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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Isn’t it? I never cease to marvel at fungi.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A flush of oysters methinks? I couldn’t get a picture of the underside. #fungifriends

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ooh maybe? I need to get better at finding ways to get pics of the underside of things… I always hate to disturb them too much

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A young red-belted polypore or conk of some kind with some major guttation! #fungifriends

Closeup of the fungus with lots of guttation- looks like raindrops or sweat! This bracket or shelf fungus grows for years on both living and dead conifer trees. Its annual growth creates distinctive rings or ridges, with a bright red or orange band separating the old layers from the current growth. Red-belted conk is only a danger to living trees if it colonizes a very deep cut or broken top.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Aren’t they?? I love seeing them go through so many different stages

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My first time ever seeing Blue Tooth mushrooms?!! First blue mushroom for me period, actually! #fungifriends

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the blue Tooth fungus is its unpleasant, mealy odor. Named after the distinctive blue color of its fruit body, Blue Tooth loses its coloration as it ages. The fungus contains several pigments which can be used for dyeing wool and other fabrics.
- from Picture Mushroom app

White belted type mushroom with light blue edges!

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some Shaggy Manes getting ready to turn to ink #fungifriends

The shaggy mane mushroom is commonly found in North American and European grasslands. Some peoples foraged for its young egg-shaped caps, but it has more recently been found to be a bioaccumulator of heavy metals, meaning it pulls toxic metals up from the soil where it grows. As a result, shaggy manes should not be eaten. The mushrooms usually appear in clusters or “fairy rings.”
- from the Picture Mushroom app

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“The Twana name of this point from the Skokomish Tribe is duxʷ’axa∙′dač, meaning the place that is like an arm. ‘Misery Point’ likely took its name from the smallpox epidemic that devastated Native American tribes in the 19th century.“

The sun is peeking through the tops of very tall trees that are atop a steep bluff, rocky beach in the foreground

Blue sky above the rocky Olympic Mountains, with the waters of the Hood Canal in the foreground

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

My dahlia overwintered and bloomed again! It was here before I was so I’m not sure how many years it’s been around. Sure is pretty!

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Compare to boletes and the Xerocomus species 🍄‍🟫

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Some oyster mushrooms for all the #fungifriends and a day late for #fungifriday As seen on my hike this week

A side view of some white oyster mushrooms

Three clusters of oyster mushrooms growing out of a tree trunk

A cluster of white oyster mushrooms, some have some bites taken out of them

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Audrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Did I find pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys)? #fungifriends

About a dozen thin, pinkish stalks of pinesap, “a mycotrophic plant which means it obtains nutrients and fixed carbon by parasitizing the mycorrhizal networks of trees. It lacks chlorophyll and does not photosynthesize” Wikipedia.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Closeup of a polypore’s guttation

Closeup of of oozy water drop-like things coming out of a white polypore mushroom

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

These ones seem to be out in force right now! Sunshine amanitas I believe. Great shots!

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Thanks for confirming, that’s what I was thinking would need to be done too. I almost never do anything but take pictures, which of course makes IDs a bit more difficult.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

They’re so bizarre right? I just love them! IDing is definitely difficult. And these ones I fear will be long gone by the time I see them again to get any more info.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Ok, help me out—are these puffballs or sunshine amanitas emerging? 🤔 someone has been munching on them. #fungifriends

These mushrooms look like little loaves of bread to me

You can see a slug or something had taken a bite out of this one. It’s kind of orange underneath

Side view of some more bites that have been taken out and a little bit of the stem that’s buried underground

This one is just beginning to emerge. It makes me think puffball because it doesn’t look like there’s been any amanita egg

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Did I finally find waxcaps and a tiny little parrot?! If so, there were tons of them today! #fungifriends

Looking underneath an orange waxcap growing out of the forest floor

A very small and sticky-looking parrot waxcap; it is an orange-ish red color growing out of the forest floor

Side view of my hand holding a large golden waxcap

The tops of several older golden waxcaps growing out of the forest floor

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Throwback to last month’s bird’s nest fungi 🪺🤩 I can’t get over how tiny they are.

Side view of two tiny birds nest fungi on a small branch surrounded by moss

Top view two tiny birds nest fungi on a small branch surrounded by moss—tiny spore “eggs” are in both of them

Top view of a tiny birds nest fungi on a small branch surrounded by moss, filled with “egg” spores

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Bird’s nest fungi have to be some of my absolute favorite. I almost fell over the first time I found them 😆

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I couldn’t make it out today so a lil throwback to last time. I love this tree just doin its thing.

A hiking path through the woods—on the right is a very interesting tree that I can’t tell if it’s the roots that are six feet in the air for some reason? Or if they’re branches reaching to the ground.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

You found a little coral reef! Aren’t they fun??

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This looks like a great resource, thank you!! Yeah it’s sad how much we’re already exposed to 😞

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A gorgeous day along the Hood Canal

Many shades of blue- blue/grey rocks in the beachy foreground, blue water, blue mountains, and blue sky! The sun is bright with some wispy clouds.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

That seems wise!! I still haven’t ever foraged to eat, I just take pictures. Most of the spots I find them I have no idea if they’ve been sprayed or whatnot.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Sure do! Not good ones. Lol! And yes, being ok with wrong IDs is part of the experience I think. Which is fine as long as we’re not eating them right 🤣

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Thanks!! I think I have the right ID, but unsure. There was TONS of it in this spot! More coral mushrooms than I have ever seen before.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Some yellow-tipped coral mushroom, perhaps. #fungifriends

Yellow-tipped coral(Ramaria formosa) is a pinkish, much-branched coral fungus known for its distinct appearance and many colorful varieties. It has been reported to cause gastrointestinal distress in some people, and so consumption is strongly discouraged. Older specimens may become brittle and chalk-like. The yellow-tipped coral is a woodland mushroom associated with conifers and deciduous trees. They exist in a symbiotic relationship with a tree’s roots, helping it absorb water and nutrients while the tree provides them with sugars and amino acids.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Ha! Yes, I was dx’d with fibro in 2007, and a few others since then. Yay zebras 🦓 (not just weird horses 🤣)

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Isn’t it a bizarre illness?? I am ok, thank you for asking! I try to do what I can while I can, I love being out in the mountains.

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I never recommend eating any mushroom without a positive ID of course. But to get good IDs we need a picture of the underside of the cap. And it’s always important to get a spore print first if you’re gonna eat one. At first glance I’d say possible honey fungus and a bolete of some kind? 🤔

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Awww 😆🥰 I’ll do my best. I am definitely not an expert but I’ve been trying to learn more! There’s bound to be a group of mycelium lovers in your area too, sometimes it takes a group effort (and even dna sequencing) to get firm IDs!

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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I think the cups might be orange peel fungus and the blobby ones could be witches butter.

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