aravensgrace
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my book of essays inspired by the hunt for mushrooms is available for pre-order, y’all! 🥳
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
i put everything into FSD, and hope you’ll find some of that everything in its pages when you hold it in your hands in October
🖤🐦⬛🍄🟫🐦⬛🖤
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uncpress.org/book/9781469...
i put everything into FSD, and hope you’ll find some of that everything in its pages when you hold it in your hands in October
🖤🐦⬛🍄🟫🐦⬛🖤
share widely & message for discount code
May 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
my book of essays inspired by the hunt for mushrooms is available for pre-order, y’all! 🥳
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
i put everything into FSD, and hope you’ll find some of that everything in its pages when you hold it in your hands in October
🖤🐦⬛🍄🟫🐦⬛🖤
share widely & message for discount code
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
i put everything into FSD, and hope you’ll find some of that everything in its pages when you hold it in your hands in October
🖤🐦⬛🍄🟫🐦⬛🖤
share widely & message for discount code
are you northeast loves ready with your food thermometers to check ground temps daily in anticipation of the arrival of these weirdos?
#morchella
#whoelsearewefightingfor
#morchella
#whoelsearewefightingfor
March 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
are you northeast loves ready with your food thermometers to check ground temps daily in anticipation of the arrival of these weirdos?
#morchella
#whoelsearewefightingfor
#morchella
#whoelsearewefightingfor
this is your trickster exposure therapy channel
tricks are for kids and adults and the dead
this hedgehog mushroom makes a fragrant ceiling for anansi’s drama
can you get down with the shenanigan?
the future is a prank. both jumpscare and rich, psychological thriller. are you a prankster?
#hydnum
tricks are for kids and adults and the dead
this hedgehog mushroom makes a fragrant ceiling for anansi’s drama
can you get down with the shenanigan?
the future is a prank. both jumpscare and rich, psychological thriller. are you a prankster?
#hydnum
March 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
this is your trickster exposure therapy channel
tricks are for kids and adults and the dead
this hedgehog mushroom makes a fragrant ceiling for anansi’s drama
can you get down with the shenanigan?
the future is a prank. both jumpscare and rich, psychological thriller. are you a prankster?
#hydnum
tricks are for kids and adults and the dead
this hedgehog mushroom makes a fragrant ceiling for anansi’s drama
can you get down with the shenanigan?
the future is a prank. both jumpscare and rich, psychological thriller. are you a prankster?
#hydnum
some Oudemansiella species can look like they’re growing right from the soil, but all it takes is determined digging to see that what you’ve got is an iceberg among mushrooms, and it’s growing from buried deadwood sometimes as deep as a 6 inches beneath the surface!
March 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
some Oudemansiella species can look like they’re growing right from the soil, but all it takes is determined digging to see that what you’ve got is an iceberg among mushrooms, and it’s growing from buried deadwood sometimes as deep as a 6 inches beneath the surface!
who else are we fighting for?
‘bleeding tooth’ fungi i encountered in Oaxaca a couple augusts ago. these mushrooms are know for their blood red guttation, that is, the excess liquid they exude as a metabolic byproduct (like when we sweat!)
#hydnellum
‘bleeding tooth’ fungi i encountered in Oaxaca a couple augusts ago. these mushrooms are know for their blood red guttation, that is, the excess liquid they exude as a metabolic byproduct (like when we sweat!)
#hydnellum
March 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
who else are we fighting for?
‘bleeding tooth’ fungi i encountered in Oaxaca a couple augusts ago. these mushrooms are know for their blood red guttation, that is, the excess liquid they exude as a metabolic byproduct (like when we sweat!)
#hydnellum
‘bleeding tooth’ fungi i encountered in Oaxaca a couple augusts ago. these mushrooms are know for their blood red guttation, that is, the excess liquid they exude as a metabolic byproduct (like when we sweat!)
#hydnellum
what else are we fighting for?
that every creature should decompose nobly rather than being snuffed by the preventable
that every creature should decompose nobly rather than being snuffed by the preventable
February 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
what else are we fighting for?
that every creature should decompose nobly rather than being snuffed by the preventable
that every creature should decompose nobly rather than being snuffed by the preventable
who else are we fighting for?
insect pathogens, who keep the balance
here Cordyceps militaris appears as orange clubs periscoping from hawk moth pupae in New Hampshire
#cordycepsmilitaris
insect pathogens, who keep the balance
here Cordyceps militaris appears as orange clubs periscoping from hawk moth pupae in New Hampshire
#cordycepsmilitaris
February 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
who else are we fighting for?
insect pathogens, who keep the balance
here Cordyceps militaris appears as orange clubs periscoping from hawk moth pupae in New Hampshire
#cordycepsmilitaris
insect pathogens, who keep the balance
here Cordyceps militaris appears as orange clubs periscoping from hawk moth pupae in New Hampshire
#cordycepsmilitaris
who else are we fighting for?
lion’s mane. these beautiful saprobes/ weak parasites might be mistaken for a tribble or your cheerleader sibling’s pom pom, but they’re mushies
found last month when i delivered the keynote at Sonoma County Mycological Association’s annual camp!
#hericiumerinaceus
lion’s mane. these beautiful saprobes/ weak parasites might be mistaken for a tribble or your cheerleader sibling’s pom pom, but they’re mushies
found last month when i delivered the keynote at Sonoma County Mycological Association’s annual camp!
#hericiumerinaceus
February 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
who else are we fighting for?
lion’s mane. these beautiful saprobes/ weak parasites might be mistaken for a tribble or your cheerleader sibling’s pom pom, but they’re mushies
found last month when i delivered the keynote at Sonoma County Mycological Association’s annual camp!
#hericiumerinaceus
lion’s mane. these beautiful saprobes/ weak parasites might be mistaken for a tribble or your cheerleader sibling’s pom pom, but they’re mushies
found last month when i delivered the keynote at Sonoma County Mycological Association’s annual camp!
#hericiumerinaceus
all the shock and awe distraction they’re using to keep us confused & give us whiplash, under the assumption we’ll be too stunned, do too much infighting to move as a unit—as several units, as makeshift assemblages? remember how well it works when when planning ~your~ actions
#apioperdonpyrifrome
#apioperdonpyrifrome
February 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
all the shock and awe distraction they’re using to keep us confused & give us whiplash, under the assumption we’ll be too stunned, do too much infighting to move as a unit—as several units, as makeshift assemblages? remember how well it works when when planning ~your~ actions
#apioperdonpyrifrome
#apioperdonpyrifrome
in honor of “president’s day,”Craterellus, Strobilomyces, Ramaria, and Lactifluus mycelium ask how much we’re really gonna let them get away with this notion, this illusion, of absolute, centralized, discrete power
even old man of the woods is like whut
even old man of the woods is like whut
February 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
in honor of “president’s day,”Craterellus, Strobilomyces, Ramaria, and Lactifluus mycelium ask how much we’re really gonna let them get away with this notion, this illusion, of absolute, centralized, discrete power
even old man of the woods is like whut
even old man of the woods is like whut
who else are we fighting for?
the milky charm of latex-producing milk cap mushrooms.
this “milk” is similar in chemical composition to what issues from a rubber tree upon tissue damage and is thought to be an attempt to deter those who would monch
#corrugatedmilkcap
#lactifluushygrophoroides
the milky charm of latex-producing milk cap mushrooms.
this “milk” is similar in chemical composition to what issues from a rubber tree upon tissue damage and is thought to be an attempt to deter those who would monch
#corrugatedmilkcap
#lactifluushygrophoroides
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
who else are we fighting for?
the milky charm of latex-producing milk cap mushrooms.
this “milk” is similar in chemical composition to what issues from a rubber tree upon tissue damage and is thought to be an attempt to deter those who would monch
#corrugatedmilkcap
#lactifluushygrophoroides
the milky charm of latex-producing milk cap mushrooms.
this “milk” is similar in chemical composition to what issues from a rubber tree upon tissue damage and is thought to be an attempt to deter those who would monch
#corrugatedmilkcap
#lactifluushygrophoroides
that look we give when we’re about to poison a 𝚏̶𝚊̶𝚜̶𝚌̶𝚒̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ ::ahem:: chanterelle hunter
jack-o-lantern mushrooms glow in the dark, just like this hat
they only look like chanterelles to overeager eyes
#omphalotusilludens
jack-o-lantern mushrooms glow in the dark, just like this hat
they only look like chanterelles to overeager eyes
#omphalotusilludens
February 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
that look we give when we’re about to poison a 𝚏̶𝚊̶𝚜̶𝚌̶𝚒̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ ::ahem:: chanterelle hunter
jack-o-lantern mushrooms glow in the dark, just like this hat
they only look like chanterelles to overeager eyes
#omphalotusilludens
jack-o-lantern mushrooms glow in the dark, just like this hat
they only look like chanterelles to overeager eyes
#omphalotusilludens
who else are we fighting for?
Berkeley’s polypore, whose mycelia break down the roots and basal heartwood of hardwoods
they smell strongly of anise—i know of a tree that was cut down and the stump, though it no longer makes mushrooms, still radiates the scent in early summer
#bondarzewiaberkeleyi
Berkeley’s polypore, whose mycelia break down the roots and basal heartwood of hardwoods
they smell strongly of anise—i know of a tree that was cut down and the stump, though it no longer makes mushrooms, still radiates the scent in early summer
#bondarzewiaberkeleyi
February 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
who else are we fighting for?
Berkeley’s polypore, whose mycelia break down the roots and basal heartwood of hardwoods
they smell strongly of anise—i know of a tree that was cut down and the stump, though it no longer makes mushrooms, still radiates the scent in early summer
#bondarzewiaberkeleyi
Berkeley’s polypore, whose mycelia break down the roots and basal heartwood of hardwoods
they smell strongly of anise—i know of a tree that was cut down and the stump, though it no longer makes mushrooms, still radiates the scent in early summer
#bondarzewiaberkeleyi
February 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
who else are we fighting for?
hygroscopic earthstars clinging to pine needles like ectomycorrhizal gymnasts
or
frightened sea stars
#astraeus
hygroscopic earthstars clinging to pine needles like ectomycorrhizal gymnasts
or
frightened sea stars
#astraeus
February 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
who else are we fighting for?
hygroscopic earthstars clinging to pine needles like ectomycorrhizal gymnasts
or
frightened sea stars
#astraeus
hygroscopic earthstars clinging to pine needles like ectomycorrhizal gymnasts
or
frightened sea stars
#astraeus
imagine 2001: A Space Odyssey/ Also Sprach Zarathustra levels of auditory bombast as you enjoy this loving graphic caress of 🐓 of the 🌲🌲🌲
may that soundtrack follow you today as you fuck shit up and are ungovernable out in the streets and in your care for one another
#laetiporussulphureus
may that soundtrack follow you today as you fuck shit up and are ungovernable out in the streets and in your care for one another
#laetiporussulphureus
February 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
imagine 2001: A Space Odyssey/ Also Sprach Zarathustra levels of auditory bombast as you enjoy this loving graphic caress of 🐓 of the 🌲🌲🌲
may that soundtrack follow you today as you fuck shit up and are ungovernable out in the streets and in your care for one another
#laetiporussulphureus
may that soundtrack follow you today as you fuck shit up and are ungovernable out in the streets and in your care for one another
#laetiporussulphureus
been thinking a lot about the Cottingley Fairies and what it has meant to believe one’s eyes
shit’s never been more fraught
anyway, here’s Phallus duplicatus, the netted stinkhorn, as Ziwe
shit’s never been more fraught
anyway, here’s Phallus duplicatus, the netted stinkhorn, as Ziwe
February 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
been thinking a lot about the Cottingley Fairies and what it has meant to believe one’s eyes
shit’s never been more fraught
anyway, here’s Phallus duplicatus, the netted stinkhorn, as Ziwe
shit’s never been more fraught
anyway, here’s Phallus duplicatus, the netted stinkhorn, as Ziwe
topical/oblique sporting event reference/ mushroom post alert: Pseudoboletus parasiticus only occurs with the poison ~pigskin~ puffball, Scleroderma citrinum
eh? eh? 🏈
the cap and stem mushroom is parasitizing the lil puff nugget cos if it’s one thing a fungus’ll do it’s get in where it fits in
eh? eh? 🏈
the cap and stem mushroom is parasitizing the lil puff nugget cos if it’s one thing a fungus’ll do it’s get in where it fits in
February 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
topical/oblique sporting event reference/ mushroom post alert: Pseudoboletus parasiticus only occurs with the poison ~pigskin~ puffball, Scleroderma citrinum
eh? eh? 🏈
the cap and stem mushroom is parasitizing the lil puff nugget cos if it’s one thing a fungus’ll do it’s get in where it fits in
eh? eh? 🏈
the cap and stem mushroom is parasitizing the lil puff nugget cos if it’s one thing a fungus’ll do it’s get in where it fits in
when it’s time to pack it in, they auto-deliquesce/ self digest
turn to literal ink to spread their spores
like—the first scribe was biting Coprinus comatus’ style, probably
turn to literal ink to spread their spores
like—the first scribe was biting Coprinus comatus’ style, probably
February 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
when it’s time to pack it in, they auto-deliquesce/ self digest
turn to literal ink to spread their spores
like—the first scribe was biting Coprinus comatus’ style, probably
turn to literal ink to spread their spores
like—the first scribe was biting Coprinus comatus’ style, probably
found this beaut on a technicolor october day under misting rain. was ‘supposed’ to be working, not biking to the woods
she had an almondy aroma and i called her Agaricus sylvicola and isn’t she gorgeous with her perfectly pressed skirt and balletic grace
she had an almondy aroma and i called her Agaricus sylvicola and isn’t she gorgeous with her perfectly pressed skirt and balletic grace
February 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
found this beaut on a technicolor october day under misting rain. was ‘supposed’ to be working, not biking to the woods
she had an almondy aroma and i called her Agaricus sylvicola and isn’t she gorgeous with her perfectly pressed skirt and balletic grace
she had an almondy aroma and i called her Agaricus sylvicola and isn’t she gorgeous with her perfectly pressed skirt and balletic grace
migrating some favorites from the other place:
dusky salamander flanked by hedgehogs
dusky salamander flanked by hedgehogs
February 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
migrating some favorites from the other place:
dusky salamander flanked by hedgehogs
dusky salamander flanked by hedgehogs
it would be nice to share the living ground with you, too
February 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
it would be nice to share the living ground with you, too