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Kayla Dixon

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She/Her 👧 Willamette Valley, OR Oregon Mycological Society Mycoflora Committee Interested in identification and DNA Analysis. 🧬 No, I don't know if it's edible. 🍄

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Dec 5

Hello! My name is Kayla and I love studying mushrooms. I'm interested in microscopy, photography, DNA analysis, and identification. All photos featured here are my own. ☺️
Mycena sp
#fungi #fungifriends

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · 8d

It's fall, y'all. 🍂
Oyster mushroom.
#fungi #fungifriends #mushroom

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Aug 4

Old Monotropa uniflora aka Ghost Pipes- mycoheterotrophic plant that takes nutrients from members of the Russulaceae family.
📷Taken w/OM-1 M. Zukio 60mm.15 stacked images.
#omsystem #monotropauniflora #parasiticplants #plants #ghostpipes #ghostpipe #russula #fungifriends

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hypholoma sp
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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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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 27

Had this in my drafts and never noticed the tiny mushroom on the Doug fir cone. 🤏
#fungi #fungifriends

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 26

Armillaria sp.
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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 24

Mycena amicta hiding in moss.
#fungi #fungifriends

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · Jun 24

I told the mycelia about you and it wanted me to tell you to not worry about today. They said “just absorb nutrients for now, you’ll grow big mushrooms later when the weather is right and your roots are ready”

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 19

Monotropa uniflora with 365nm UV on the center. They are popping up but this was the only one not facing downward I could find to capture.
#fungifriends

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 18

I dunno who these lil guys are but they are cute.
#fungifriends #fungi

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 16

Went out yesterday on a trip with Dr. Micheal Beug and was the only one to find a spring king.
Mt. Adams in the background.
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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 12

Amanita, I think pachycolea.
#fungi #fungifriends

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 11

Behind the scenes of my Kuehneromyces lignicola shoot the other day. 😊
#fungi #fungifriends #macrophotography

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 9

Kuehneromyces lignicola (I think).
#fungi #fungifriends

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 8

Amanita sp. and small cone I found today.
#fungi #fungifriends #amanita

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Jun 6

We're glowing fans of this mushroom (likely Mycena podocarpi) that has bioluminescent mycelium 👀🌟

📷 myconeer on iNaturalist
📍 New Zealand
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay #FungusFriday

A mauve-colored mushroom with a thin stem sprouts up from a log.

The mushroom's round cap from the underside has distinct gills.

The mushroom sprouts out of a chunk of log.

When the lights are low, the bioluminescent mycelium can be seen growing in the chunk of log.

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 6

Pluteus sp.
Found under a log so the lighting was tricky.
#fungi #fungifriends

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm not sure what this mushroom is. It looks great on this black velvet though lol
#fungi #fungifriends

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thank you. ❤️

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 3

Mycena sp.
#fungi #fungifriends

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thanks 😊

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · Jun 1

Pleurotus pulmonarius.
As I was taking this photo a man approached me and we talked about the world for 30 mins. It refreshed me. 🌎
#fungi #fungifriends

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · May 29

More art. I've been on a roll lately lol
#fungi #fungifriends #art #mushrooms #drawing

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · May 28

I had to Google what that was lol

Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · May 28

Did some mushroom art recently.
#fungi #fungifriends #drawing #art

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