Mycology

Sorry, don't know what type. One-liter Nalgene bottle for scale.

There has not been much wind lately and the honey mushrooms have been dumping spores out.

OP: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/31584401

I wish the world was so simple...

I finally found some green elfcup and they're tiny.

Pointer finger for scale.

Not much of a painter but I think this shows the range of values you can get with shaggy ink if you concentrate it a bit.

Have been wanting to make ink from shaggy manes for a while now. Last weekend I found one growing by itself and a bit too far gone for me (I prefer them very fresh), so I put it in a jar and let it sit for 2 days at room temp. After the bottom two thirds of the cap had deliquesced I strained out the large chunks and then strained again through a fine mesh bag to remove the larger particles. Thought I should concentrate the ink so I put this on a plate in the dehydrator and ran for a couple hours at 40C until mostly dry, I did stir it once. Thankfully, my dehydrator wasn't a black mess after but may be good to do outside if you have sensitive lungs. I added equal parts water and 99% alcohol to the mostly dry ink and put in a little dropper bottle.

The ink does have a tendency to settle quickly so you need to agitate. I had a look under the scope and it is literally just spores, doesn't seem to be much else in the resulting ink. I really like the colour, I would say its a nice raw umber when diluted. Smudging after the ink dries doesn't seem to dislodge a lot of the spores but you'd still probably want to use a binder like gum arabic if you want the real deal.

If you dont want to paint, I did find this article from Forager Chef on how to make a sauce out of the ink.

A surprisingly dull green shroom I've not seen before. It sure was photogenic though.

Explore the toxicity of death cap mushrooms, and find out what makes this one species so dangerous to humans.

Humans have known about the toxicity of death cap mushrooms for millennia. Yet they continue to pose a significant threat to unsuspecting foragers and mushroom hunters throughout the world. Today, death caps are responsible for more than 90% of all mushroom related deaths, killing upwards of 100 people each year. So, what makes this one species of mushroom so dangerous? Michael Beug investigates.

Lesson by Michael Beug, directed by Denys Spolitak.

This is one with a sticky cap surface but dry stem, I can't recall what section that would typically fall into. I love cortinarius but there are probably only 2 that I can confidently ID and I've never seen them in person. Probably one of my favorite genera, not sure why I just really like their vibe, esp. Dermocybe.

I have watched Shannon Adams give a couple talks on corts and they are still a mystery to me.

NW Florida. Shelf fungus of some sort? It's very pretty IRL.

Late summer early fall is officially here. I come across these guys every year with the dog. Some made it into a stew I had going and were a great addition.

Late summer early fall is officially here. I come across these guys every year with the dog. Some made it into a stew I had going and were a great addition.

I've been loving all these coral fungi I've been finding lately.

15 image focus stack.