For those not in the know, this is one of the Amanita #mushrooms referred to as a Destroying Angel. Never, ever, ever, ever #forage with an #app. Especially for mushrooms.
if you have an idea what this is, please let me know!
found under a woodchip pile in north-central minnesota. my dad says "didn't have a plant attached. it doesn't smell like anything offensive, just dirt. isn't notably firm or soft" #gardening#foraging#fungus#wildcraft
"Stranger than science fiction." That's how an ecologist describes a strange fungus that hijacks cicadas’ bodies and behavior, turning them into "zombies."
CNN reports on the the fungus Massospora cicadina and how it's impacting some of the cicadas emerging this year: https://flip.it/cxfw5K
Wild mushrooms I saw on a hike back in the summer of 2011. Too much green and lack of variety to make it an art print (for me, at least) so it's been gathering dust on my hard drives over the past thirteen years.
Platforms - Some tiny, tiny forest mushrooms. It always blows my mind the details that can show up that I did not see in the field, like all of the spiderwebs on the underside.
On the bright side, even #Reddit mods might get their leg over this way:
"Hyper-sexual '#Zombie#Cicadas' that are infected with sexually transmitted #Fungus expected to emerge this year..."
"...Once the cicadas emerge from the ground, they molt into adults, and within a week to 10 days, the fungus causes the backside of their abdomens open up. A chalky, white plug erupts out, taking over their bodies and making their genitals fall off..."
Okay, Mastodon! I have a #fungus#mycology mystery for you. Can anyone tell me what exactly is growing out of the path to my backyard? If it helps, I live in #Winnipeg, which is in #Manitoba, about 620.1 km / 385.31 mi north of Minneapolis.
(Sorry, no alt text since I don't know how to describe what I'm looking at.)
Please boost! Hopefully someone knows what this is (and how to get rid of it.) :boost_ok: