Funguary Feb 24 - Cryptic False Blusher - Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina, also known as the panther cap. This creature is a liminal beast, both mushroom and feline. Members of this hunting species vary from almost white through various shades of pink and brown to almost black. They are not easily domesticated, but their impressive colours mean that people who are particularly dedicated will try regardless.
The nodules on the Cryptic False Blusher colour change from white to pinkish red when the animal grows warm throughout the day. This species is a common focus for wildlife photographers.
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Funguary 2024 Day 24
🪬 Week 4: Cryptic
🎭 Amanita pantherina aka Panther Mushroom
Despite his harmless, cute appearance, this guy, unlike his sibling, is very dangerous. He always carries dirks with him and is ready to stab you with a smile on his face.
Other arts:
🧢 Mycena Subcyanocephala
🪸 Lilac Coral Fungus
🦃 Turkey Tail
☁️ Cystolepiota
🏮 Filoboletus Manipularis
🪽 Angel Wings
🧽 Penicillin
👹 Satan's Bolete
🌳 Silver Leaf Fungus
🗡️ Destroying Angel
🪺 Birds Nest Fungus
🧟 Dead Man's Fingers
👒 Lilac Bonnet
🩸 Bleeding Tooth
🪮 Black Velvet
🍜 Enoki
🍘 Dotted Stem Bolete
🌧️ Inky Cap
☕ Black Trumpet
🧤 Amethyst Deceiver
🍚 Puffball
💧 Dewdrop Bonnet
🫂 Mycorrhizal Network
🎭 False Blusher 🍄
🐕 Stinkhorn
🌵 Prototaxites
🪬 Blue Coprinopsis
🐝 Icing Sugar Fingus
💋 Magic Mushroom
Organizer: @/feefal
🇬🇧 Pic of ref
Also, he was originally supposed to be wearing a mask, but I didn’t like the result
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✨️🌱Amanita Pantherina Fairy 🍀🍄
Sometimes you have an idea that you need to make asap, that's what happened here. While watching a mushroom foraging video, the woman in the video referred to the ring left behind by the partial veil as a skirt which thus implanted the image of a mushroom girl with a skirt into the soup that is my brain.
Anyways fun fact about Amanita pantherina (Panther mushroom) it's closely related to the popular amanita muscaria but comes in shades of yellow and brown. I'm going to be posting this somewhere to sell prints and stickers, so if that interests you keep an eye on my posts and story for when I post that info.
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FOTD #138 : grey spotted amanita! (amanita excelsa var. spissa)
the grey spotted amanita is a basidiomycete fungus in the family amanitaceae. it often grows in coniferous & deciduous forests of both north america & europe :-) interestingly, the flesh turns purple when met with sulphuric acid !!
the big question : can i bite it??
urhm well- yes, technically it has been recorded as edible, but due to the high likelihood of confusing this fungus with the poisonous panther cap, it is not recommended for eating.
a. ecelsa var. spissa description :
"the cap is around 10 cm in diameter when fully expanded, & is various shades of brown or brown/grey, sometimes washing off to buff. younger specimens have grey veil remnants often in quite large, flat patches, but these are usually removed later by the weather. the mature stem is usually fairly long, & has a bulbous base which is without a discernible volva, having just several flaky ring zones instead. it is marked above the ring with vertical lines. the ring is large & white, & also has lines. the gills are crowded, white, & have a slight decurrent tooth. the flesh is white."
[images : source & source]
[fungus description : source]
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So uh I saw a post about ShadowClan have like mushroom related names and out of curiosity I decided to look up what kind of mushrooms can be found in England and like.
List of clan affixes that I think are made possible because of mushrooms found in England: Prince, Pavement, Medusa, Macro, Scaly, Inky, Blushing, Stainer, Spring, Fieldcap, Peel, Snake/skin, Grisette, Death/cap, Amanita, Agaric, Panther/cap, Blusher, Destroying, Angel, Funnel, Jelly, Smoky, Bracket, Bolete, Ascot, Hat, Ruby, Scarletina, Satan, Slippery, Jack, Sepia, Penny, Bun, Summer, Polypore, Bulgar, George, Amethyst, Winter, Dryad, Saddle, Shaggy, Parasol, Trooping, Aniseed, Miller, Inkcap, Club, Webcap, Alfred, Cake, Dapperling, Beef/steak, Velvet, Funeral, Bell, Rust/gill, Cinnamon, Pie, Elfin, Terracotta, Lion (if it's like an au where the cats don't know about lions tigers and leapords), Mane, Parrot, Wax/cap, Jubilee, Hood, Sulphur, Fibre/cap, Widow, Curry, Milk/cap, Fenugreek, Blewit, Dome/cap, Pestle, Mosaic, Fairy, Champignon, Morel, Porcelain, Egg/head, Mottle/gill, Dyers, Maze/gill, Stink/horn, Oyster, Shield, Goblet, Liberty/cap, Butter/cap, Russula, Charcoal, Geranium, Brittle/gill, Earth/ball, Cauliflower, Turkey, Knight, Custard, Truffle, Rose/gill
Would the cats have that many names for all of these species of mushrooms so that all of these names can work? Probably not. Are all of these mushrooms capable of being found in the same general area that the Clans live in? Probably not. But do we really care? Especially when you can have names like Beefsteakpaw or Georgestar?
Honestly I LOVE the idea of breaking up Mush/shroom into a prefix and a suffix, and I've considered using -cap as a suffix. I also have actually used Morel, Button, and Truffle for OCs (Plus Reishi, which I've found growing where I live so I allowed it for a FanClan set locally)
Personally I just filter out plants/fungi that have human names and stories attached to them, because I LOVE warriors-ifying stuff like that. Queen Anne's Lace, for example? I'd adapt the story into being about the first Warrior to discover weaving. They who worked their pads to cracks, leaving a little drop of blood in the center of the flower.
So there wouldn't be a Queenpaw or an Annepaw, but the plant would be called Snowheart's Lace and any cat named Lacepaw would know the story by heart.
Plus, I just have a softness for ShadowClan. I'd love for them to have all these amazing stories for their apprentices. I wonder what they'd think of Rusty, if he joined ShadowClan? They could have named him Rustpaw after rustgill mushrooms! It could have been taken as a good sign.
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