Nicolas Schwab
@nschwab.bsky.social
Mycologist, botanist and photographer from Switzerland
Passionnate about every detail of nature 🌿🍄
Passionnate about every detail of nature 🌿🍄
The rare Fritillaria meleagris from Switzerland.
April 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The rare Fritillaria meleagris from Switzerland.
Colchicum bulbocodium is in full bloom in Valais!
March 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Colchicum bulbocodium is in full bloom in Valais!
Here's a thread about my Cortinarius finds from last season. Starting with a few colorful phlegmacioid species: Cortinarius (Cal.) atrovirens, C. (Cal.) citrinus, C. (Cal.) xanthophyllus and C. (Cal.) alcalinophilus.
January 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Here's a thread about my Cortinarius finds from last season. Starting with a few colorful phlegmacioid species: Cortinarius (Cal.) atrovirens, C. (Cal.) citrinus, C. (Cal.) xanthophyllus and C. (Cal.) alcalinophilus.
Nothing to see here, just a normal plant. Or is it? 🤨
Here's Antherospora hortensis, a parasite on the anthers of Muscari armeniacum. These parasite are called anthericolous fungi and from originate diverse lineages. They hijack pollination so their spores are dispersed by insects!
#fungifriends
Here's Antherospora hortensis, a parasite on the anthers of Muscari armeniacum. These parasite are called anthericolous fungi and from originate diverse lineages. They hijack pollination so their spores are dispersed by insects!
#fungifriends
January 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Nothing to see here, just a normal plant. Or is it? 🤨
Here's Antherospora hortensis, a parasite on the anthers of Muscari armeniacum. These parasite are called anthericolous fungi and from originate diverse lineages. They hijack pollination so their spores are dispersed by insects!
#fungifriends
Here's Antherospora hortensis, a parasite on the anthers of Muscari armeniacum. These parasite are called anthericolous fungi and from originate diverse lineages. They hijack pollination so their spores are dispersed by insects!
#fungifriends
The beautiful and rare Porpolomopsis calyptriformis. This species is critically endangered in Switzerland and globally vulnerable. Did you know there were at least 9 undescribed species in North America? Learn more on my iNaturalist journal post: www.inaturalist.org/journal/nsch...
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
January 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The beautiful and rare Porpolomopsis calyptriformis. This species is critically endangered in Switzerland and globally vulnerable. Did you know there were at least 9 undescribed species in North America? Learn more on my iNaturalist journal post: www.inaturalist.org/journal/nsch...
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
You don't know what to do during winter and you want to help the iNaturalist community? Here's a list of high-priority groups to clean in Europe. We need help to re-identify them manually. Every identification counts!
www.inaturalist.org/journal/nsch...
www.inaturalist.org/journal/nsch...
Species/groups to clean in Europe
These groups are in dire need of a deep clean. If you want to help, you can manually re-identify a few observations by following the link to the identification page. ### Commonly misidentified species...
www.inaturalist.org
January 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
You don't know what to do during winter and you want to help the iNaturalist community? Here's a list of high-priority groups to clean in Europe. We need help to re-identify them manually. Every identification counts!
www.inaturalist.org/journal/nsch...
www.inaturalist.org/journal/nsch...
There are two fungi hiding in this picture, can you spot them?
The substrate is dried resin from an old spruce tree. When a tree is injured, it secretes resin to covert the injury to avoid parasite infections. Much like a bandage! However, some fungi like this substrate as it's high in sugar.
The substrate is dried resin from an old spruce tree. When a tree is injured, it secretes resin to covert the injury to avoid parasite infections. Much like a bandage! However, some fungi like this substrate as it's high in sugar.
January 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
There are two fungi hiding in this picture, can you spot them?
The substrate is dried resin from an old spruce tree. When a tree is injured, it secretes resin to covert the injury to avoid parasite infections. Much like a bandage! However, some fungi like this substrate as it's high in sugar.
The substrate is dried resin from an old spruce tree. When a tree is injured, it secretes resin to covert the injury to avoid parasite infections. Much like a bandage! However, some fungi like this substrate as it's high in sugar.
A nice and rare find from last fall: Clavaria sphagnicola. It grows in Sphagnum bogs which differentiates it from its sister species C. argillacea, which prefers heaths.
January 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A nice and rare find from last fall: Clavaria sphagnicola. It grows in Sphagnum bogs which differentiates it from its sister species C. argillacea, which prefers heaths.
Here's my iNaturalist.org Year in Review! What a busy year for me! Approximately 50% of my observations are of fungi and 40% of plants.
www.inaturalist.org/stats/2024/n...
www.inaturalist.org/stats/2024/n...
December 3, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Here's my iNaturalist.org Year in Review! What a busy year for me! Approximately 50% of my observations are of fungi and 40% of plants.
www.inaturalist.org/stats/2024/n...
www.inaturalist.org/stats/2024/n...
The amazing Microstrobilinia castrans #fungus was described last year from #Switzerland. It grows on male spruce flowers it mummifies and its fruitbodies appear later in the year when its humid enough! A truly incredible species amongst #mushrooms!
Photos from La Ferrière and La Sagne, Switzerland.
Photos from La Ferrière and La Sagne, Switzerland.
December 2, 2024 at 8:05 PM
The amazing Microstrobilinia castrans #fungus was described last year from #Switzerland. It grows on male spruce flowers it mummifies and its fruitbodies appear later in the year when its humid enough! A truly incredible species amongst #mushrooms!
Photos from La Ferrière and La Sagne, Switzerland.
Photos from La Ferrière and La Sagne, Switzerland.