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Happy Monday everyone!
Todays #fungifind is Candlesnuff Fungus! (Xylaria hypoxylon) 🍄
The candlesnuff fungus, also known as the 'Stag's Horn', has an erect, simple or forked fruiting body with a downy stalk. It grows in groups on dead and rotting wood, and can be found on stumps and branches of all sorts of trees.
Top tip: By keeping dead wood in your garden, you can encourage all kinds of fungi to grow, including Candlesnuff Fungus, which in turn attracts the wildlife that depends upon it.
#fungioftheday #candlesnuff #candlesnufffungus #fungi #mushroom #nature #mastodonmushrooms #mastodon #mastoart #mycodon #mosstodon #mycology #fungiverse #fungus #mushroomsofmastodon #nature
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Good #evening everyone 🌙
Todays #fungifind 🍄
Deer Shield / Mushroom! (Pluteus cervinus)
The Deer Shield is a #wood-rotting fungus that occurs mainly on hardwood #stumps. This fungus can appear at any time from late #spring through to late #autumn.
Although its caps are usually fawn or light brown, like the coat of a young #deer (referred to as a 'fawn' regardless of its colour!), some authorities say that the common name comes not from the #brown colour of the #cap but from antler-like horn-shaped protrusions on apex of the gill-face #cystidia (known as pleurocystidia) that can be seen under a #microscope!
#fungioftheday #deershield #wood #gills #horns #deermushroom #toadstool #fungi #mushroom #nature #deadwood #mastodonmushrooms #mastodon #mastoart #mycodon #bracket #mosstodon #mycology #fungiverse #fungus #mushroomsofmastodon #nature
#fungifacts #mushrooms #plants #fungikingdom #mastodonmushroom -
Good #evening everyone 🌙
Todays #fungifind 🍄
Deer Shield / Mushroom! (Pluteus cervinus)
The Deer Shield is a #wood-rotting fungus that occurs mainly on hardwood #stumps. This fungus can appear at any time from late #spring through to late #autumn.
Although its caps are usually fawn or light brown, like the coat of a young #deer (referred to as a 'fawn' regardless of its colour!), some authorities say that the common name comes not from the #brown colour of the #cap but from antler-like horn-shaped protrusions on apex of the gill-face #cystidia (known as pleurocystidia) that can be seen under a #microscope!
#fungioftheday #deershield #wood #gills #horns #deermushroom #toadstool #fungi #mushroom #nature #deadwood #mastodonmushrooms #mastodon #mastoart #mycodon #bracket #mosstodon #mycology #fungiverse #fungus #mushroomsofmastodon #nature
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Happy Sunday everyone! ☀️
Todays #fungifind 🍄 The stages of a Shaggy Parasol! (Chlorophyllum rhacodes)
A Shaggy Parasol is a #large, stocky mushroom with a #convex cap when mature. The cap’s surface has raised #brown scales, giving it a #shaggy look, further enhanced by the shaggy edge to the #rim.
The shaggy parasol’s habit of #growing in rings, known as #fairy rings, has long been part of European #folklore. Some believe the #rings symbolised a place where #fairies, #pixies or #elves danced in the woods. Others believe that they were a #portal between the fairy world and the #human world!
On a side note, though #edible when cooked for some, I wouldn’t be #foraging this one for dinner because it can cause #severe gastric upset in 1 in 25 people! #fungioftheday #shaggyparasol #toadstool #fungi #mushroom #nature #tinderfungus #mastodonmushrooms #mastodon #mastoart #mycodon #bracket #mosstodon #mycology #fungiverse #fungus #mushroomsofmastodon #nature
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A short walk and found some lovely fungi. #fungi #photo #nature #autumn #fungifind