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Miranda Jans
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I like all things fungi, lichen, and slime mold; and would like to learn more about them. Also bugs! Currently live in Hawaii. All photos are mine, unless otherwise stated.
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Quick phone snap of a fragile dapperling in the rain #fungifriends
Leucocoprinus fragilissimus, a slightly yellow, slender mushroom with a thin long stem, and a concave pleated cap
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Ethereal beauty
The moon and a rainbow in the daytime sky
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Cladonia sp lichens on Hau’ula loop trail #fungifriends
Close up of the top part of the thallus of pillar shaped green-gray Cladonia lichen
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Shaggy looking little white mushroom on the Hau’ula loop trail #fungifriends
Tan/white mushroom cap growing between brown cook pine branchlets
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Lush gold-colored lichen in the Oneawa hills #fungifriends
Golden colored fruticose lichen growing on tree branches
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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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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Does anyone know what these may be? I found them in Chimney Rock state park on wooden stairs #fungifriends
Amorphous pink small mushrooms (?) on treated wood Amorphous pink mushroom (?) with a slightly velvety surface
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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It’s hard work, to emerge #fungifriends
Mushroom growing from the forest floor, with a yellow cap, a white stem, and a tan annulus found in N.C.
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Puffballs are beautiful up close #fungifriends #mushroommonday
White puffball mushroom covered with small spines, growing on a stalk
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 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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markverdult.bsky.social
For the lichen lovers:

Xanthoria parietina

#fungifriends #lichen
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
I was trying to take a photo of this plant, but realized I was being photobombed by a lovely harvestman when I opened it on my computer! #arachnid
Dark exposure of pink flowers to the left and a small orange harvestman with silly long legs to the right
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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More N.C. mushrooms: these orange peel mushrooms look very fake #fungifriends
Bright orange smooth mushroom resembling plastic or orange peel
October 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Any mycologists out there able to identify this cup fungi growing in our garden for me? Cheshire m, UK. Growing beneath an ornamental conifer. #fungi #mycology
October 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
mmejans.bsky.social
Went hiking on a short trip in North Carolina and met some new (to me) #fungifriends this may be a Russula?
Mushroom with a red cap and white gills and stipe, growing among brown fallen leaves
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Here's an awesome critter for #Arachtober, a harvestman/harvester/daddy longlegs (order Opiliones). It's an arachnid that's not a spider; they don't produce venom or silk, and unlike most arachnids, can swallow chunks of solid food. This gorgeous burgundy individual was in Costa Rica. 🐙🌿 #Bugsky
A macro photo of an arachnid from the order Opiliones, commonly called harvestmen or daddy longlegs. It's on a yellow-brown, moss dappled piece of wood, and is overall a deep, beautiful burgundy color, with bright yellow lower leg joints and rows of small yellow tubercles along the top of its body.
October 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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We have finally had a little rain, it’s good to see some familiar mushrooms pop up #fungifriends
Tremella fuciformis or snow ear; a translucent white jelly-like mushroom growing on dead wood
October 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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It is a good day for Cladonia sp #fungifriends
Lichen with light green stemmed thallus and chocolate brown apothecia growing on a tree branch
October 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Look at his little foot, it’s so cute #invertebrate
Close up of a hover fly lifting his front leg
October 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The first four paintings for the challenge I’m hosting over on ig~ ✨
Which one’s your favourite so far?

#TraditionalArt #Painting #FantasyArt #MixedMedia #Gouache #ColoredPencil
A photo of four portrait-format paintings, placed on a wooden desk and surrounded by different conifer branches, hag stones, palo santo, and Icelandic moss. The paintings feature (from left to right and top to bottom): a shadowy figure under an old bridge in a conifer forest with blue light; a thin cairn in an autumn coloured wet land under a hazy sun; an enormous horned silhouette rising out of the mist in a valley with conifers and rocky outcrops; a mossy bridge spanning a tiny stream in a dense forest, dappled light in the foreground.
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Small red friend running around on tree bark #arachnid
Red spider mite on tree bark with moss and lichen in chimney rock park, NC
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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The pattern of the apothecia on this crustose lichen is eye catching #fungifriends
Grey lichen with black small apothecia in a bullseye pattern, found in North Carolina
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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She is beautiful #invertebrate
A large orb weaver hanging in the center of her web
October 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Getting in the Halloween mood with this predatory stink bug #invertebrate
Euthyrhynchus floridanus, a black and red shield bug on a white wall
October 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM