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Alexander
@aglimpseofnature.bsky.social
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Nature, Photography and Education,

Always open to discussion of identification and more,

Based in Upstate NY,

All photos are mine unless repost,

My life is inherently political, and nature is too.

As left as left gets. This is a safe space.

(He/Him)
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Witch's butter #fungi
A wrinkled jelly-like bright orange fungus growing on a branch
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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fjellsopp.bsky.social
Hello there!

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A Rosy bonnet mushroom seen from a low angle. It grows among dried leaves on the forest floor. Some trees and sky in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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amyb8888.bsky.social
Announcement + bonus 🍄‍🟫📷: Brittlestems, young and old.

I’ll still be posting my fungus photos here but I’m going to be posting much more on my FungiFanatic Patreon account (despite having no subscribers, lol). I want an archive of my photos and a place to write more about them. ♥️🍄 #fungifriends
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Some fungi 'sweat' during metabolism, process is named guttation. A toothed fungi by the name Strawberries and Cream (Hydnellum peckii) is a perfect example. In this case the 'sweat' appears as #blood droplets on the cap. Highly apropos for #NightmareNov post.
Strawberries and Cream is a toothed fungi. It does not have gills on the underside of cap, instead has minute 'teeth' from which spores are created/dispersed. Overall this fungi is colored a white with pink tones. The cap be anywhere from one inch to six inch in diameter. Height varies from one to three inches in height. Usually solitary, found on the forest floor under conifers. Widespread in the Pacific Northwest. Look for it growing late summer into fall. Reference: Mushrooms of Cascadia by N. Siegel and C. Schwarz (2024).
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Here's some pretty fungi.
#fungifriends #mushrooms
#nature #photography
A whitish brown mushroom growing on an old log, cap fully open showing its gills. Autumn woods in the background. A trio of golden yellow mushrooms with rounded caps growing from a depression in an old log. A small brown mushroom growing on the side of an old log. I found an old log in the woods that was covered in various mosses, algae, and these whitish spikes. This is a close up, revealing tiny finger-like fungi.
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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A bonus fungus photo: I’ve seen pretty much only broken or weirdly-shaped Pyronemataceae, so seeing this almost perfect one yesterday was a surprise.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Happy Halloween 🎃 #fungifriends
Bright orange Pycnoporus bracket fungus on a branch
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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fjellsopp.bsky.social
Good mooorning!

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A fly agaric mushroom on the forest floor. Grass, moss and fallen leaves around it.
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Orange Jelly Fungus (Dacrymyces chrysospermus) on dead wood. The orange color of the fungus is fascinating.
#FungiFriday #FungiFriends #ForestFriday #Nature #Mushrooms #fungi #austria #sony #jellyfungus
Close-up of an orange fungus growing on dead wood. The fungus is called Jelly Tear and forms gelatinous fruiting bodies. This fruiting body grows on wet dead wood on the forest floor. ©Aw
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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A bonus fungus photo: bonnets in the sun. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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It's a sunny day!

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#lichen
A small cluster of yellow lichen on a tree, surrounded by grey lichen.
October 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Check out the lichen on the stick! 🌿
A stick on the forest floor. The end is covered in very interesting lichen. It's the green "hair" that caught my attention.
October 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Lovely patterns on this fungi
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Not sure what this fungi is called
October 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Exquisite colors on this bracket mushroom #fungifriends
Shelf mushrooms with golden and Bordeaux stripes on a rotting log; found in NC
October 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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I’ve been framed 🖼️
A small cluster of light colored Suillus mushrooms growing from the forest floor in the center of a photo of the woods in autumn
October 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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A fungus photo a day: Peeling oysterlings/Crepidotus mollis.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
October 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Be looking for Cortinarius #mushrooms now. You'll be rewarded with hues of purple, blue, orange and brown. Look for telltale signs of ID via silk-like fibers on stem/stipe that usually have an orange spore coating. Get outside with this discovery in mind; it's a blast!
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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fungirl.bsky.social
The sun came out 🍄☀️
Closeup photo of an amanita mushroom with a yellow cap, white spots, white skirt and stem
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I found a pretty pink mushroom! 😍
A pink mushroom with white flesh and gills. It's sticking up out of brown leaves and moss.
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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A beautiful mushroom for #FungiFriday
#FungiFriends #ForestFriday #Nature #Mushrooms #fungi #austria #sony
A bright little mushroom growing on moss, photographed from below against the light. ©Aw
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Logging on.

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The sawn edge of a small birch log. Growing from it are several striated brackets, long since turned green and fuzzy, and a scattering of small dark nodules like chocolate-covered peanuts.
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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fungirl.bsky.social
So mush love 🍄🫶✨

#FungiFriday
An orange Amanita mushroom with white spots
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Like points on a compass…

#FungiFriday 🍄‍🟫
#FungiFriends 🍄
October 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Bonus fungus photo: Think all mushrooms are short? This moss bell begs to differ. Close-up below. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM