20 Apr 2017, 11:25 am
This_Amoeba wrote:
This mushroom looks like an ear 
those are edible, too
as are these, cordyceps sinensis is a traditional medicine found only in the high altitude regions of northeast india.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121254/
20 Apr 2017, 11:40 am
This_Amoeba wrote:
Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than originally believed
and this is why i think the texture is disturbing to me. i hate the texture of animal flesh and i find mushrooms have a their own strange type of fleshiness as well.
another fun fact, the mycelium part of the mushroom grows much like the root systems of plants, and the fruiting body of the mushroom is a very small part of the actual organism. but the root-like hyphae are actually not like plant roots beyond their appearance as they digest foodstuffs like an animal would (with digestive enzymes).
21 Apr 2017, 2:00 pm
(am i being annoying?)
25 Apr 2017, 6:07 pm
25 Apr 2017, 6:24 pm
25 Apr 2017, 6:32 pm
( ^^ Wrong kind of mushroom appreciation. )
seaweed wrote:
(am i being annoying?)
Pixie cups are one of my favorites, although I've never seen a two-tiered one like the above.
25 Apr 2017, 6:37 pm
Darmok wrote:
( ^^ Wrong kind of mushroom appreciation. )
(am i being annoying?)
Pixie cups are one of my favorites, although I've never seen a two-tiered one like the above.
seaweed wrote:
(am i being annoying?)
Pixie cups are one of my favorites, although I've never seen a two-tiered one like the above.
I like your way of thinking, Mr. Darmok!
25 Apr 2017, 9:03 pm
25 Apr 2017, 9:46 pm
This_Amoeba wrote:
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
And I thought "athlete's foot" was bad!
25 Apr 2017, 10:01 pm
seaweed wrote:
Darmok wrote:
i have not seen a two-tiered one either except for in this picture. it reminds me of how succulents have baby growths and in poor conditions give them their own water and nutrients until they shrivel up and die (and then the babies die too if minimum growing conditions are not met yet). i wonder what happened to this pixie cup and their pups, or if that is even a reasonable comparison.
I've never looked up to see what the fungal partner in the pixie cup marriage actually is, but it must be some kind of lovely cup fungus like these (Cookeina tricholoma):
The Cladonia lichens do sort of branch at the base, so maybe the branched pixie cup just was a little delayed.
26 Apr 2017, 1:13 am
26 Apr 2017, 1:15 am
Darmok wrote:
( ^^ Wrong kind of mushroom appreciation. )
(am i being annoying?)
Pixie cups are one of my favorites, although I've never seen a two-tiered one like the above.
seaweed wrote:
(am i being annoying?)
Pixie cups are one of my favorites, although I've never seen a two-tiered one like the above.
Why? OP never specified that hallucinogenic mushrooms weren't allowed.
Perhaps try some and your outlook on them will change
26 Apr 2017, 6:32 pm
Darmok wrote:
I've never looked up to see what the fungal partner in the pixie cup marriage actually is, but it must be some kind of lovely cup fungus like these (Cookeina tricholoma):
The Cladonia lichens do sort of branch at the base, so maybe the branched pixie cup just was a little delayed.
The Cladonia lichens do sort of branch at the base, so maybe the branched pixie cup just was a little delayed.
an autistic pixie cup!
that could be, though, i also found this image (and many others like it) of cladonia chlorophaea in which the second tiers look more integrated. so maybe its a common trait within the cladonia genus and can still be expressed in species which typically don't.
i can definitely see the cookeina--pixie cup connection you're making...but then how would it correspond to other cladonia members like deer moss and reindeer lichen?
where's a lichen specialist when you need one
27 Apr 2017, 9:10 pm
Birds' nest fungi -- one of my favorites.
28 Apr 2017, 9:32 am
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