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Dr. Gordon Walker
@fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social
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UC Davis PhD Biochemist (He/Him) Passionate about all forms of fungi and fermentation 🍺🍷🥖🥬🌶️🫘🧀 Presenting emotionally engaging educational mushroom content 🍄😍🥺😳🤯😱🫨😈 Cantabridgian Gone Californian 📍Napa Mildly Canadian 🇨🇦 🔗 https://fascinatedbyfungi.me/
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jan 13
My signature “tap tap cronch” mushroom ASMR compilation with >70 million views across platforms #asmr #mushrooms #mycology
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · 22d
Super super moist Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus gilbertsonii) here in Napa #guttation
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · 26d
Nice big cluster of Bear’s Head Tooth (Hericium americanum) seen at the NAMA New England foray in Vermont this past weekend
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Aug 18
Solid basketful of chanterelles and a chocolate porcino to boot, not a bad afternoon on the California coast #fungifriends #foraging
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Aug 16
Gorgeous droplets of guttation in this Red Belted Conk (Fomtopsis), growing on Douglas fir seen on California coast
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Aug 12
Scaber Stalk (Leccinum), an edible type of bolete. These have excellent meaty texture but should be cooked very thoroughly to mitigate any potential GI issues. Seen at Hannagan Meadows in Arizona #fungi
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Aug 9
Perfect cluster of shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus), delicious edible inkcap mushrooms that quite literally melt away into black goo after ~24 hours #fungifriends
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Aug 5
Fib Kings/Chocolate Porcini (Boletus fibrilosus) that associate with Douglas Fir on the California coast #fungifriends
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 31
Yellow-veiled Amanita (Amanita Augusta), reportedly edible but tastes metallic according to David Arora. Seen in the California coast in July
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 30
My San Pedro cactus bloom
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 28
Chanterelles and banana slugs, a winning combination
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 23
Macro textures of Berkeley’s polypore (Bondarzewia berkeleyi) #mycology
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 22
Inflammation caused by chronic fungal infections has been heavily implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases

#alzheimers #fungi #yeast
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 22
Great article from the BBC about the human mycobiome, which I wrote about in my book “Passport to Kingdom Fungi”

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

#humanhealth #fungi #microbiome
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 22
Chesnut bolete (Gyroporus castaneus), pinkish spore print and decent dibble mushroom when not full of bugs or covered in Hypomyces mold
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 22
Thanks a chonker!
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 22
Banner year for Berkeley’s Polypore
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 19
Yup, that’s definitely Xanthoconium affine!
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 19
Gorgeous fuzzy iridescent tigereye Polypore funnels, shiny cinnamon Polypore (Coltricia cinnamomea)
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 18
Spotted Bolete (Xanthoconium affine)
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 18
Quick comparison of the flame chanterelle (Craterellus ignicolor) on the left and a Newfoundland Chanterelle (Cantharellus enelensis) on the right, found in Massachusetts
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 14
A handful of Short-Stemmed Bolete (Hemileccinum subglabripes)
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 10
Sounds like you are mycophobic 🍄👍
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 8
Found a huge hemlock varnish shelf (Ganoderma tsugae), what an impressive Reishi mushroom! Too bitter to be edible but can be dried and powdered for medicinal use
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 3
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? (Calbovista subsculpta)
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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · Jul 3
Perfect meringue-like sculpted puffball (Calvatia sculpta), tasty edible mushroom
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