Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026An annotated ITS tree of sect. Semilanceatae dikarya.us/job/eeor/view #psilocybe #phylogeny 050
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Coprinopsis nivea found on a foray this weekend in New Mexico. Growing on cow dung in the Jemez mountains. First photo cut in half with a brand new razor blade. Likely actually Coprinopsis sp. 'nivea-AZ01', see dikarya.us/job/3611f65f... #fungifriends #mushrooms 1412
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This weekend in New Mexico southwestfungafest.com/weekend-even... 0100
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Gomphrena pulchella (globe amaranth) photographed in 365 nm UV light at the Denver Botanic Gardens. 0201
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Pectiantia pentandra in 365 nm UV light. Someone handed me this leaf during a UV night hike above Boulder, Colorado the other night and I was blown away by its beauty. The bright yellow fluorescence is due to the presence of quercetin and kaempferol glycosides. 0255
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I learned a lot from insect photographer Dara Ojo, who joined our recent trip to Costa Rica and helped me take this picture of Copaxa decrescens. OM System OM-1 / 90mm macro / iso 200. #macrophotography #moths #costarica #explorewithdara #omsystem 1145446
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I brought a 50 watt ultraviolet light (395 nanometers) to Costa Rica and it attracted a lot of cool stuff to the projector screen I am using as a moth sheet. 1182
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Badhamia utricularis found hanging from the underside of a California bay tree. #slimemolds #fungifriends #myxos 210910
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/04/2026This Costa Rica trip starts in 64 days! We will be exploring the biodiversity of high elevation páramo & medium elevation cloud forest habitats. More info: www.mycena.llc/costarica-fo... 2122
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Mycena chloroxantha photographed recently in Oxapampa, Peru. The round cells are cherocytes which make up the universal veil - whitish, spiny acanthocytes are also visible. Described in 1983 from Brazil by Rolf Singer. Mushroom Observer # 628987 / iNat 341877230 #fungifriends #mycology #mycena 957052
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 07/03/2026A cool little Mycena that I photographed in Oxapampa, Perú. Never seen one with this cool stem texture before, no idea which species it could be. Olympus OM-1 / 90 mm macro lens / 180 images stacked, ISO 200, f/5. #mushrooms #mycena #fungifriends #olympus 693234250
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 06/03/2026A cool leafhopper I photographed a couple days ago in Perú. Anyone know what species or genus it is? Reminds me a bit of Molomea but leafhoppers are really diverse. 241273104
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Ceratiomyxa sphaerosperma from Mera, Pastaza, Ecuador. This tiny slime mold makes its spores on little stalks, giving it a distinctive appearance. My favorite feature of these are the glass-like stems. Olympus OM-1 / 90mm macro lens / MC20 2x teleconverter 381281126
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Coprinopsis section Coprinopsis photographed yesterday in Tandayapa, Ecuador. 33150388
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 23/01/2026One of my favorite flowers, Lopezia racemosa. Second photo in 365 nanometer ultraviolet. The native range of this plant is Mexico through Central America. Extremely rare in cultivation - grown in California by Alan Rockefeller and @crime_pays_but_botany_doesnt - seed collected in Michoacán. #plants 0334
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Sandpipers on the beach in Capitola, California. #birds 422292148
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 20/01/2026A Steller's jay that I saw this weekend at Salt Point State Park, California, USA. #birds 1847442585
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 17/01/2026The interior of the peridioles of Nidula niveotomentosa (a birds nest fungus) have surprising green fluorescence in 365 nanometer UV light. Photographed yesterday in Mendocino County, California. Sliced in half with a sharp razor blade. #fungi #mycology #mushrooms #fungifriends #uvphotography 3588474
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 02/01/2026In 2025 I made 3000 iNaturalist observations and found 1582 species, 682 of them I had never seen before. I made 46,000 identifications for other people. I did a 5 month road trip to the southwest and east coast, went to Ecuador twice and Costa Rica once. Also wrote lots of Python (Github) 4330
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 10/12/2025This is the second time I have photographed one of my favorite Mycena species - this one is found on leaves and has regular water droplets along the stem for a reason which remains a mystery to me. From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador. #mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends 924272403
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Joey from Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't and I are leading a two-week trip to Ecuador this February with local botanists, mycologists, and herpetologists. Details at www.mycena.llc The trip includes workshops on plant and mushroom identification, taxonomy, and photography techniques. 55310
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Mushroom hunt this Sunday in Quito, Ecuador with the Mycophilic Association of Ecuador and UrbanFunga. Cost: $1 USD Sunday, November 30, 2025 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Parque Metropolitano Guangüiltagua Register here: forms.gle/qrgP8PQsiVL5... 3675
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 29/11/2025I'm giving a talk on active mushrooms Dec 10 in Berkeley, California. Chad Hyatt will be there serving tacos. 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm - $20 in-person, $15 streaming 0223
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Metacampanella subdendrophora growing on scotch broom in Pacific County, Washington. #metacampanella #mycology #macrophotography #fungi #fungifriends 502309225
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Mycena tenerrima from Pacific County, Washington. This tiny and widespread Mycena is in Mycena sect. Sacchariferae due to the powdery cap texture, stem with long setae and disc at the stem base. #fungi #mycology #mycena #fungifriends 311855201
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Psilocybe azurescens in 365 nm ultraviolet light + white light. Seen a couple days ago in Pacific County, Washington. #fungi #mycology #ultravioletphotography 1145539
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Lactarius subgenus Russularia found 10 seconds ago in Aberdeen, Washington #fungifriends #fungi #mushrooms 431817134
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 05/11/2025An undescribed Mycena from the M. amicta group photographed yesterday in Aberdeen, Washington. This group of species is recognizable due to the blue colors, especially on the stem base and the conspicuous setae on the stem. #fungi #mycology #fungifriends #photography 1882871
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 29/09/2025An unknown parasite on Xylaria from Pastaza, Ecuador. #mycology #fungi #fungifriends #xylaria 0394
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Psilocybe yungensis that I found Feb '25 in Pastaza, Ecuador. This species gets its name from the Yungas region of Bolivia, where it was discovered in 1958. #fungi #fungifriends #psilocybe #mycology #photograhy 4739
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 28/08/2025It's been a spectacular month in Colorado, but now it's time to head east for the Ohio Mushroom Festival. I'll be leading forays and giving talks - hope to see you all there! ohiomushroomfestival.com 090
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Mycena "sp-AZ03" that Scott Ostuni spotted near Fox Mountain, Colorado last year. I just got a sequence of it back from Mycota Lab. This probably undescribed species currently only known from Colorado and Arizona. iNat 235426392 / MO 556415 #fungi #mycena #mushrooms #fungifriends 213311
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/08/2025The first known photo of Trichoderma sp. ‘TX01’ - a rare and probably undescribed species of Trichoderma I collected on a vine in Texas in November, 2022. The only match in Genbank is an unnamed collection from Florida. iNat 140831069 / MO 581563 #fungi #trichoderma #dnabarcoding #fungifriends 1462
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Cirsium vinaceum is an extremely rare species of thistle that only grows in Otero County, New Mexico in high elevation wet areas. Quite a few plants were growing near a mountain spring that I explored today with the New Mexico Mycological Society. 0394
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 02/08/2025An undescribed bioluminescent Mycena from Mycena sect. Sacchariferae, closely related to Mycena asterina found a few days ago in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Like Mycena asterina, only the cap glows. #bioluminescence #mycena #mycology #fungifriends #fungi 0331
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Most cup fungi don't fluoresce a lot, but ultraviolet light reveals unusual chemistry in this unknown Helotiales from Monteverde, Costa Rica. #FluorescentFungi #Monteverde #CostaRica #Mycology #UVPhotography #Fluorescence #FieldMycology #fungifriends 2443
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Inocybe "citrifolia", an undescribed Inocybe from California, Oregon and Idaho. This species is easy to identify due to its orange color scheme. Collected in Santa Cruz County in April, 2022, sequenced by @mycota.lab. iNat # 110466630 #inocybe #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms 1795
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Mycena sp. 'amicta-HRL01' - A species in the Mycena amicta group with only two observations on iNaturalist, both in the east bay area, California, USA. Sequenced recently by @mycota.lab. Mushroom Observer # 439854 / iNaturalist # 84403145 #mycena #mycology #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mushrooms 0181
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Mycena citricolor on a Rubiaceae leaf - found today in Monteverde, Costa Rica. #mycena #mycology #mushrooms #costarica #fungifriends 2454
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Beauveria sp. found last night in Monteverde, Costa Rica on a Saturniidae caterpillar. In white light and 365 nanometer UV light. Mushroom Observer # 579083 / iNaturalist # 299745988 #mushrooms #mycology #beauveria #cordyceps #fungifriends #costarica 0283
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 22/07/2025A tiny Favolaschia found yesterday in Monteverde, Costa Rica. These are basically in Mycena and will probably be moved into Mycena soon - the alternative is to split Mycena up into a whole bunch of similar looking genera. #mycology #fungi #fungifriends #favolaschia 31076
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Sarcodes sanguinea seen yesterday near Lake Tahoe, California. 1484
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Lentinellus montanus with cool rhizomorphic orange mycelium. Found yesterday at Donner Pass, California, USA. #fungifriends #photography 1391
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 12/05/2025DNA verified Sclerotiniaceae sp. ‘CA02’ growing on a tan oak acorn in Sonoma County, California. The third known observation of this apparently rare and likely undescribed species. Sequenced by Mycota Lab. iNat 229196445 / MO 489006 #fungi #ascomycota #macro #fungifriends 1393
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Morchella brunnea from the Tahoe National Forest. Under white fir, Jeffrey pine and incense cedar, 4800 feet elevation. iNat 280158813 / MO 573939 #morchella #fungi #fungifriends #ascomycota 2744
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Sarcodes sanguinea found yesterday in the Tahoe National Forest. This mycoheterotrophic plant parasitizes Rhizopogon ellenae and is endemic to California, northern Bana California and southern Oregon and fruits in the spring, often near morels. #botany #sarcodes #mycoheterotrophic #photography 07110
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I'm excited to be leading 2 spring mushroom hunts in the Sierra Nevada with @forkinthepath on June 7 & 8. We will be looking for morels & porcini while learning about photographing mushrooms & Sierra Nevada ecology. More info at www.forkinthepath.org/classes 0152
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Entoloma quadratum from the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire in August of 2023. ID verified by DNA barcoding at Mycota Lab. This species was described in 1859 in New England, just a couple years before the civil war. iNaturalist # 178764994 / MO # 550987 #fungifriends #fungi 1442
