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Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her)

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🌲 Fungi Fan 🌲 32 🌲 Oregon Coast 🌲 Mushroom-inspired Sculptor/Artist 👀 Click my VIDEOS or MEDIA tab!! Shop Online at... funguisefriends.com [est. 2018]

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Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her) @wkdwest.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thank you so much for reposting and sharing my posts here! :)

I've been making the Funguise Friends since 2018 - My next collection will be a small set of Leucocoprinus birnbaumii sculptures that you'll be able to display in your house plants!!! 😍

Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her) @wkdwest.bsky.social · 2h

I think the zine is ready!!! I just need to get them printed on quality paper, take a few photos, and this collection will be ready to release!!

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Call me Jan @followerofclay.bsky.social · 3h

It´s all about fungi!
Gliophorus psittacinus
#fungifriends #nature #mycology #fungi #photography

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I'mjustagirljm🌻 @justagirl52.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky 🦋 friends, have a superb #HotStickSaturday!

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 1d

#Shrooms #funghi seen today
#photography

#FlyAgaric #SulphurTuft

Fly agaric mushroom with red top with white bits and gills on the tall stalk to the left of the image, and lots of clusters little brown poisonous sulphur tuft mushrooms behind. Lots of moss and fallen leaves

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Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her) @wkdwest.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah I love this !!

Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her) @wkdwest.bsky.social · 1d

It's very satisfying to see this come together after months of fear procrastination - and it's better than I originally imagined!!

Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her) @wkdwest.bsky.social · 1d

Wrapping up a zine for this next collection release--yes, I made a zine just for this collection. I hope to use it as a blueprint for future zines for future collections 😁

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Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her) @wkdwest.bsky.social · 8d

I had no idea such cute kilns existed!

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Temple Balsall @templebalsall.bsky.social · 8d

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Glenys Norquay @glenisilla.bsky.social · 9d

These two are still hanging out together. Rosy bonnet and honey fungus
Liberton #Edinburgh #fungifriends

A small rosy bonnet mushroom growing very close to honey fungus

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Call me Jan @followerofclay.bsky.social · 11d

It´s all about fungi!
Hypholoma fasciculare under UV light
#fungifriends #nature #mycology #fungi #photography

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Fungi First @fungifirst.bsky.social · 13d

I encourage you all to add your voice to protectiing the U.S. National Fungus Collection! #Mushrooms #FungiFriends

Fungi First @fungifirst.bsky.social · 13d

An important reminder the USDA plans to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, home of the U.S. National Fungus Collection.

The public comment period is open until 9/30. I encourage you to submit comments to: [email protected]

Why does it matter? www.plantopiapodcast.org/55

Why a Collection of Dead Fungi Matters

www.plantopiapodcast.org

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beatrice ☾ .⁺⋆ @beawiitch.bsky.social · 13d

remember, you can disappear into the forest whenever you want; you’re an adult.

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Call me Jan @followerofclay.bsky.social · 13d

It´s all about fungi!
Mycena crocata
#fungifriends #mycology #nature #fungi #macro

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Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her) @wkdwest.bsky.social · 13d

Yessssss

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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 14d

For those of you who like unique items, I’ve restocked my oopsie magnets! I make these magnets from B grade and damaged pins so each of them have their own unique charm. :3
Two new designs are now available!
🍄🍁
keymonstershop.etsy.com

A photograph of a pile of colorful wooden magnets. The magnets are of various characters and creatures.

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Chelton's Mushroom Photography @mush-photos.bsky.social · 14d

A trio of gorgeous slimy Gliophorus mushrooms drip from their viscous caps as they grow on sloped earth

📷 Canon 5D Mk III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/2.8, 1/125, ISO 800
Stack of 106 images
11/26/21
Northern Oregon

#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms

🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Three mushrooms with white, slightly transparent stipes and orange-brown shiny wet caps grow out of a thin growth of moss on a sloped surface.

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Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios @swordfernstudios.bsky.social · 15d

I just lowered the price of this Woodland Mushrooms 3 print set on Etsy! 🙃

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#shopsmall #artshop #mushroomart #cottagecore #mushroomcore #goblincore #allthecore #etsy

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Cascade Mycological Society @cascademyco.bsky.social · 15d

🍄 Oregon Mushroom Festival Season is here!

• Oct 9–11 – Sunriver Fungi Fest (near Bend)
• Oct 17–19 – Yachats Mushroom Festival (Central Coast)
• Oct 26 – Mt. Pisgah Mushroom Festival (near Eugene)
• Nov 8–9 – Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival (Brookings)

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A warm colorful tableau of Oregon mushrooms shot from above featuring chanterelles, lobsters, and a button bolete on top of the pile.

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Pagan Birder @paganbirder.bsky.social · 19d

A few fungi from a good few hours ‘shrooming’ on the Mendips. Treasure hunting at its best! 🍄🍄‍🟫 #ukfungi

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 20d

Porcelain fungi popping up everywhere now. I like their glossy, snow white caps.
#fungifriends

Five white fungi with round, shiny caps growing out of wood. Their gills are showing and also an orange and black insects that hides under the middle one.

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Call me Jan @followerofclay.bsky.social · 19d

It´s all about fungi!
Geastrum michelianum
#fungifriends #mycology

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Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her) @wkdwest.bsky.social · 19d

I'm working on the Zine for these this week, once it's finished I'll be wrapping up behind the scenes to launch them online!! 🥰🥰🥰

Wicked West 🍄 (She/Her) @wkdwest.bsky.social · Sep 10

Finally got in my groove and figured out how to take the photos these pieces deserve. Very proud of myself. :) A bit more behind the scenes work must be done before these are ready for release!

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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 19d

Just some mossy moss from my walk this morning.
#Moss #ForestFloor #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography

Macro photograph of a vibrant moss gametophyte (likely a liverwort or Bryophyta moss) emerging from decaying bark. Its translucent, ruffled frond-like leaves display jagged edges and minute cell patterns, capturing the delicate texture of bryophyte biology. Slender rhizoids anchor the moss to the wood surface while filamentous structures hint at spore-producing organs. A soft, out-of-focus forest floor backdrop provides contrast without detracting from this botany-focused macro imagery.

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Melissa Sue Stanley 🌿✨🍄 IX Showcase, October @melissasuestanley.bsky.social · 19d

It's getting quite autumnal out there, which makes me think of this strange painting project from earlier this year.
I think it might be time to do a patreon post about what happened with these mushroom people, and how I still kinda really love them.

🍄🐓🍂✨🌿
King of Wands
watercolor + gouache
#tarot

Watercolor painting of a dark green mossy forest. A king who appears to be made of mushroom stalk with bright orange chicken of the woods growing from his head sits on a mossy throne holding a stick with red leaves. A small black and red salamander rests next to him. it's the pose of King of Wands from the classic RWS tarot.

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