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By day, it looks like any other mushroom. But once the sun sets, Omphalotus nidiformis,—also known as the ghost fungus–illuminates. Native to Australia, this bioluminescent mushroom emits a beautiful green glow that can light up the forest floor. The glow comes from an enzyme called luciferase, the same chemical reaction seen in fireflies. It’s believed the ghost fungus uses this light to attract insects, helping it spread its spores after dark. 📹: Australian Geographic and Filippo Rivetti

By day, it looks like any other mushroom. But once the sun sets, Omphalotus nidiformis,—also known as the ghost fungus–illuminates. Native to Australia, this bioluminescent mushroom emits a beautiful green glow that can light up the forest floor. The glow comes from an enzyme called luciferase, the same chemical reaction seen in fireflies. It’s believed the ghost fungus uses this light to attract insects, helping it spread its spores after dark. 📹: Australian Geographic and Filippo Rivetti

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An amazing sighting of the Gyroporus cyanescens by Mycohuman and Partial Veil! Watch as this beautiful fungi reacts to being cut, instantly blueing on contact! Known for its vibrant blue reaction, this mushroom is often referred to as the bluing bolete. Found in hardwood forests, it’s a distinctive species in the bolete family. This is NOT a psilocybin mushroom.

An amazing sighting of the Gyroporus cyanescens by Mycohuman and Partial Veil! Watch as this beautiful fungi reacts to being cut, instantly blueing on contact! Known for its vibrant blue reaction, this mushroom is often referred to as the bluing bolete. Found in hardwood forests, it’s a distinctive species in the bolete family. This is NOT a psilocybin mushroom.

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May or may not have these magical sounds on repeat. 🙌🏼 So cool to hear mushroom music from my talented friend @TarunTspoon!

May or may not have these magical sounds on repeat. 🙌🏼 So cool to hear mushroom music from my talented friend @TarunTspoon!

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What an amazing spore release of a Cookeina mushroom captured by @ _solivgant on Instagram. This genus of cup fungi, found in tropical and subtropical regions, features deep, funnel-shaped fruiting bodies with a brightly colored spore-bearing surface. The spores are released into the air, helping propagate the species. The outer surface is less vibrant, and the excipulum (the tissue making up the walls) is thin and flexible. Fascinating, right?

What an amazing spore release of a Cookeina mushroom captured by @ _solivgant on Instagram. This genus of cup fungi, found in tropical and subtropical regions, features deep, funnel-shaped fruiting bodies with a brightly colored spore-bearing surface. The spores are released into the air, helping propagate the species. The outer surface is less vibrant, and the excipulum (the tissue making up the walls) is thin and flexible. Fascinating, right?

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Beautiful Inky Cap timelapse! Fun to look at but must be consumed within hours of harvesting. 📹: @/fascinatedbyfungi

Beautiful Inky Cap timelapse! Fun to look at but must be consumed within hours of harvesting. 📹: @/fascinatedbyfungi

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A wonderful time lapse of the Stinkhorn mushroom. They are a wide and diffuse family of fungi with many subtypes and amazing appearances that often look otherworldly. True to its name, the Stinkhorn emanates a strong odor and it is often said you can smell them before you see them! 📹: The Mushroom Club

A wonderful time lapse of the Stinkhorn mushroom. They are a wide and diffuse family of fungi with many subtypes and amazing appearances that often look otherworldly. True to its name, the Stinkhorn emanates a strong odor and it is often said you can smell them before you see them! 📹: The Mushroom Club

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Check out this amazing Ghost Fungus, a bioluminescent mushroom that emits a greenish light at night, from Catherine Marciniak - Planet Fungi. What a fantastic find!

Check out this amazing Ghost Fungus, a bioluminescent mushroom that emits a greenish light at night, from Catherine Marciniak - Planet Fungi. What a fantastic find!

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Sometimes I get random emails which blow my myco-mind, and this one stands out from a passionate mycologist from the U.K. I suspect a polypore has made this high tensile strength mycelial sheath, possibly a Ganoderma or Heterobasidion. Thank you to “this amateur mycologist bloke on Islay what made this video”

Sometimes I get random emails which blow my myco-mind, and this one stands out from a passionate mycologist from the U.K. I suspect a polypore has made this high tensile strength mycelial sheath, possibly a Ganoderma or Heterobasidion. Thank you to “this amateur mycologist bloke on Islay what made this video”

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What an incredible video that was captured of mushrooms releasing spores into the wind! Nature is spectacular. Video credit: Villareal C. Jojo

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What an incredible video that was captured of mushrooms releasing spores into the wind! Nature is spectacular. Video credit: Villareal C. Jojo

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Now we know why mushrooms are so much colder. See the article just published by Cordero at al. 2023 The Hypothermic Nature of Fungi.

Now we know why mushrooms are so much colder. See the article just published by Cordero at al. 2023 The Hypothermic Nature of Fungi.

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New research sheds light on the incredible, invisible mycelial networks beneath our feet—where plants and fungi engage in a complex trade of carbon and nutrients. Using cutting-edge robotic imaging, scientists have uncovered how mycorrhizal fungi form efficient, dynamic underground supply chains. This groundbreaking study reveals the fascinating behaviors of these networks and their crucial role in carbon sequestration. Repost 🔁: New Scientist 🎥 Dr. Loreto Oyarte Galvez and Dr. Corentin Bisot/SPUN (SPUN)

New research sheds light on the incredible, invisible mycelial networks beneath our feet—where plants and fungi engage in a complex trade of carbon and nutrients. Using cutting-edge robotic imaging, scientists have uncovered how mycorrhizal fungi form efficient, dynamic underground supply chains. This groundbreaking study reveals the fascinating behaviors of these networks and their crucial role in carbon sequestration. Repost 🔁: New Scientist 🎥 Dr. Loreto Oyarte Galvez and Dr. Corentin Bisot/SPUN (SPUN)

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Look at what we’ve found! A beautiful patch of Craterellus tubaeformis or the winter Chanterelle. This late-season mushroom thrives in the cool forests of North America and Europe. Its hollow, trumpet-shaped cap and widely spaced gills make it easy to identify, but what truly sets it apart is its mycorrhizal partnership with the forest itself. And yes, it also happens to be a delicious edible and choice mushroom. Enjoy!

Look at what we’ve found! A beautiful patch of Craterellus tubaeformis or the winter Chanterelle. This late-season mushroom thrives in the cool forests of North America and Europe. Its hollow, trumpet-shaped cap and widely spaced gills make it easy to identify, but what truly sets it apart is its mycorrhizal partnership with the forest itself. And yes, it also happens to be a delicious edible and choice mushroom. Enjoy!

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The fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, is so named as it was used to control the invasion of flies into houses before window screens were available. Poisonous to flies and even dogs, it typically does not kill humans but can be dangerous because in high doses it causes delirium or even induces erratic behavior, even unconsciousness. Hence you could die of hypothermia if you were incapacitated outside. Although easy to identify, the subject of fairy tales, Norse fables (the berserkers) and suggested to be associated with the origin story of what we know as the modern day Santa Claus, this can be a DANGEROUS species, dose dependently. I do NOT recommend consuming this species until scientists better understand its complexity. But….what a GORGEOUS mushroom!

The fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, is so named as it was used to control the invasion of flies into houses before window screens were available. Poisonous to flies and even dogs, it typically does not kill humans but can be dangerous because in high doses it causes delirium or even induces erratic behavior, even unconsciousness. Hence you could die of hypothermia if you were incapacitated outside. Although easy to identify, the subject of fairy tales, Norse fables (the berserkers) and suggested to be associated with the origin story of what we know as the modern day Santa Claus, this can be a DANGEROUS species, dose dependently. I do NOT recommend consuming this species until scientists better understand its complexity. But….what a GORGEOUS mushroom!

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Deep in the old growth forest, we discovered hundreds of the psilocybin mushroom, Psilocybe pelliculosa, a low potency mushroom growing adjacent to one of the most deadly poisonous mushrooms in the world Galerina marginata.

Deep in the old growth forest, we discovered hundreds of the psilocybin mushroom, Psilocybe pelliculosa, a low potency mushroom growing adjacent to one of the most deadly poisonous mushrooms in the world Galerina marginata.

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This is Cantharellus formosus or the yellow Chantrelle. Easily recognized by its yellow-to-orange coloring and the blunt, forked ridges that run down its stem. Known for its mild, fruity aroma and apricot-like flavor, it’s one of the most sought-after edible mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Delicious!

This is Cantharellus formosus or the yellow Chantrelle. Easily recognized by its yellow-to-orange coloring and the blunt, forked ridges that run down its stem. Known for its mild, fruity aroma and apricot-like flavor, it’s one of the most sought-after edible mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Delicious!

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There are time-honored traditions and celebrations that create sounds and vibrations that reverberate throughout surrounding ecosystems.

There are time-honored traditions and celebrations that create sounds and vibrations that reverberate throughout surrounding ecosystems.

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Talk about a magical piece of art! Love this 🌀 🎥: Minelauvart.eth

Talk about a magical piece of art! Love this 🌀 🎥: Minelauvart.eth

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I hear from folks that dating can be tough these days. Are you on a dating app? Here’s a hot tip: ask if they enjoy psilocybin!

I hear from folks that dating can be tough these days. Are you on a dating app? Here’s a hot tip: ask if they enjoy psilocybin!

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This is Hebeloma crustuliniforme or the Poison Pie. Common across Europe and North America, it often forms fairy rings and partners with broadleaf trees. But don’t let the innocent appearance fool you, this mushroom is poisonous. Beautiful in the forest, best left exactly where it grows.

This is Hebeloma crustuliniforme or the Poison Pie. Common across Europe and North America, it often forms fairy rings and partners with broadleaf trees. But don’t let the innocent appearance fool you, this mushroom is poisonous. Beautiful in the forest, best left exactly where it grows.

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🍄🍄 The power of mushrooms!! 🍄🍄 Join the world’s most renowned mycologist Paul Stamets—author of Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats—as he dives deep into the astonishing power of fungi, mycelium, and psychedelic mushrooms to transform not just our health, but our consciousness, society, and planet. #BialikBreakdown #mayimbialik #bialikbreakdown #mushrooms #fungi #consciousness #mycelium

🍄🍄 The power of mushrooms!! 🍄🍄 Join the world’s most renowned mycologist Paul Stamets—author of Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats—as he dives deep into the astonishing power of fungi, mycelium, and psychedelic mushrooms to transform not just our health, but our consciousness, society, and planet. #BialikBreakdown #mayimbialik #bialikbreakdown #mushrooms #fungi #consciousness #mycelium

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Amanita muscaria releasing its spores. 🍄 Very cool timelapse, fungiphotoholic!

Amanita muscaria releasing its spores. 🍄 Very cool timelapse, fungiphotoholic!

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The smoky brown clustered wood lover, Hypholoma capnoides, is a delicious mushroom that few know about. This species has purplish brown spores. Be careful, there are some poisonous lookalikes — like the green filled clustered wood lover, Hypholoma fasciculare, aka the sulphur tuft. Even more dangerous and toxic is a rusty brown spored orangish mushroom species in the Galerina marginata group and can be DEADLY! Take a spore print! And be absolutely accurate in your identification before consuming. This mushroom is for experts! Be CAREFUL! See my latest book for more information. Mycology is edgy….and so much fun! Filming and photos by Pamela Kryskow, MD

The smoky brown clustered wood lover, Hypholoma capnoides, is a delicious mushroom that few know about. This species has purplish brown spores. Be careful, there are some poisonous lookalikes — like the green filled clustered wood lover, Hypholoma fasciculare, aka the sulphur tuft. Even more dangerous and toxic is a rusty brown spored orangish mushroom species in the Galerina marginata group and can be DEADLY! Take a spore print! And be absolutely accurate in your identification before consuming. This mushroom is for experts! Be CAREFUL! See my latest book for more information. Mycology is edgy….and so much fun! Filming and photos by Pamela Kryskow, MD

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Please take some time to step outside and enjoy the beauty of nature! While you’re at it, see if you can identify the mushrooms featured in this video. Let’s embrace the wonders around us! 🍄🌿

Please take some time to step outside and enjoy the beauty of nature! While you’re at it, see if you can identify the mushrooms featured in this video. Let’s embrace the wonders around us! 🍄🌿

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Hello myconauts ! It is that time of the year again to find Laeitiporus conifericola or chicken of the woods polypore mushrooms. These glorious mushrooms seem to be eager to be discovered. They are delicious and truly taste like chicken. Check out the link below for the full video on how to cook them. Have fun! 📸: Mark Spevakow

Hello myconauts ! It is that time of the year again to find Laeitiporus conifericola or chicken of the woods polypore mushrooms. These glorious mushrooms seem to be eager to be discovered. They are delicious and truly taste like chicken. Check out the link below for the full video on how to cook them. Have fun! 📸: Mark Spevakow

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Mycena sanguinolenta is a tiny, bioluminescent mushroom that bleeds reddish-purple sap when fresh- giving it the nickname bleeding bonnet! Found worldwide, it features delicate, bell-shaped caps and slender stems. Though its edibility is unknown, it may produce antifungal compounds and glow in the dark. (📹: @ thegardencottage on TikTok)

Mycena sanguinolenta is a tiny, bioluminescent mushroom that bleeds reddish-purple sap when fresh- giving it the nickname bleeding bonnet! Found worldwide, it features delicate, bell-shaped caps and slender stems. Though its edibility is unknown, it may produce antifungal compounds and glow in the dark. (📹: @ thegardencottage on TikTok)

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An amazing macro video of Pilobolus by @ scottish.fungi on IG. This unique fungus starts as a spore eaten by a grazing animal, survives digestion, and grows in the excrement. It has one of the fastest movements in nature, aiming itself toward the sun, building pressure, and launching its sporangium at 20 km/h in just 2 microseconds, over 20,000 Gs (more than a rocket launch!) Why? To escape dung and land on fresh plants, ready to enter a new host. A stunning example of fungal intelligence and nature’s precision engineering.

An amazing macro video of Pilobolus by @ scottish.fungi on IG. This unique fungus starts as a spore eaten by a grazing animal, survives digestion, and grows in the excrement. It has one of the fastest movements in nature, aiming itself toward the sun, building pressure, and launching its sporangium at 20 km/h in just 2 microseconds, over 20,000 Gs (more than a rocket launch!) Why? To escape dung and land on fresh plants, ready to enter a new host. A stunning example of fungal intelligence and nature’s precision engineering.

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The path we share. The path we travel. Long after we are gone, this old growth forest will be here. We share this journey through life, as our ancestors and descendants have... and will. Peace and love. Nature is beautiful. Life is precious. Enjoy every moment. With respect, Paul

The path we share. The path we travel. Long after we are gone, this old growth forest will be here. We share this journey through life, as our ancestors and descendants have... and will. Peace and love. Nature is beautiful. Life is precious. Enjoy every moment. With respect, Paul

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