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HamOntMushrooms 🍄🧙🏼‍♂️🌿🏳️‍🌈
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Fungal diversity in Southern Ontario.
Deep ecology.

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Mycological Society of Toronto: Brose (https://www.myctor.org/photos/galleries/member/007347-blair-rose)
Lamium sp.
April 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
sarcoscyphaaustriaca is another species of scarlet #elfcupmushrooms and these ones are saprobes that lie hidden in the leaf litter and can be easily missed. We found a jackpot of these in #dundasvalleyconservationarea on the Main Loop #mycosky #fungifriends
April 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Mock oyster from November.
Been a bit of a low fruiting time here in Hamont, and a lot of things going on for me but enjoy this #macropractice my dear #fungifriends
#mycosky
January 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
New year's photo highlights. Some of my favourite pictures I took this year, having discovered close to 200 species of mushroom.

#fungifriends
#mycosky
#naturephotography
December 31, 2024 at 8:48 PM
I've been away for solstice holidays, but here are some of the shroomie goodies I received this season

#mycosky
#mushroomlovers
#naturelovers
#fungifriends
December 30, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Meottomycesdissimulan akawinterbrownie

I just love these types of gills- adnate with subdecurrent teeth. They're just so magical to behold. Found a lot of these growing in a ditch in leaf litter. These are proper winter mushrooms, flourishing from late autumn until early spring.

#fungifriends
December 30, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Just some light reading today. Nearly finished this one. #fungifriends #mushrooms #mycosky #arielgordon #canada #fungiliterature
December 16, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Hello #fungifriends, today we have a lovely #xylariapolymorpha or dead man's finger. Some fungi, like this one, have two reproductive stages, which caused taxonomic confusion before genetic sequencing was available.
#rbgcanada #mushrooms #naturephotography #hamont #ontario #ecology
December 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM
#mycenalaeiana or orange mycena, discovered at Dundas Valley earlier this summer. The pigment leainafulvene, which gives them their colour has antibiotic properties. Mushrooms are truly magical to me, a new frontier.

#fungifriends
#mycosky
#mushrooms
#mycology
#hamont
#ecology
#ontariobiodiversity
December 14, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Gilded brittlegill, #russulaurea found at Buttermilk Falls in #hamont. The overall yellow tone of Russula aurea distinguishes it from inedible Russulas, such as the bloody brittlegill, the sickener, and the beechwood sickener.

#fungifriends #ecology #mycosky #naturephotography #mushrooms #Ontario
December 12, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Immature fruiting body of a cinnamon bracket. #hapalopilusrutilans is a polypore with neurotoxic effects. It bleeds this lovely purple and is used as a natural dye. Found in #hamont. It looks quite alien and otherworldly to me.
#fungifriends #naturephotography #mycosky #ecology #ontariobiodiversity
December 11, 2024 at 8:27 PM
#schizphyllumcommune found in both the urban centre and #brucetrail #hamont
My favourite mushroom. It's such a magical species with over 23,000 sexes and complex mating systems. Some research suggests it may be a Species Complex.
#fungifriends
#mycosky
#mycology
#mushrooms
#ontario
#ecology
December 10, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Possible #tuloseus species in the group #psathyrellacae found growing out of mulch placed in a man-made wetland. No similar organisms present. Stipe was extremely bulbous. Pruinose, brown gills. Mycelium visible at foot. I don't think it's fairy bonnet
#fungifriends
#mycology
#mycosky
#Ontario
December 9, 2024 at 8:45 PM
#mycenagalericulata
#arnenaess
#mycosky
#deepecology
#fungifriends

This species was not considered mycena until 1821. Seen at the #RBGcanada Arboretum #hamiltonontario

How do you define self? Look to the diffusion of consciousness present in mycelium for a new way to think and be.
December 8, 2024 at 9:15 PM
#armillariasinapina found at the Dundas Valley Conservation Area in #hamiltonontario
These beauties were uprooted together before I found them
#fungifriends
#mycology
#naturephotography
#mycosky
December 7, 2024 at 8:25 PM
#Phyllotopsisnidulans at #eramosakarst

Growing in clusters, this strong orange hue is due to beta-carotene. These mushrooms feast on dead wood in temperate forests.

#hamontmushrooms #ontariobiodiversity
#fungifriends
#mycology
December 7, 2024 at 5:51 PM
December 7, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Hello Bluesky,

I'm Blair(HamOntMushrooms), passionate about deep and reverential ecology, and dedicated to documenting the essential fungal diversity of Hamilton Ontario. I am an avid hiker, and exploring amateur naturalist, always looking to discover new natural wonders.
December 7, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Sensitive Fern Cootes Paradise
December 7, 2024 at 4:33 AM