Miranda Jans
LightNews LightNews
banner
mmejans.bsky.social
Miranda Jans
@mmejans.bsky.social
1.4K followers 1K following 520 posts
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.
Posts Replies Media Videos
mmejans.bsky.social
Some more turkey tails from my fall trip to NC #fungifriends
A cluster of fan shaped shelf mushrooms with tan, blue-gray, orange, and brown stripes, growing on a log
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
pikaole.bsky.social
Bees 🐝
This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes. These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals. Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests. Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!
February 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
Focus #bloomscrolling
Close up of a yellow telegraph weed flower
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
aevris.bsky.social
redrew a sketch from 3 years ago of one of my favourite tumblr posts #art
A polyptych representing four animals. The text above it reads "And God gave the beast-kings gifts that they might share with their people." The first panel is a panting wolf and reads "To the Wolf, God gave ripping teeth and the Law of the Pack." The second is a roaring bear with the text "To the Bear, God gave crushing jaws and terrible strength." The third is a falcon looking over a pastoral scene, the fields stretching all the way to the horizon. "To the Falcon, God gave slicing talons and great sight." The last is a simple snapping shrimp just sitting by some rocks. "And to the Shrimp, God gave the concussive plasma cannon."
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
More fairy bonnets! #fungifriends
A cluster of small white-capped mushrooms growing on a brown decaying log
February 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
mothman60.bsky.social
This little chap was hiding in a fungi sample that i brought home.What on Earth is it? Anyone able to help 🤔
February 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
infinitescream.bsky.social
AAHHHHHHHHH
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 AM
mmejans.bsky.social
Anole wearing jimjams #lizard
Brown anole lizard in the process of shedding its skin on a brown tree branch
February 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
swordfernstudios.bsky.social
Long toed salamander painting. I love small critters in lichen filled forest scenes. 🎨🦎🤷🏼‍♀️

Courtship
acrylic on wood panel, 12"x14"

www.antlerpdx.com/products/mic...

#animalart #natureart #contemporaryart
February 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
starrytiger.bsky.social
I have finished multiple sculptures for my grand fungal art project I hope to finish this year! In the replies, you will find individual photos of each sculpture, and what mushroom they're inspired by. 1/6

#Fungi | #Fungus | #Mycology | #Mushroom | #Sculpture | #Craft | #HandMade | #StarryTigerArt
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
mossworm.bsky.social
mush
fanciful illustration of Calocybe indica or milky white mushrooms, colored in squares almost like a quilt
February 3, 2026 at 3:07 AM
mmejans.bsky.social
Not sure what species of mushroom these are, found along Kaunala trail #fungifriends
Two small tan gilled mushrooms growing out of decaying wood
February 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
Going to hide in nature like this guy #birdsky
Red crested cardinal viewed through leaves and grass
February 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
beckarooobanzai.bsky.social
Can’t help but hear the sound of suction cups in my head.
Poppoppoppop. 🌱 #fungifriends
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
mush-photos.bsky.social
Globular springtails are always welcome to join me on my parrot mushroom photoshoots 😆

📷 Canon R5 Mk II
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/4, 1/6, ISO 400
Stack of 40 images
11/22/25
Olympia area, Washington

#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms

🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫
A low angle shot from underneath a beautiful green and yellow mushroom exposes its yellow, lemon slice-like gills. Extending up and to the left out of slightly sloped, cedar duff-covered ground, its smooth and reflective bright yellow stipe is topped with a shiny emerald green cap. Sitting on top of the cap is a fuzzy pink globular springtail.
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
A delicate fairy parachute mushroom on a Cook pine branchlet #fungifriends
A delicate white marasmiellus mushroom seen from below, growing out of a brown branchlet covered in wilted brown leaves
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
Lichen reaching for the sky #fungifriends
Small stick covered in gray-green foliose lichen with black “hair” sticking upright from the thallus
January 29, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
kim-hu.com
Hot Skeletons in your Area, Pt.VII
Illustration of a catacomb saint; a bejeweled and decorated skeleton. #kimgakaku
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
Shaggy little mushroom amid casuarina needles #fungifriends
Tan shaggy mushroom cap next to a darker decaying mushroom surrounded by green moss and long brown iron wood needles
January 28, 2026 at 6:10 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
Ah to be this little guy, just eating his way through delicious fungus #fungifriends
Tan underside of a polypore shelf fungus, with a shiny black beetle eating a tunnel through it
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
caseysisterson.bsky.social
Springtail on a dandelion. I love finding these little garden fairies.

#NatureIsArt #EastCoastKin #Insects #Macro #MacroPhotography #Manitoba #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCloseUp
January 26, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Reposted by Miranda Jans
mrlovenstein.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
A fairy bonnet #fungifriends
Coprinellus disseminatus, a small white mushroom with grey gills growing on decaying wood
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
More tadpole shrimp, making swirls in the mud #invertebrate
Two small freshwater shrimps in a puddle of mud, found along Ka’ena point trail
January 20, 2026 at 6:20 PM
mmejans.bsky.social
Bird photography is my passion #birdsky
A red whiskered bulbul taking off right as the photo is taken and therefore appearing as a blur
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 AM