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A bunch of these were growing in the grass, unsuspecting, but upon picking them, each mushroom was very unique and beautiful in its own way. These were conjoined at the base, giving a weird appearance. This mushroom throws me off because it is clearly white-spored BUT it has what appears to be a cortina (the little fibers on the stem) typical of the Cortinatius genus, which has cinnamon-brown spores. It took me awhile to ID this after finding it several times but it is Tricholoma fracticum. I’m new to Tricholomas so I hope to become more familiar with the genus
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Made these vegan candy cap cookies yesterday. I know people usually use this candy cap cookie recipe from David Arora’s book All That the Rain Promises, and More… but I used his technique of sautéing rehydrated (foraged) candy cap pieces in butter and worked that into a vegan sugar cookie recipe by NoraCooks. I also added candy cap powder to replace some of the flour/dry ingredients. I really didn’t use a lot of candy cap altogether, I used about 3 TBSP total of candy caps for a doubled recipe for 40-50 cookies.
I posted my own amended recipe at the bottom right if anyone is interested. Instead of using dairy butter, I use the vegan butter by Miyokos, which is my favorite for cooking because it’s palm oil free, browns nicely, and works with both savory and sweet dishes. 
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Shaggy Manes (Coprinus comatus)
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Death cap (Amanita phalloides)
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it’s what keeps me going in life honestly
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Nighttime mushroom identification using Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast 
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I got a free mushroom grow kit and now these oyster mushrooms are growing in my room
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Mushroom grow kit update…they’ve grown considerably in size and I think they’re ready to harvest
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fractalfungi · 2 years
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Mad scientist thought of the day:
I bet you could gene-edit a chicken to make its eggshells out of mother-of-pearl.
They’re both made almost entirely of calcium carbonate, plus stabilizing organic proteins
Mother-of-pearl gets its iridescence from the specific structure, helped in part by the scaffolding of the specific proteins
I bet you could do it
I bet you could even do different colors and varieties
Pearl eggshells.
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millipede action
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“You are worth finding. Worth knowing. Worth loving. You and all your one million layers. Always hold that close.”
— Danielle Doby
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Natasha
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Gibellula arachnophila fungus on spider host
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green fungi + lichens ♡
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“If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.”
— Tony Gaskins
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