Stropharia aeruginosa I'm told. #FungiFriday

#FungiFriday Halloween special!

I'm totally stealing that drawing for my lectures. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

When #FungiFriday coincides with the biannual spore-sampling laboratory exercise on the microbiology course.

Mark Lanegan season has officially started. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIu3...

LLMs can mirror expert judgment but often rely on word patterns rather than reasoning. A new study introduces epistemia, the illusion of knowledge that occurs when surface plausibility replaces verification. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/ry7S50Xcv9b

Going slightly arty for #MushroomMonday

#SlimeMoldSunday you say?

Xylaria hypoxylon (and friend). #FungiFriday

I really needed a good laugh today - and these guys seldom disappoint. www.rethinkx.com/blog/living-...

This week’s #MushroomMonday submission is no puff piece.

Looks like I’m late to this Stemonitis party. #SlimeMoldSunday

The cup (fungi) overfloweth! #FungiFriday

Moss-tastic #MushroomMonday

Wishing a peaceful and secluded #SlimeMoldSunday to all the introverts out there.

You jelly? #FungiFriday

Got ink? #MushroomMonday

My first encounter with Trichia varia. #SlimeMoldSunday

#FungiFriday on the march!

#SlimeMoldSunday code orange! I repeat: we have a #SlimeMoldSunday code orange!

No one stands alone on #FungiFriday

#mycoprotein review article (no subscription required) www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Time to bring out the big guns for #MushroomMonday

Once you know to look for Arcyria, you end up finding it almost everywhere. #SlimeMoldSunday

Exobasidium juelianum on lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea). #FungiFriday

I rarely post plant pics – but lycophytes get special treatment. Looks like Lycopodium clavatum.

Hipster lichen. Do NOT ask it about its new sourdough starter or we'll be here all day!

#MushroomMonday comes around again.

Wishing a particularly energizing #SlimeMoldSunday to anyone feeling sluggish this morning.

New toy. Once the camera attachment arrives, the real fun shall begin...

I've decided to double-dip and re-use my submission from last week's #SlimeMoldSunday for this week's #FungiFriday Try to ignore the blobs of Stemonitis in the foreground and focus on the tiny (barely 1 mm) cup-shaped structures. I suspect those are apothecia of Phialocephala or a relative.

#MushroomMonday - inspirational poster edition! I’m thinking of going with either “You matter” or “In a sea of moss, be the tiny basidiocarp” (Too niche?)

When I'm out walking I strut my stuff And I'm so strung out I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out Let me go on Like Stemonitis in the sun Let me go on Big hands, I know you're the one #SlimeMoldSunday

Turns out farming black mambas for their meat was not a good idea. Will try marketing them as “emotional support mambas” instead. Or just mine them for their mineral content.

A golden moment for #FungiFriday

I am a sucker for pelt lichens and who can blame me?

So you thought myxomycetes were cool… Meet the myxobacteria!

Small is beautiful this #MushroomMonday

Another new acquaintance, looks to be a species of Hemitrichia. #SlimeMoldSunday

These cup lichens decided (presumably decades ago) to photo-bomb some Arcyria slime molds (the light-brown patches in the background).

Freaky #FungiFriday featuring the fabulous Calocera cornea!

This is how I imagine that generative AI will become essentially useless very soon: the training data will become increasingly flooded with (predominantly AI-generated) garbage.

Hmmm… something tells me #MushroomMonday has come around yet again.

A new acquaintance - possibly an Arcyria species. #SlimeMoldSunday