The melt begins tomorrow. About time I dust myself off and stop hibernating

#DailyLichen & #DailyReminder that : Mutually beneficial relationships create worlds. Divides only hold us back. : #LICHEN A colony of algae or cyanobacteria living in a mutually beneficial relationship with multiple fungus species & along other bacteria. #fungifriends #OurFuture #strongertogether

Eastern larch beetle is impacting over 1 million acres in Minnesota - 4 new species of Ophiostomatales just described that are associated with this beetle! #fungi #barkbeetle #Ophiostoma #mycology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... photo by US Forest Service

I had a weird dream last night. I was some sort of villain on the run for some reason, and my longstanding public displays of affection for the scent of cinnabar polypores was taken advantage of by a team of scientists who specifically created a liquified bottle of its aroma to lure me into a trap.

These are called Cinnabar Polypores. They like cherry trees and poplars. If you find one, please sniff one and tell me how to feel about it. Whatever aromatic compounds are in there I'm the world's biggest fan of it

just bragging about this 1-3/4 lb CA golden chanterelle; biggest one I've found in over 25 years of foraging, tho quite a few have come close, and I regularly find 1 lb ones. anyone have any recipe ideas? I'm pretty sure I've tried mushroom *everything* but maybe you'll surprise me? #FungiFriends

The elfin saddles were out in force after last week’s rains! #fungi #fungifriends #mushrooms #nature #macro

The urge to drift around the rink parking lot increases with each passing snowflake.

Happy #mushroommonday afternoon Bluesky 🦋 #fungifriends.

A good day at Felbrigg Great Wood with Norfolk Fungus Study Group. Best for me was this Pyrenula macrospora, another western species not at all expected in Norfolk.

Good news and bad news. I can feel myself snapping out of my winter funk :) I can see the forecast into March now and the snow is not ready to snap out of it :(

Just saw a really big spider on my wall and lost it by the time I grabbed my camera. This would be tragic for completely different reasons for many people.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-... It has to be us keeping an eye out. Politicians with rich friends will always see the environment as something to exploit rather than protect. We've been too passive and polite about this in the past.

Just read the newspaper and theory just became reality. A local marsh is filling in with sea water due to climate change. The stewardship group looking out for it can't explain what was lost because no one was actually recording the plants and birds that lived there. Don't wait until it's too late.

Thinking about that really tall mushroom I photographed from beneath that one time.

My annual hoopty has been acquired. It's suspiciously less squeaky than usual. Still haven't figured out why I got it so cheap.

Whatever "yay spring is almost here" posts I've made in the past couple weeks were in fact false. Just checked the weekly forecast and it's showing 4/7 days as heavy snow, and the coldest days are all in the second half of the week.

Yellow staining milkcaps - Lactarius vinaceorufescens (I think) as they were found in a conifer forests and have a cinnamon coloured cap. White latex turns yellow immediately when exposed to air and considered poisonous. #fungifriends

Finally, I got out for a walk. The first time, in what feels like months. I feel so much better for it. Cyathicula sp on Butcher's-broom, Ruscus aculeatus. I will try and get it to species when I get back to work and my microscope. #fungifriends

If anyone would like to tap maple trees this year your window is almost open. Just a heads up.

Desarmillaria caespitosa or Ringless Honey mushrooms from August 2025. #fungifriends #mycology #naturephotography

Being able to slightly see outside at 6pm fills me with life. Just a few more days until the sun stays out until 6 Quite a snowy winter here so I've been hibernating more than I already do on an average year. The usual "melt day" we get every other week most years hasn't happened in a couple months

Found some stinks! #fungifriends #mushroom #stinkhorn

I really, really love boletes. 🩷 #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends 📸🍄

It's that time of year again. Alder Goblets, Ciboria caucus, on old male Alder catkins. www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2018/02/19/a... #Fungi #FungiFriends

#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends

Fungi from today's walk including the charmingly-named scarlet elf caps #fungi #fungifriends

A developing (not fully mature) Lamproderma sp slime mold NWT, Canada. #myxomycete #fungifriends

Sometimes I volunteer to do things, forget that I did that, then wind up in unexpected scenarios several months later. Apparently I'm representing my electoral riding at a provincial rally of some sort tomorrow. Go.... Candidate!!!

So here I am snapping pics of Teloschites Chrysopthalmus and Ramalina sp. co-mingling so tightly, it’s hard t see where one stops and t other begins. And in same area I found this #lichen #FungiFriends looking like a Frankenstein made up from parts of each. Not that it means much, I just got fizzed

More fairy bonnets! #fungifriends

#LichenFriday 📷🍄 #FungiFriends #Lichen #sporepunk

The NS Mycological Society website just got a revamp, just an FYI. Planning to add online classes, but haven't got there yet.

Don't wanna jinx myself, but it's looking like we're gonna have a very nice damp spring. A big part of the droughts the past 3 years has been a lack of snowpack over winter leading to an early dry season in the summer. Looks like another 25-50cm or so coming this week.

What’s that creeping in the forest? 🫣 Slime mold! Watch for bright orange growth to spot this elusive winter growth. 😲

Mushrooms from our walk the other day #mushrooms #fungifriends

Was a productive day today. I'd estimate that we repackaged about 300+ lichen specimen into smaller packets to save space (All genera starting with letters L to P), and mounted about a dozen grass specimen. 2 more meetups and the lichens should be as neatly sorted as they're ever gonna be.

Herbarium Sunday tomorrow at the NS Museum of Natural History. 1pm

Wrinkled Shingle Lichen - Pannaria lurida A real goodie. For being a cyanolichen it's a bit on the brown side. Tends to prefer red maples

Are notifications broken for everyone else today? It's got me to check the same notification like 15 times today

A Stinky Sticta (I think it’s a Sylvatica? ) I discovered while coppicing in October last year and it changed the whole plan as we had to start haloing around the willow with these specimens on. #FungiFriday #Moss #Lichen #Cornwall #GolithaFalls

Flavoparmelia baltimorensis - Rock Greenshield Lichen Critically Imperiled in Nova Scotia (S1) I think around the time this was shown to me a few new locations near it had been found, so I hope that's a sign it's only endangered (S2) now. Saw this on a field trip, don't expect to see it in my parts

Just got back from the dentist. Hopefully third time's the charm, my past three trips have all been the same repair on the same tooth.

Collema nigrescens - Blistered Jelly Lichen This one's a goodie. Usually prefers oceanic climates, but will grow inland too if there's a big enough lake (like Lake Superior) with enough humidity.

Rock Bushy Lichen - Ramalina intermedia Growing on a granite outcrop.

Just some little fellas I saw once

Was hardly an inch of snow yesterday without a snow flea crawling on it yesterday. (technically they're springtails, they're just flea sized) Bonus points if you see the snow flower

Orange Disco - Aleurodiscus amorphus new to me There's always another fungus to see.

The river was a bit "subterranean" today. Looked crossable but I wasn't going to test it.

On the BioBlitz this week I think I saw the most impressive fog lichen display of my life. The fog lichen genus Niebla only occurs from Northern California to Baja and only within a short distance of the ocean. #lichen #fungifriends #FogLichen