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 · 23/06/2026It also helps to have a colorful leaf in the background, though I also like black. Dara uses focus stacking with flash for most of his shots, though this one was a single shot at f/22. 0110
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A few of his tips I found most useful: shoot the face of an insect from below, looking up at it. The back is what you need for ID, but the face is where the personality is. Pick moths up off the moth sheet with a leaf - they look much nicer on a leaf than on the sheet. 070
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 · 08/03/2026I added ALT text to my most recent post - not sure it really helps that much with photography though. The caption says what it is, so the ALT text would just repeat that. 110
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Thanks! I didn't do anything crazy - just put a Ulanzi vl49rgb LED light a couple inches away. I recommend that everyone carries these - they are cheap, charge with usb-c and will dramatically elevate even a cell phone photo. 110
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026OM System digital - film can't be focus stacked. I like the sound of Olympus better than OM System though. 100
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Yea a lot of tiny Mycena have translucent stems. 000
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Yea I chould say OM-System OM-1 to differentiate it from the film camera, but I like the sound of Olympus better. Grant is correct though, focus stacking with film is impossible. The smaller something is, the more important it is to focus stack it. For very tiny subjects its almost required. 100
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I think iNaturalist is the best app to identify things - it is trained on hundreds of millions of observations, takes into account location, creates permanent biodiversity records and is free. 020
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I teach photography classes sometimes, and also have an online mushroom photography course. The online class costs $100 and you can ask me as many questions as you want forever. Or you can just ask me questions for free, I am happy to help people with photography. www.mycena.llc/mushroom-pho...mycena.llcMushroom Photography CourseMaster mushroom photography with our expert-led course. Join our community to learn essential skills, grasp key concepts, and elevate your photos. Enroll now! 122
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Yea I like the Mycena that have a disc at the stem base. 000
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026This is a Mycena, not Melanophyllum. While the cap color is similar, they are not closely related and the rest of the mushroom looks quite different. 000
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026It's best to ignore things that are outside of your control and focus on nature. 020
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 422293148
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I think they are actually always angry. 020
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 22/01/2026There's a bunch of different subspecies. 000
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 · 20/01/2026Closer to the coast, but a few miles inland. 39.3422455556, -123.5075797222 000
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 924274403
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... 3686
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 502310226
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 311856201
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 11/11/2025What part of the world were they found in? Do you have a photo of the underside of a mature one? 000
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 431819135
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I use a bright 365 nm UV light. You can get them here: www.facebook.com/alanrockefel...facebook.comAlan RockefellerHogna sp. (wolf spider) photographed in Texas under 365 nanometer ultraviolet light. I still have Mycena ultraviolet lights for sale. $45 usd, USA shipping only. 365 nanometer LED, zwb2 filter,... 000
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I don't know of anyone who has eaten this species - Inski ate a similar species in New Zealand and got a little sick. 000
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 06/11/2025This one doesn't get any bluer when bruised, so must be a different molecule. 000
Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Olympus OM-1 with 90mm Olympus macro lens. The first photo is 220 images stacked, second image is 22 images stacked with Helicon Focus method C. Both at ISO 200, f3.5. 010
