plants & mushrooms 🍄 🌳

[Spaceinmyhead]

don't even get me started on slime molds omg!!!!!! first time i found one i had no idea what it was. turns out it was "wolf's milk!"

than i found a slime mold called.. "dog vomit" lol. looks pretty cool!!

Woah those are so cool!! I don't think I've ever seen a slime mold around me, might be to cold/to dry for them to survive. I plan on spending a few of the upcoming weekends out in the forest when I can since, so Ill see if I cant find any cool plants and perhaps the occasional mushroom!

Do any of yall have good spots around you to hunt? For me, there's this river that runs behind where my parents camp and its created this great valley where a ton of cool things live. I found it when I was very young and I think I may be the only person who remembers its there, we used to call it secret city when I was small hahaha. Last time I was there I found a whole deer spine, as well as some great plants that I didn't take pictures of.

[bloodclot]

Woah those are so cool!! I don't think I've ever seen a slime mold around me, might be to cold/to dry for them to survive. I plan on spending a few of the upcoming weekends out in the forest when I can since, so Ill see if I cant find any cool plants and perhaps the occasional mushroom!

Do any of yall have good spots around you to hunt? For me, there's this river that runs behind where my parents camp and its created this great valley where a ton of cool things live. I found it when I was very young and I think I may be the only person who remembers its there, we used to call it secret city when I was small hahaha. Last time I was there I found a whole deer spine, as well as some great plants that I didn't take pictures of.

slime molds definitely thrive in wetter conditions. you'll wanna look for them in the same places you'd find mushrooms, all though i've seen them spawn in some weird places. best of luck on your endeavors <3
certain times of the year they pop up more than others. when first started looking, it was spring and i was finding nothing. when the summer months came and i found the right places to look, mushrooms for miles! and i dont live in a particularly wet area.

took me months to find the right spots to hunt for mushrooms, but me and my family found this, also 'secret' area, it's more like public forest, but it's in the middle of no where, with little to no traffic on back roads. me and my brother would walk around for miles, for hours. it felt like a magical forest. at one point in the year, all these purple mushrooms started popping up everywhere (purple cortinarius) . many of them would hide in bushes and under leaves, and some were just right on the path.

this year im going to have to widen my mushroom hunting spectrum though. just cant wait for it to be the right season!!!

[another eternity]

I love learning all the weird and wacky ways. Like slime fungus, they're so darn cool!

don't even get me started on slime molds omg!!!!!! first time i found one i had no idea what it was. turns out it was "wolf's milk!"

than i found a slime mold called.. "dog vomit" lol. looks pretty cool!!

oh those are so pretty looking, very vibrant :0 the one dog vomit mold looks Just like a pelvis bone!
also just saw the twin destroying angel omg...beloved mushroom if even only because the mountain goats song

i know we get a few mushrooms in our backyard sometime during summer, but i can't recall what they are orz guess i'll find out come late july

[onion]

man my phone died and deleted the whole comment i was writing :( basically i introduced myself and said im not much of a greenthumb but i enjoy succulents and caring for em as well as helping my mother pick out and plant flowers at the cemetery she works at for memorial day!

anyway- mush slime molds! actually never heard of em til now! they so cute tho i wanna find some! i have a local park/woods with toooooons of wooded trails, some more secluded or challenging than others. i plan to try getting out some more despite my disability this summer. would that be a good place to look for slime molds?

[bloodclot]

oh those are so pretty looking, very vibrant :0 the one dog vomit mold looks Just like a pelvis bone!
also just saw the twin destroying angel omg...beloved mushroom if even only because the mountain goats song

i know we get a few mushrooms in our backyard sometime during summer, but i can't recall what they are orz guess i'll find out come late july

thank you<3 i love slime molds in particular because they're either in whacky shapes or vibrant colors. : )

man my phone died and deleted the whole comment i was writing basically i introduced myself and said im not much of a greenthumb but i enjoy succulents and caring for em as well as helping my mother pick out and plant flowers at the cemetery she works at for memorial day!

i love succulents so much. i thought i didn't have a green thumb either until some trial and error. if you wanna talk about houseplants you should hop on over to the house plant forum, we mostly talk about wild growing plants here like parasitic plants or wild flowers

anyway- mush slime molds! actually never heard of em til now! they so cute tho i wanna find some! i have a local park/woods with toooooons of wooded trails, some more secluded or challenging than others. i plan to try getting out some more despite my disability this summer. would that be a good place to look for slime molds?

usually i found dog's vomit in mulch, but the specimen i found was growing on a decaying stump.
i've found wolf's milk on decaying stumps as well, and fallen trees.
the only slime mold that i can think of that i haven't found on dying stumps/fallen logs is 'chocolate tube slime', they're rarely found on leaf litter, but can be found in some other unexpected areas too. any wet wood really.
they're kinda like mushrooms, genetically not so much, but you'll find them in similar areas.

imma show you some more of the slime molds i found last summer just to give you an idea of what you can find : )


some more wolf's milk <3



some slime mold plasmodium not sure what it is. but looks super cool



i think this is a stemonitis plasmodium, but it's growing on leaf litter which is odd. makes it even more cool



the same exact specimen as the one above (Stemonitis) but a day later. crazy how much it changes..

this next one isn't going to be a great example, but it gives you an idea of how much these can stand out.



i was told it might be 'tubifera' or rasbperry slime mold : )

[Spaceinmyhead]

man my phone died and deleted the whole comment i was writing basically i introduced myself and said im not much of a greenthumb but i enjoy succulents and caring for em as well as helping my mother pick out and plant flowers at the cemetery she works at for memorial day!

anyway- mush slime molds! actually never heard of em til now! they so cute tho i wanna find some! i have a local park/woods with toooooons of wooded trails, some more secluded or challenging than others. i plan to try getting out some more despite my disability this summer. would that be a good place to look for slime molds?

Welcome to the thread, glad to have you! And hey, not being a green thumb is nothing wrong, plants can be hard sometimes!! My success with them has been 100% pure luck so far. I mean, the first time I successfully grew gourds was when I threw some out my window and they managed to plant themselves in the garden underneath!

Also, there are soooooo many different types of plants, and maybe you just haven't found the right one for you! I know some perennials are super easy to take care of. For example, I have a pink/red hibiscus in my garden that I planted a few years back. I don't even touch it during the year other than to water it (when I remember) and its flowers still get to be as big as diner plates!

So here's a suggestion: Start with the small and cheep stuff, that way if you accidentally kill it you wont be out money and effort. Perennials are great for that, because chances are if you kill it its just going to come back next year, annuals are more depressing when they die. Also, native species are great! Some plants can be harder to grow in your climate and soil type than others, so do some research of what grows naturally around you.

Plants are fun even when you're failing at growing them, as you're still gaining the knowledge on how to not mess up next time. And feel free to ask for help! If there's anything I know about gardeners its that we love to talk about what we grow haha!

edit: Also, I went to see a conservatory today and saw some amazing plants!! Will post my favorites in the upcoming days!

[bloodclot]

finally the mushrooms are really coming through this season <33 found some special stuff recently, especially today!!

all of these images are original content!!!




found this coral like mushroom on a down log right in the path, calling my name <3 thought this looked absolutely beautiful c:





im unsure of what this one is, but there were many of them scattered throughout the woods, and they were huge!!! they look pretty similar to what's known as the 'platterful mushroom' .





these orange little guys, they sort of resemble wax caps. i picked one to study and take notes on for when i get home. the gills are decurrent, and almost look like ridges like a chanterelle. im super curious to know what these are so i took a photo of the stem and gills, took some notes, and im going to post it on another mushroom forum else where for opinions : D





these aren't mushrooms, but they so have this underground relationship with fungus to grow. they're called ghost pipes! theyre parasitic plants that don't have any chlorophyll, so they don't need light to grow. instead they rely on certain mushrooms and fungi to grow : ) theyre apparently endangered in some areas of the world if not many, but they grow borderline invasive where i live. this is the biggest cluster i think i've ever seen!





photo 1 is a slime mold i believe is 'stemonitis' species. it is commonly referred to as chocolate tube slime for it's brown and tubular look. i've seen this genus/species quite a few times. if u touch it, brown dust (spores) will fly out into the air : )
photo 2 is the first time i've seen this slime mold. i wish i had a better camera </3 it was in a few areas of the forest, but it was definitely some sort of slimey substance and i presume it is a slime mold. looks super cool up close tho, all though it would be so much cooler with a macro lense !!!





these weird white, dusty fingers were everywhere within a couple square yards growing through leaf litter. i noticed that they seem to be covered in white dust, and when you'd touch them, it would have the same dusting affect the chocolate tube slime had, all though this is clearly a mushroom. they seemed to spread spores really easily, it was no wonder they were covering the forest floor!! first time seeing this i think though.





i found these ink caps about a week ago behind my house.they were rather large, but im not sure they resemble shaggy mane enough to call it that. this was my very first big find this summer!

[Spaceinmyhead]

Ahhh Blood those look so awesome!! I haven't gotten a chance to go out and do a proper hunt due to moving my friend in and the air quality being awful, but I did have some of my regular mushrooms pop up again this year in my yard!!







They all grow on top of old stumps that we removed years ago, so its pretty cool to still be seeing them so many years later!

I hope to go out and do some proper hunting this week, though Im a little bit tired from doing some cleaning and moving.

[bloodclot]

Ahhh Blood those look so awesome!! I haven't gotten a chance to go out and do a proper hunt due to moving my friend in and the air quality being awful, but I did have some of my regular mushrooms pop up again this year in my yard!!







They all grow on top of old stumps that we removed years ago, so its pretty cool to still be seeing them so many years later!

I hope to go out and do some proper hunting this week, though Im a little bit tired from doing some cleaning and moving.

thank you so much <3 i appreciate it c: i have so so so many more pictures to share yet again but i've been busy : ( after my last post i've found dozens more, if not hundreds. i have to download them onto my computer yet, and im still not home for another few days to do that :c


the first ones kinda look like mica caps, that is such a pretty cluster of them!!


the other mushrooms im not sure what they are but they look super pretty<3 i love when mushrooms fruit on stumps, makes me want to check every stump when i go out walking hehe c: downed logs too!!

thanks for sharing!! love coming onto this thread to a little surprise c:

[Spaceinmyhead]

Aww thanks! My new phone makes my photos look so much better, so Ive been loving pictures more than ever! These guys are great because they grow from the decomposing roots specifically! The spot those grow hasn't had a tree in over 10 years, and yet they still come back every year! Its amazing!!

I got a chance this past week to head out to my favorite hunting spot, and I managed to find a ton of new species that I'd never seen before! I've yet to go through the pictures, but I'll post them here when I do, as well as the field notes I took when I found them! It was so humid down there since its in a river valley, so I spent the entire time wiping the fog off of my glasses lol! I plan on going down again soon to a different spot to see what I can find there (cause the hike to my favorite spot is a hard one on my poor asthmatic lungs...)