Mandie Quark
@mandiequark.bsky.social
Your friendly neighborhood Mycologist 🍄
Community Science Director at Mycota Lab 🧬 Creating networks of field collectors across North and South America 🕸️
Rainforests are my happy place ☔️💜✨
https://linktr.ee/mandie_quark
Community Science Director at Mycota Lab 🧬 Creating networks of field collectors across North and South America 🕸️
Rainforests are my happy place ☔️💜✨
https://linktr.ee/mandie_quark
Fall is my favorite time of year ❤️✨
October 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Fall is my favorite time of year ❤️✨
Fall is the best time of year for #mushrooms #🍄
I’m loving these rainbow Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonoides
I’m loving these rainbow Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonoides
September 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Fall is the best time of year for #mushrooms #🍄
I’m loving these rainbow Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonoides
I’m loving these rainbow Lactarius chelidonium var. chelidonoides
As a traveling mycologist I’ve been kicking around in Colorado for the last 3 weeks. It’s been absolutely amazing✨
August 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
As a traveling mycologist I’ve been kicking around in Colorado for the last 3 weeks. It’s been absolutely amazing✨
Arctia caja (the great tiger moth!) at 9,000 ft elevation in gorgeous Telluride, Colorado 🏔️❤️✨
August 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Arctia caja (the great tiger moth!) at 9,000 ft elevation in gorgeous Telluride, Colorado 🏔️❤️✨
August 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Amanita cruentilemurum - the name of this mushroom means “bloody ghost” probably because it’s all-white but stains red when handled or sliced 🩸👻
#fungifriends #biodiversity #inaturalist
#fungifriends #biodiversity #inaturalist
August 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Amanita cruentilemurum - the name of this mushroom means “bloody ghost” probably because it’s all-white but stains red when handled or sliced 🩸👻
#fungifriends #biodiversity #inaturalist
#fungifriends #biodiversity #inaturalist
Pretty pink Porpolomopsis, looking like a ballerina in the forest. This is likely a species new to science, discovered by our research crew last month in Costa Rica 💗
#biodiversity #new #pink #mushroom #fungi #ballerina #science #nature #discovery #costarica
#biodiversity #new #pink #mushroom #fungi #ballerina #science #nature #discovery #costarica
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Pretty pink Porpolomopsis, looking like a ballerina in the forest. This is likely a species new to science, discovered by our research crew last month in Costa Rica 💗
#biodiversity #new #pink #mushroom #fungi #ballerina #science #nature #discovery #costarica
#biodiversity #new #pink #mushroom #fungi #ballerina #science #nature #discovery #costarica
Gorgeous flowers grow on the side of the road! This prickly poppy, in the genus Argemone, was captured on a back road in southern New Mexico 💚
#plants #backroad #biodiversity #newmexico
#plants #backroad #biodiversity #newmexico
August 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Gorgeous flowers grow on the side of the road! This prickly poppy, in the genus Argemone, was captured on a back road in southern New Mexico 💚
#plants #backroad #biodiversity #newmexico
#plants #backroad #biodiversity #newmexico
Agaricus section Arvenses from southern New Mexico, growing under a mature blue Spruce at the edge of a gorgeous field on the top of a mountain at sunset ❤️
August 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Agaricus section Arvenses from southern New Mexico, growing under a mature blue Spruce at the edge of a gorgeous field on the top of a mountain at sunset ❤️
Southern New Mexico has an amazing diversity of fungi, including this awesome new species of Neoboletus with the provisional name "southwestern rainbow" 🌈
August 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Southern New Mexico has an amazing diversity of fungi, including this awesome new species of Neoboletus with the provisional name "southwestern rainbow" 🌈
June 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
June 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you live in Colorado, we want your mushrooms for free DNA sequencing!!
May 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If you live in Colorado, we want your mushrooms for free DNA sequencing!!
May 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The world is a magical place 💛✨
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii fruiting in droves at a Superfund site along the Appalachian Trail in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. PA has 95 Superfund sites, at 3rd highest in nation behind NJ and CA
#pennsylvania #appalachiantrail #superfund #remediation #biodiversity
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii fruiting in droves at a Superfund site along the Appalachian Trail in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. PA has 95 Superfund sites, at 3rd highest in nation behind NJ and CA
#pennsylvania #appalachiantrail #superfund #remediation #biodiversity
May 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The world is a magical place 💛✨
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii fruiting in droves at a Superfund site along the Appalachian Trail in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. PA has 95 Superfund sites, at 3rd highest in nation behind NJ and CA
#pennsylvania #appalachiantrail #superfund #remediation #biodiversity
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii fruiting in droves at a Superfund site along the Appalachian Trail in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. PA has 95 Superfund sites, at 3rd highest in nation behind NJ and CA
#pennsylvania #appalachiantrail #superfund #remediation #biodiversity
Good morning from foggy Appalachia 🩵✨
#appalachia #appalachiantrail #at #trailmagic #girkswhohike #hikesfordays #hike #getoutside #forestproud #forestbathing #nature #wilderness #explore
#appalachia #appalachiantrail #at #trailmagic #girkswhohike #hikesfordays #hike #getoutside #forestproud #forestbathing #nature #wilderness #explore
May 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning from foggy Appalachia 🩵✨
#appalachia #appalachiantrail #at #trailmagic #girkswhohike #hikesfordays #hike #getoutside #forestproud #forestbathing #nature #wilderness #explore
#appalachia #appalachiantrail #at #trailmagic #girkswhohike #hikesfordays #hike #getoutside #forestproud #forestbathing #nature #wilderness #explore
Cortinarius iodes from the Appalachian Trail! 💜✨
#hiking #hike #girlswhohike #purple #mushrooms #fungi #outside #outdoors #trailmagic #getoutside
#hiking #hike #girlswhohike #purple #mushrooms #fungi #outside #outdoors #trailmagic #getoutside
May 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Cortinarius iodes from the Appalachian Trail! 💜✨
#hiking #hike #girlswhohike #purple #mushrooms #fungi #outside #outdoors #trailmagic #getoutside
#hiking #hike #girlswhohike #purple #mushrooms #fungi #outside #outdoors #trailmagic #getoutside
Epic neighborhood score ❤️🍄✨
Bouquets of ringless honeys with a fairy ring of buttons in the background!!
#stumped #stumplife #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #foraging #forager #neighborhood #bouquet #honey #buttons #nature #love
Bouquets of ringless honeys with a fairy ring of buttons in the background!!
#stumped #stumplife #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #foraging #forager #neighborhood #bouquet #honey #buttons #nature #love
May 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Epic neighborhood score ❤️🍄✨
Bouquets of ringless honeys with a fairy ring of buttons in the background!!
#stumped #stumplife #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #foraging #forager #neighborhood #bouquet #honey #buttons #nature #love
Bouquets of ringless honeys with a fairy ring of buttons in the background!!
#stumped #stumplife #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #foraging #forager #neighborhood #bouquet #honey #buttons #nature #love
Royal vibes 💜✨
Trichaptum biforme from Peace Valley, Pennsylvania
Trichaptum biforme from Peace Valley, Pennsylvania
May 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Royal vibes 💜✨
Trichaptum biforme from Peace Valley, Pennsylvania
Trichaptum biforme from Peace Valley, Pennsylvania
We are all connected ❤️♾️
May 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We are all connected ❤️♾️
Last February I was invited to participate in a mycelia women's choir at an interesting community in coastal California called Sea Ranch.
April 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Last February I was invited to participate in a mycelia women's choir at an interesting community in coastal California called Sea Ranch.