentaria

these are mushrooms that will turn into INK once they mature. how fuckin cool is that

Coprinopsis atramentaria (commonly known as the ink cap) is a species of fungus that is super awesome so we're gonna talk about it Ink caps are saprobic, meaning they feed on dead organic matter. They are commonly found growing on decaying or buried wood.

"but mr fungi man why do they turn into ink"

through a process called deliquescence which means they disintegrate their own cap in order to spread its spores through its "ink"

[freakyfungi]

mushrooms are SO fuckin cool but they're so underrated y'all are missing out they are SO awesome