Nina Munteanu
@aliennextdoor.bsky.social
I'm an eco-fiction author, limnologist/aquatic ecologist, photographer, instructor at UofT. I explore and celebrate the fractal Natural World from microscopic diatoms and miniature lichens and fungi to the giant cedars and pines of old-growth forests
Found these gorgeous Amanita muscarias outside a cafe in Richmond. I'd been looking in forests for years and here they are on the edge of a parking lot! #fungi #Amanita #FlyAgaric #mushrooms
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Found these gorgeous Amanita muscarias outside a cafe in Richmond. I'd been looking in forests for years and here they are on the edge of a parking lot! #fungi #Amanita #FlyAgaric #mushrooms
Just got my copy of Nova 37, German anthology of speculative fiction with my short story "The Way of Water" (Der Weg des Wassers), translated into German. The anthology is gorgeous, with illustrations for each story and a beautiful cover! #shortstories #anthologies #German #speculativefiction
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Just got my copy of Nova 37, German anthology of speculative fiction with my short story "The Way of Water" (Der Weg des Wassers), translated into German. The anthology is gorgeous, with illustrations for each story and a beautiful cover! #shortstories #anthologies #German #speculativefiction
#Boletes are SO COOL! These are Zeller's Boletes (Xerocomellus zelleri) start with grey caps and reddish stems... I found them this fall in my Douglas fir forest in #BritishColumbia: young ones on left and older ones on right. Cool how they change over time... #fungi #mushrooms #NaturePhotography
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#Boletes are SO COOL! These are Zeller's Boletes (Xerocomellus zelleri) start with grey caps and reddish stems... I found them this fall in my Douglas fir forest in #BritishColumbia: young ones on left and older ones on right. Cool how they change over time... #fungi #mushrooms #NaturePhotography
More fungi on fungi! I found these gorgeous white coral fungi (Clavulina coralloides) on the forest floor with the mosses; then I noticed that some were turning blue-gray from their base: this is the parasitic Ascomycete Helminthosphaeria clavariarum... #fungi #mushrooms #ecology #NaturePhotography
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
More fungi on fungi! I found these gorgeous white coral fungi (Clavulina coralloides) on the forest floor with the mosses; then I noticed that some were turning blue-gray from their base: this is the parasitic Ascomycete Helminthosphaeria clavariarum... #fungi #mushrooms #ecology #NaturePhotography
I'll be guesting at the CONnections mini-con tomorrow (all day Saturday November 15) at BCIT! I'm on one panel and will attend others. Come join us discussions on writing, games and more! #SFconvention #sciencefiction #speculativefiction
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I'll be guesting at the CONnections mini-con tomorrow (all day Saturday November 15) at BCIT! I'm on one panel and will attend others. Come join us discussions on writing, games and more! #SFconvention #sciencefiction #speculativefiction
I saw this white polypore on a Douglas fir undergoing guttation: when the mushroom's metabolic byproducts ooze out because they often produce more water than they can hold. Think of it as a mushroom "sweating"... #fungi #mushrooms #guttation #NaturePhotography
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I saw this white polypore on a Douglas fir undergoing guttation: when the mushroom's metabolic byproducts ooze out because they often produce more water than they can hold. Think of it as a mushroom "sweating"... #fungi #mushrooms #guttation #NaturePhotography
I got close and personal to this gorgeous mushroom Tricholoma terreum ... with consequences (see my article)
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I got close and personal to this gorgeous mushroom Tricholoma terreum ... with consequences (see my article)
The word is a powerful tool. And the stories that carry them are vehicles of change...
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The word is a powerful tool. And the stories that carry them are vehicles of change...
"Art is the oar that guides us through dystopian rivers"--Mary Woodbury, dragonfly.eco #Hopepit
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Art is the oar that guides us through dystopian rivers"--Mary Woodbury, dragonfly.eco #Hopepit
What genre is my story? Is it #ecofiction or something else? #Hopepit ninamunteanu.me/2025/08/24/w...
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What genre is my story? Is it #ecofiction or something else? #Hopepit ninamunteanu.me/2025/08/24/w...
#HopePit ... Check out this #hopepunk #solarpunk anthology "Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia" by #ExileEditions with over 30 stunning #shortstories that will challenge and inspire you ... edited by @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social and Nina Munteanu #hopefuldystopia
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#HopePit ... Check out this #hopepunk #solarpunk anthology "Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia" by #ExileEditions with over 30 stunning #shortstories that will challenge and inspire you ... edited by @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social and Nina Munteanu #hopefuldystopia
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Found these gorgeous tiny Mycena sanguinolenta mushrooms (bleeding bonnet) growing amid moss on a rotting log AND the parasitic pin fungus Spinellus fusiger (bonnet mold) growing on the Mycena like a bad hairdo! #fungi #mushrooms #forest @mushroomyhouse.bsky.social @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Found these gorgeous tiny Mycena sanguinolenta mushrooms (bleeding bonnet) growing amid moss on a rotting log AND the parasitic pin fungus Spinellus fusiger (bonnet mold) growing on the Mycena like a bad hairdo! #fungi #mushrooms #forest @mushroomyhouse.bsky.social @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social
A lone Mycena tenerrima stands in a sea of Oregon beaked moss on a decaying log ... such a delicate and beautiful tiny mushroom! #mushrooms #fungi #beauty #mycena
October 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A lone Mycena tenerrima stands in a sea of Oregon beaked moss on a decaying log ... such a delicate and beautiful tiny mushroom! #mushrooms #fungi #beauty #mycena
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Found these tiny Strobilurus mushrooms growing on a Douglas fir cone in the forest yesterday. Adorable! #mushrooms #fungi #beauty #NaturePhotography
October 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Found these tiny Strobilurus mushrooms growing on a Douglas fir cone in the forest yesterday. Adorable! #mushrooms #fungi #beauty #NaturePhotography
Found this gorgeous bulbous Zeller's Bolete (Xerocomelius zelleri) near several Douglas fir trees in #WatershedPark ... Sweet! #mushrooms #fungi #NaturePhotography #beauty #Douglasfir
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Found this gorgeous bulbous Zeller's Bolete (Xerocomelius zelleri) near several Douglas fir trees in #WatershedPark ... Sweet! #mushrooms #fungi #NaturePhotography #beauty #Douglasfir
Decided to crawl on the ground and look at these goblet waxcaps on a cedar stump from below, with the sunlight streaming through them ... #beauty #fungus #mushroom #cedarstump #NaturePhotography
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Decided to crawl on the ground and look at these goblet waxcaps on a cedar stump from below, with the sunlight streaming through them ... #beauty #fungus #mushroom #cedarstump #NaturePhotography
I went into the forest today while it was raining ... then the rain stopped , the fog rose and the sun came out, streaming over the forest like suspended jewels ... so beautiful and calming... #forest #rain #beauty #NaturePhotography
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I went into the forest today while it was raining ... then the rain stopped , the fog rose and the sun came out, streaming over the forest like suspended jewels ... so beautiful and calming... #forest #rain #beauty #NaturePhotography
HA! I went back and dissected the mushroom and it turns out that what I thought was pores instead of gills was a fibrous veil. I found gills underneath, so NOT a tiny bolete! Pays to go back and investigate more! The cap has also turned a deeper yellow-orange! So, what is it???
October 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
HA! I went back and dissected the mushroom and it turns out that what I thought was pores instead of gills was a fibrous veil. I found gills underneath, so NOT a tiny bolete! Pays to go back and investigate more! The cap has also turned a deeper yellow-orange! So, what is it???
On this rainy day I also found a tiny bolete (less than a cm tall) on a maple stump in the forest ... #fungi #mushrooms #NaturePhotography #boletes
October 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
On this rainy day I also found a tiny bolete (less than a cm tall) on a maple stump in the forest ... #fungi #mushrooms #NaturePhotography #boletes
Went for a walk on this rainy day in the forest and saw these tiny stripy Mycena mushrooms (5 mm high) on a cedar stump ... So cute! #fungi #mushrooms #Mycena #NaturePhotography
October 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Went for a walk on this rainy day in the forest and saw these tiny stripy Mycena mushrooms (5 mm high) on a cedar stump ... So cute! #fungi #mushrooms #Mycena #NaturePhotography
Saw this gorgeous cluster of Goblet Waxcap (Hygrocybe cantharellus) at the base of a rotting cedar stump in British Columbia ... Sweet! #fungi #mushrooms #NaturePhotography #photography
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Saw this gorgeous cluster of Goblet Waxcap (Hygrocybe cantharellus) at the base of a rotting cedar stump in British Columbia ... Sweet! #fungi #mushrooms #NaturePhotography #photography
Here's the cover of Nova Magazine Issue 37, where my #shortstory "The Way of Water" will appear. Cool cover, huh? I love the giant fungi! #German #speculativefiction #shortstories #ecofiction
October 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here's the cover of Nova Magazine Issue 37, where my #shortstory "The Way of Water" will appear. Cool cover, huh? I love the giant fungi! #German #speculativefiction #shortstories #ecofiction