Psilocybe cyanescens (lemmy.world)
I found this little fella (as well as a number of his friends) outside. It’s cold and wet, so I brought them in where they can get warm and dry out. Remember folks, if you’re cold they’re cold.

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I found this little fella (as well as a number of his friends) outside. It’s cold and wet, so I brought them in where they can get warm and dry out. Remember folks, if you’re cold they’re cold.
Banana for scale. I was a little late to the party as it looks like something munched on it....
We have a number of large piles of rotted wood chips on our land from about five years old when we had to clear a few trees. They produced quite a few two years ago, then nothing last year with the dry fall in our area. We’re happy to see them again.
I wrote the research team and have skimmed the article. Dose regimen was 0.05mg/kg every other day. This would be about 0.25mg in an adult female human. Or about 0.25g of moderate potency cubensis. Half that or less of strong cubensis (PE/APE/etc).
No banana on hand so used apple for scale. Vancouver Island
Massive, I tell you
Such green loveliness....
Well. That’s lunch sorted
It’s all action at this end
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/8713466...
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And it’s getting bigger by the minute
The violet pouch fungus (Cortinarius porphyroideus) is a truffle-like fungus found in the leaf litter of beech forests. Its spore-producing tissue is enclosed within its purple cap. Spores are released when the cap begins to disintegrate, or when insects and other small animals eat the tissue within the cap....
Found on flickr
Found on flickr
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Found on flickr
Always a delight to spot colourful waxcaps and even better to capture underside shots. Where possible, I prefer not to pick them and use my Pentax point and shoot, pressed down into the substrate, but sometimes this is not possible....
‘The Netherlands-Zaandam...
The mushrooms shall march upon us
Found on flickr