one of the many toadstools we saw last year in Jämtland [OC] (lemmy.world)
Dog Vomit Slime Mold? (i.imgur.com)
It’s gurgling up outta the ground in my backyard. Rural NC, Piedmont area....
Mushrooms of NZ (imgur.com)
Went on a trip recently to North and South Island and saw some cool mushrooms… the blue ones were a surprise find....
Meet The Incredible Mushroom-Frog! (lemmy.ml)
On the 9 June 2023, at Mala, Karkala, Karnataka, India, researchers found Rao’s intermediate golden-backed frog, (Hylarana intermedia) with a rather fetching, fungal companion growing out of it’s side...
Historic step: National Geographic Society’s includes fungi in its wildlife definition and launches the short film “Flora, Fauna, Funga” | Fungi Foundation Blog (www.ffungi.org)
The inclusion of fungi as an official area of interest puts funga on an equal footing as flora and fauna when referring to macroscopic life on Earth. Funga refers to “fungi of a specific region, habitat, or geological period,” serving as an equivalent concept to flora and fauna for plants and animals. This historic step...
Meet The ZOMBIE Ants!! Some info and cool pictures! (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/13518835...
Sacré Bleu! Cheese enthusiasts are mourning the possible extinction of brie cheese (www.salon.com)
Many signature French cheeses currently rely on just one single fragile strain of fungi — Penicillium camemberti — which is unfortunately at risk of dying out....
Deadly morel mushroom outbreak highlights big gaps in fungi knowledge (arstechnica.com)
On Thursday, Montana health officials published an outbreak analysis of poisonings linked to the honeycombed fungi in March and April of last year. The outbreak sickened 51 people who ate at the same restaurant, sending four to the emergency department. Three were hospitalized and two died. Though the health officials didn’t...
Ophiocordyceps clavulata, some info and pictures! (lemmy.ml)
Ophiocordyceps clavulata is a fungi parasite of scale insects feeding on trees including Pignut Hickory and American Hazel. It grows up to 4 mm...
Staghorn fungi photo by desassessor (lemmy.ml)
staghorn fungi at longshaw Found in wood at longshaw below pond...
Quantitative pathogenicity and host adaptation in a fungal plant pathogen revealed by whole-genome sequencing - Nature Communications (www.nature.com)
Stereum lobatum by Barbora Batokova (lemmy.world)
Phaeocalicium polyporaeum "fairy pins" (mander.xyz)
Phaeocalicium polyporaeum is a tiny mycoparasitic fungus, seen here on its most common host, Trichaptum cf biforme, although it has also been reported on Trametes versicolor.
'Waxcap Gills' by Stevie Smith (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/11022800...
P. monoica (mander.xyz)
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Antarctic fungi survive Martian conditions on the International Space Station (www.agenciasinc.es)
Not quite a fungus but a result of one (lemmy.world)
This is hair ice. It is formed on dead barkless wood and a fungus called Exidiopsis effusa is the main reason. I found this and many more, during late autumn in a forest in Northern Denmark
Anyone know what these are? Found in NW Florida, December (imgur.com)
Some stunning orange jello! (lemmy.world)
This is from earlier this year in Northern Denmark
I just found this community, and I like it! (lemmy.world)
I have no knowledge but loads of fascination towards mushrooms and fungus in general
A puffball from Denmark (mander.xyz)
I think it’s a Lycoperdon. Maybe Lycoperdon perlatum.
A little slice of Peziza (files.catbox.moe)
I still think about this giant puffball my boyfriend found 5 years ago (lemmy.world)
First post, first fungal find of the year (mander.xyz)
A big ol’ Pseudoinonotus dryadeus aka “oak bracket”. These fruit bodies can overwinter and last multiple years! This one was about 2ft across