Sarah DeLong-Duhon
@sarahddl.bsky.social
Iowa mycologist and photographer
Once you drink reverse osmosis water there is no going back
May 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Once you drink reverse osmosis water there is no going back
A quick doodle of some mushrooms
Mycena leiana - Orange Mycena
Mycena leiana - Orange Mycena
March 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A quick doodle of some mushrooms
Mycena leiana - Orange Mycena
Mycena leiana - Orange Mycena
Some recent photos! It's starting to warm up here finally and I'm excited to find more mushrooms to photograph 💚
March 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Some recent photos! It's starting to warm up here finally and I'm excited to find more mushrooms to photograph 💚
I bought a compact printer and they're just so cuuuute
March 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I bought a compact printer and they're just so cuuuute
Have a pretty Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem Studded Puffball)
Alcohol ink markers, gel pen and micron pen
Alcohol ink markers, gel pen and micron pen
February 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Have a pretty Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem Studded Puffball)
Alcohol ink markers, gel pen and micron pen
Alcohol ink markers, gel pen and micron pen
Yo here's a pretty mold I found on an old blood agar plate with Enterococcus
Green eggs (and ham)?
Green eggs (and ham)?
February 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yo here's a pretty mold I found on an old blood agar plate with Enterococcus
Green eggs (and ham)?
Green eggs (and ham)?
Sorry I don't post enough to Bluesky. I like writing long messages and it's honestly kinda rude that I can't here. But here's some girdled honey locusts at my local park!
Also, don't support fascist government please and thank you 💚
Also, don't support fascist government please and thank you 💚
February 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Sorry I don't post enough to Bluesky. I like writing long messages and it's honestly kinda rude that I can't here. But here's some girdled honey locusts at my local park!
Also, don't support fascist government please and thank you 💚
Also, don't support fascist government please and thank you 💚
Here's a photo of Galerina marginata I took 14 years ago!
February 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Here's a photo of Galerina marginata I took 14 years ago!
Check out the scales on this purple Laccaria. Yes, it's also growing from old wood
January 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Check out the scales on this purple Laccaria. Yes, it's also growing from old wood
Out of all the Nidulariaceae, Cyathus striatus seems to be the most common.
Birds nest fungi's "eggs" are called peridioles, and they contain the spores. The eggs require some force to leave the cup, which is typically supplied by water drops.
How do you suppose this family evolved?
Birds nest fungi's "eggs" are called peridioles, and they contain the spores. The eggs require some force to leave the cup, which is typically supplied by water drops.
How do you suppose this family evolved?
January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Out of all the Nidulariaceae, Cyathus striatus seems to be the most common.
Birds nest fungi's "eggs" are called peridioles, and they contain the spores. The eggs require some force to leave the cup, which is typically supplied by water drops.
How do you suppose this family evolved?
Birds nest fungi's "eggs" are called peridioles, and they contain the spores. The eggs require some force to leave the cup, which is typically supplied by water drops.
How do you suppose this family evolved?
Did you know lichens have feets? They have to attach themselves to tricky substrates somehow, and they use little holdfasts called rhizines to do it! This foliose lichen has attached itself to red painted steel.
#lichen
#lichen
January 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Did you know lichens have feets? They have to attach themselves to tricky substrates somehow, and they use little holdfasts called rhizines to do it! This foliose lichen has attached itself to red painted steel.
#lichen
#lichen
Here we have the crust fungus Peniophora albobadia, also called Giraffe Spots. This aptly named basidiomycete often comes along with a parasite, Tremella mesenterica, one of many yellow jellies you might find in the forest. Where you find Witches Butter, look also for the Giraffe Spots!
#mycology
#mycology
January 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Here we have the crust fungus Peniophora albobadia, also called Giraffe Spots. This aptly named basidiomycete often comes along with a parasite, Tremella mesenterica, one of many yellow jellies you might find in the forest. Where you find Witches Butter, look also for the Giraffe Spots!
#mycology
#mycology
Here's some cute lichens! I can't tell you what species they are, but lichens come in a few basic morphologies. Shown here are fruticose (shrubby or hair like), foliose (leaf like), and leprose (powdery). I'm really curious what the last one on pine bark is!
#lichen
#lichen
January 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Here's some cute lichens! I can't tell you what species they are, but lichens come in a few basic morphologies. Shown here are fruticose (shrubby or hair like), foliose (leaf like), and leprose (powdery). I'm really curious what the last one on pine bark is!
#lichen
#lichen
Matchsticks? Nope, it's Mycena epipterygia var. lignicola! I first encountered this pine-loving species at Guntersville Lake in Alabama (last picture) and the stems were so bright they almost looked green!
Can you spot the bug friend? 🧐
Can you spot the bug friend? 🧐
January 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Matchsticks? Nope, it's Mycena epipterygia var. lignicola! I first encountered this pine-loving species at Guntersville Lake in Alabama (last picture) and the stems were so bright they almost looked green!
Can you spot the bug friend? 🧐
Can you spot the bug friend? 🧐
In case anyone else wants to learn about Stereum ID! From top to bottom: Stereum subtomentosum, S. fasciatum and S. lobatum. S. lobatum's tomentum is so felted and matted you can't distinguish individual hairs. This is one of several features used to distinguish North American Stereum
January 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
In case anyone else wants to learn about Stereum ID! From top to bottom: Stereum subtomentosum, S. fasciatum and S. lobatum. S. lobatum's tomentum is so felted and matted you can't distinguish individual hairs. This is one of several features used to distinguish North American Stereum
Today's subject is.. Amanita! I think. I'm no Amanita expert and it's a difficult genus, so I can't tell you what species I've found in Florida, but veils and volvas usually point to one thing. Bonus points if you can spot the little bug friend!!
#mushrooms
#mushrooms
January 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today's subject is.. Amanita! I think. I'm no Amanita expert and it's a difficult genus, so I can't tell you what species I've found in Florida, but veils and volvas usually point to one thing. Bonus points if you can spot the little bug friend!!
#mushrooms
#mushrooms
January 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Gills are fantastic and I love them. Fun to photograph and fun to draw! They're all different, whether it's because of species morphology or just variation from environmental influences.
1. Hygrophorus
2. Omphalotus subilludens
3. Lactifluus
4. Laccaria trullissata
1. Hygrophorus
2. Omphalotus subilludens
3. Lactifluus
4. Laccaria trullissata
January 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Gills are fantastic and I love them. Fun to photograph and fun to draw! They're all different, whether it's because of species morphology or just variation from environmental influences.
1. Hygrophorus
2. Omphalotus subilludens
3. Lactifluus
4. Laccaria trullissata
1. Hygrophorus
2. Omphalotus subilludens
3. Lactifluus
4. Laccaria trullissata
I love hearing your opinions so here we go again! I took a ton of rose pictures after a rainstorm, but I am so torn on which one is the prettiest. Let me know in the comments which is your favorite and why 🌹 💕
January 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I love hearing your opinions so here we go again! I took a ton of rose pictures after a rainstorm, but I am so torn on which one is the prettiest. Let me know in the comments which is your favorite and why 🌹 💕
I took so many cool pics of these resurrection ferns (Pleopeltis michauxiana) in Alabama I can't decide which one is best! Let me know in the comments which one you like better 😀 🌿
January 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I took so many cool pics of these resurrection ferns (Pleopeltis michauxiana) in Alabama I can't decide which one is best! Let me know in the comments which one you like better 😀 🌿
I won't have much to post on social media until new years, but here's a sneak peek at the fungi I found in Florida! Immature Mycena epipterygia var lignicola, some kind of Amanita, and deer moss (Cladonia)
#fungi
#fungi
December 30, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I won't have much to post on social media until new years, but here's a sneak peek at the fungi I found in Florida! Immature Mycena epipterygia var lignicola, some kind of Amanita, and deer moss (Cladonia)
#fungi
#fungi
Foggy channel marker 🌫️
December 29, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Foggy channel marker 🌫️
I hadn't IDed this guy before, but I'm feeling pretty sure it's a Chroogomphus. I enjoy the color of the palm frond in the background and it's a lovely display of gills. Chroogomphus is actually not a true gilled mushroom, instead it is in the same order as Boletes
December 27, 2024 at 9:45 PM
I hadn't IDed this guy before, but I'm feeling pretty sure it's a Chroogomphus. I enjoy the color of the palm frond in the background and it's a lovely display of gills. Chroogomphus is actually not a true gilled mushroom, instead it is in the same order as Boletes
Can strictly mycorrhizal fungi grow on wood? Yes they can! Well, wood that is basically dirt already, anyway.
Here's an example of several fungi from 2019 (red Russulas Cortinarius iodes/iodeoides) growing directly on very decayed wood.
#mycology
Here's an example of several fungi from 2019 (red Russulas Cortinarius iodes/iodeoides) growing directly on very decayed wood.
#mycology
December 26, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Can strictly mycorrhizal fungi grow on wood? Yes they can! Well, wood that is basically dirt already, anyway.
Here's an example of several fungi from 2019 (red Russulas Cortinarius iodes/iodeoides) growing directly on very decayed wood.
#mycology
Here's an example of several fungi from 2019 (red Russulas Cortinarius iodes/iodeoides) growing directly on very decayed wood.
#mycology