#crucibulum

[wilderwhim]

This is the first party of characters from playtests of my tarot based survival horror TTRPG Crucibulum. I painted this over a year ago in the midst of grief over losing a dear friend. I think now that I'm generally out of that pit of depression, that Crucibulum as a whole was a grief project. It got to be too much. I had to put it down.

I don't exactly know we're I'm going with this, but I do know that I can't just let an entire year's worth of paintings sit on a hard drive doing nothing. More will come in time.

[calochortus]

Common (Crucibulum laeve) and Fluted (Cyathus striatus) Bird's Nest Fungi by Will Atkins Via Flickr: (Common on the left, fluted on the right)

[thiswillnotdo]

2022_07_09

[mikroskopie]

Tiegel-Teuerling, Crucibulum laeve

[mushroomgay]

Kew Gardens, London, UK, October 2019

Bird’s nest fungi (Crucibulum laeve)

These tiny mushrooms are difficult to spot, being tiny and well camoflaged, but once you’ll see them you’ll start noticing hundreds in groups on surrounding rotten wood. 

The first, browning group are most likely common bird’s next fungi (C. laeve), but I wouldn’t feel confident making a definite ID. The second, more grey specimens I’m even less confident of - possibly they’re older, greying specimens of the same common bird’s nest, or possibly another species in the Nidulariaceae family.

I found these while walking around Kew Gardens with my family, who were having a fun time being sweet and pointing out every mushroom they found to me - meaning I had to stop and fawn over every little brown mycena or mower’s mushroom they found.

[fungusqueen]

Bird’s nest fungi in a flower pot

[naturephiliashop]

mini terrarium filigree ring // white bird's nest fungi + tiny ferns + red sphagnum moss

[wapiti3]

Crucibulum laeve (birds nest fungi)

The macro club project (Fungi - Mushrooms)