Mycology

Little coral reef I saw the other day ;) not sure about ID.

I'm not sure what is allowed here (no sidebar content?) and I'm very happy and thankful for this community! And I see so many upvotes but not so many new posts; let's see some more finds, ID requests, growing/harvesting/foraging discussions and so on! At least where I'm at 'tis the season 🍄

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/5525038

Winner Photo Of Nature Photographer Of The Year 2020
Category Plants And Fungi: Runner-Up

Source: The Winning Photos Of Nature Photographer Of The Year 2020

“Lamington National park is a fairytale forest teeming with waterfalls, gigantic old trees and wildlife. Taking in all this magical beauty, I wondered when the ancient trees would start talking and if the fairies would appear. With many trails flooded due to heavy rains, this waterfall and its moss covered surroundings look lush and green. This fungi stairway captures the magic of this century old, semi-tropical rainforest.”

Photographer website: https://www.beyondandbelow.com

I am doing research into setting up a mini farm for gourmet and medicinal mushrooms and am currently looking into long term mycelium storage.

On the surface, the answers seem simple: Once the mycelium runs out of nutrients, it dies. So mor food mor better? However..

Slants seem to be the #1 recommended long term storage method. However, the most economical types of slants I can get seem to hold about as much agar as your standard petri dish.

Questions that come to mind:

• Is the goal of a slant to reduce the propagation of mycelium to save on its nutrient supply?
• Is there a measurable difference in nutrient uptake between the different methods?
• Does it all just boil down to which method is more space efficient for storage?
• What questions do I really need to be asking myself in the context of this thread? ;)

Regardless, I think I will have to "update" or "refresh" my cultures every 12-18 months by transferring the mycelium to fresh media. Correct?

(Obviously, for substrate inoculation, the different methods have their own benefits which I am already aware of.)

It was barely breaking the surface in the morning, and by the time I finished work it was at full height. I was amazed at how fast it grew.

Amanita phalloides

Western Germany

Tylopilus felleus

Found in Western Germany

Some fungus I saw last year. For a sense of scale, the trunk is about two foot in diameter.

Western Germany, about a month ago

Found near Hope, AK on the Kenai peninsula.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3477756

One of the 'Winners of the 2022 World Nature Photography Awards....."Fungus Horizon” by Mr. Endy (Singapore). Silver, Plants and fungi. Subject: Crepidotus fungus. Location: Windsor Nature Park, Singapore...'

Found this one by a creek while collecting water on a hike last year.

Originally from Australia/New Zealand and imported to Europe, can be found here quite often. The smell is absolutely horrible.

Found today in western Germany

This was very cool to see, if you know what it is please let me know.

Mushrooms are going absolutely crazy here right now 💥

Sorry for the BeReal frame in the corner

Forgot to take a picture without the hand for scale..

It's crazy here right now, everything is full because of the humid weather, you don't even have to go of the tracks

Dog for scale

A somewhat more uncommon find here in western Norway

Two days ago I found a nice Phellodon niger, also known as black tooth. After making a spore print I thought the specimen didn't yield any, because I could hardly make them out. Turns out they are just tiny: 3-5µm! After cranking up the magnification I got a nice picture of them, too.

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Turns out both grow in my area, and look identical to this when young. Yikes! So based on a post yesterday, I took this outside and sliced it in half. So far it looks promising (I think?) and I'm not dead yet.

This was found growing in a Colorado yard near the base of an elm tree, in an area where there are also rotting cottonwood roots. Altitude is right at 5000 feet. It wasn't my yard so I'm not sure how many days it may have been growing before I picked it today. I have put both halves in the fridge for now, is there any other information I can provide to help identify it?

A full size copy of the inside can be viewed here: http://sourpuss.net/projects/mycology/2023-08-13/IMG_7239.JPG