Marasmius rotula (probably), one of my favorite mushrooms. (mander.xyz)
I love how tiny and delicate they are! Northern West Virginia.
Can I get an ID? (i.imgur.com)
Found this all over my local trail in Hawaii. Looks like turkey tail but not white on the edges and not a lot of color separation. Also, Ive never id’ a mushroom.
More front yard mushrooms (lemmy.sdf.org)
These seem pretty common, still don’t know what they might be though. Showed up the same day as the last mushrooms I posted. It’s fun to see so many different kinds.
Clump of mushrooms - What are they? (lemmy.sdf.org)
Can you say what theses are?...
Photobomb (mander.xyz)
laughed my ass off when I found this assortment, laughing again now. pls enjoy...
More Psilocybe Ovoideocystidiata (slrpnk.net)
Some wild Psilocybes in SE, Pennsylvania.
Yellow jelly fungus (Heterotextus miltinus) growing on a kānuka tree branch, Tokaanu, New Zealand (lemmy.nz)
Cross-posted from: lemmy.nz/post/79539
Cortinarius sp (under white light and 265nm UV light for comparison) (media.kbin.social)
Four outta five ain't bad... (lemmy.world)
Day 4 of growing Pleurotus ostreatus cultures from spore. Only one plate got contaminated, but it was bad. There are two contaminant fungi going to battle, and around three possible bacterial colonies. I must have been losing it at the end, haha! Can’t wait to see how they progress!
Stropharia Rugosoannulata (slrpnk.net)
King Stropharia just emerging.
Grew a Giant King Oyster Recently (sh.itjust.works)
Pretty sure it is the fruiting body of a grass slime mold (lemmy.world)
Super dusty boy
Monster puffball I stumbled across several years ago (lemmy.world)
2.8# of fungi! (Was a puffball- No gills or stem, though it was misleadingly shaped. Will share a pic of the inside!)
psilocybe ovoideocystidiata (slrpnk.net)
Kind of eviscerated by drought, but a few still holding on.
3D printed evaporative cooler drops mushroom tent temp by 12 f (mander.xyz)
I’m just starting to get back into growing mushrooms and have a few Oyster blocks ready to fruit. Problem is the temperature in my house/grow tent is usually in the high 70’s or low 80’s (f), and the humidity is in the 30% range. I figured a swamp cooler could help with both of these problems....
Adventures in Pleurotus-land (lemmy.world)
From the left to the right (in the attached photo): two jars of Pleurotus ostreatus spores (now mycelium) growing in grain, two jars of P. ostreatus liquid culture cloned from agar, and two jars of Pleurotus pulmonarius liquid culture cloned from agar....
Cool tree ring growth! (mander.xyz)
Anyone know more about the cause? It’s happened to me a couple times with cultures that proved clean. My best guess is temperature fluctuation, it’s pretty hot here
Lichen resynthesis experiment (mander.xyz)
I am trying to grow Oakmoss lichen (Evernia prunastri) at home, which is a highly valued lichen in the perfume industry due to its woody and sweet odor....
Penicillium contamination (mander.xyz)
I have been making an effort to actually identify the contaminants that grow in my petri dishes. In this case the contaminants are those dark green spore islands....
King oysters fruiting in worm bin (mander.xyz)
https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/2b9599f5-64dc-4f25-b22f-6492ab481bae.jpeg...
Winter negligence (mander.xyz)
I was experimenting with culture isolation and became a bit distracted with other things. This agar plate was prepared in October and left in a drawer, so it has been about 3 months since then....
Wouldn't want it any other way (mander.xyz)
Burrowed this from reddit: www.reddit.com/r/shrooms/comments/rwp7u9/_/
Accurate (mander.xyz)
Blue oyster mushrooms (mander.xyz)
My first attempt at growing Blue Oyster mushroom...