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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 16h

Got a little bit carried away today with my sampling again. Gotta dry my small samples before I'll have room in the dehydrator for the biggest ones. Red pine habitat. Very different from the white pine spots I'm used to.

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love & barley 🐸🪏 @loveandbarley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

check out this absolute unit 🍄

A large fresh maitake mushroom (hen of the woods) eclipses a handsome persons face except their eye and messy hair.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wizardly Webcap - Cortinarius acutus New to me The real name is Peaked Webcap but I feel that was a missed opportunity.

A dark orange/light brown mushroom with a pointed, cone shaped hat. It's growing from between dead leaves

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🦇 Crosschopper 🔜 @crosschopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Shroomies spotted :3

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Justin @allotment7a.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Morning woodland beauty today - oh I do love to be in the woods

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well there's two nights in a row I got sleepy instead of getting my UV lamp out when it got dark. TONIGHT

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There is a fungal research paper that I've been suspensefully waiting for like the final installment of a movie trilogy. Elaborates on two other publications I use ID keys from. Should be out sometime next year. I'll probably end up stickying a link to it at the top of my page when it comes out

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Ben @benrl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Waxcaps. All the Parrot Waxcaps at this site had caramel coloured caps #MushroomMonday #fungi

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Armillaria sinapina - Honey Mustard Mushroom My neighbour's lawn just exploded with it. Distinguished by their yellow cap fibrils when young. The next closest local lookalikes A. ostoyae and A. gemina would have darker cap fibers at all stages When mature, they can easily be mistaken for each other

A honey mushroom laid on its side on a lawn in the shade of some larger mushrooms. The gills are mostly pinkish white. The stem is internally pinkish brown but is externally covered in white fibers with yellow fibers over those. The veil is membranous

A small mushroom in the shade of its larger cousins. Its cap fibers are distinctively quite yellow

A photo of dozens of honey mushrooms growing on a lawn in a sunny area.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Mycena metata seems to be the new dumpster bin CV suggestion. I think it's been one of the top suggestions for most of the mycenas I've found the past few weeks, no matter the size, colour, or ecological context.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

youtu.be/SGzvHL7b6fQ?... Unsolicited musical suggestion. No nudity, there just weren't any epilepsy warning labels. Very blinky video.

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Föllakzoid "Trees" Official Music Video

YouTube video by Sacred Bones Records

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Gliophorus cf. fumosus - Slimy Smoke Waxcap It may already be too late because I dehydrated it last night, but if it still works when dry, this may give an interesting UV+ bright blue reaction. A less frequent lookalike called G. parafumosus is UV-.

Holding a slimy grey mushroom with some Dicranum moss attached to its base. The cap and stem are both a darker grey, the gills are a lighter grey, almost white.

Some mushroom before picked. Growing in a large Dicranum patch next to a leafy area. At this angle the cap striations and reflectiveness of the cap slime are more visible.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Humpback - Cantharellula umbonata This name probably should have been given to a species that was more convex. Recognized by its repeatedly forking gills, blue-grey cap (which is more grey this time), and its association with conifers.

A grey mushroom growing in pleurozum. A tiny trace of an umbo is there, with a concentric ring around it for some reason

A mushroom with repeatedly forking gills as viewed from below

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To myself: "Was Cortinarius croceus one of the dermocybes with a gill colour that makes it easier to single out than others?" *checks Dermocybe* DEAR GOD.

A gallery view of some default images for Cortinarius section dermocybe. Almost half of them are lookalikes to C. croceus.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some suspicious little grey-brown hygrophanous gilled mushrooms that start out striate are appearing on the lawns in my neigbourhood. The mushrooms people ask about may have finally introduced themselves to me.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Mushrooms in fine form today.

Glossy caramel-colored mushrooms on a log.

Cream-colored mushrooms growing on the mossy side of a tree stump with ferns above.

Yellow mushrooms with orange spots growing on the side of a mossy log.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Stalked Rosette - Cotylidia undulata A few days ago I saw someone walking along the side of the highway far from any towns that seemed a bit out of place and thought that guy's a bit suspicious. Today I became a hypocrite, but it paid off with some fun finds like these cute little fellas.

An embankment between a highway/guard rail and a forested area. The back of a highway sign is visible, which, on the other non-visible side is telling people to pay up. The leafy trees are beginning to turn orange

A brown fan shaped fungus with a concentric pattern of darker browns horizontally. And my hair

The top of the brown fungus, which is growing in some green, pointy looking moss in the Bryaceae family. Some peg-like Cladonia is visible. The concentric ring pattern on the fungus looks more circular at this angle despite the fungus being undulate margined.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The grapes must be ripe, raccoons are fighting in my yard again

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Leah 🍄🏹🌙🌻💞 @lgtrombatore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I love when mushrooms refuse to ask for permission. A hole temporarily filled with sand in my yard? Gonna go ahead and thrive right there. Happy #FungiFriday! #FungiFriends 📸🍄

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Some neat little Russulas that I can't find a good suspect for. Tiny, white, fragile, kinda sticky.

A little white Russula mushroom growing up from between a more brown mushroom and a bunch of maple leaves. Some leaf fragments are stuck to the top

The underside/ stem of the little white mushrooms. Like most russulas the stem is wide for the size of the mushroom. All parts are white and waxy looking. In the background, the second mushroom is showing damage from me even picking it. It was most certainly not firm or rubbery.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh man I just found two colours on satellite view that I've never seen before. Both associated with wetlands. I must know what plant is causing that unusual green. And I also have to ask for permission before going there.

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Miranda Jans @mmejans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Growing bracket fungi found on a log on a beach in Molokai #fungifriends

A group of white to dark brown bracket fungi in various stages of development on a brown log, with brown leaves in the background

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rhodocollybia prolixa var. distorta New to me Apparently the only brown capped, globose spored Rhodocollybia on the eastern half of the continent. Was originally leaning toward R. lentinoides due to the serrate gills, but my usual sources didn't list this species with a better matching spore shape.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Something tells me I can't trust this source for this species' measurements...

Obovoid to (sub) ellipsoid ( frontal view ) , ellipsoid , lacrimal to tonsillar (lateral view) , smooth , apiculate , guttulate , hyaline , dextrinoid , cyanophilic , (6)7–9(11) × 3–4.2(4.8) µm, 8–10 × 4.5–6 µm on average

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There was recently a cyclist bitten by a coyote in Cape Breton. Hard to say exactly what led to the bite because he didn't even know he got bit until he got away. It's suspected that his escape may have triggered a prey response, but it sounds like it was already aggressive before that.

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AnneA @annenc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seemed seasonal to see Jack O’Lantern mushrooms yesterday on the first of October. 🎃🍁 #FungiFriday 🍄📷

A cluster of shrooms with orange caps and beige stems growing next to a dead tree trunk. Recently emerged… the caps will get larger.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Well that makes 3 attempts at spore pics that just didn't go well. Circular interference, tiny spored species, circular interference.

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Carolina Bohemian @carolinabohemian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

First #FungiFriday of October, actually feel fall-ish in SC. #FungiFriends from a couple weeks ago. Again, no rain.

Decomposing Earth star mushroom. This was the first one I’ve ever seen! I would’ve loved to find it a couple weeks earlier. It is a moldy looking black and gray mushroom with its edges peeled back around the side sitting in a nest of green moss and leaves. it looks a lot like an odd flower.

I believe this is a huge likin, similar to a turkey tail, but growing on the ground. The center is a velvety chocolate color, and the irregular edges pale to deep orange. It is about the size of a dinner plate.

This is a more traditional looking turkey tail type lichen. It has grown up around a fallen tree branch, with the blades of the lichen growing around little tiny branchy sticks, which is not something I’ve seen very much before. The colors are faded tans and oranges, with white edges on the lichen. They are growing out of a pine branch laying on the ground that has become covered in lichen and some green moss.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Orange Moss Navel - Rickenella fibula Smallest spores I've ever recognized as spores. Not going to write down any measurements because they wouldn't be accurate anyway at this size.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Starting to think that certain microscope best practices are very climate specific. Despite being in a dusty room, dust doesn't seem to be the major sanitation/clarity issue for me, it's the microorganisms that develop on the INSIDE of the lens that I keep having to clean.

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Jim Blackler @blackler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Think this is Small Stagshorn. The tiny flame-like fruitbodies less than a cm tall. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Bright orange fungi growing on an old fallen tree.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Veiled Purple Waxcap - Hygrophorus purpurascens New to me. H. capreolarius and H. russula lack a veil so those were simple to rule out. H. erubescens has yellowing cap goo, which isn't always going to be visible, but I'd have been seeing larger spores if it were that.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These circles are my mortal enemy. They tend to exclusively show up when I'm looking at fungi whose spores are globose or close to that.

A bunch of damn dirty circles of varying sizes as seen under the microscope. They range from about 1-2um to about 15um

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Becks Spake @spakey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We all had a good sniff of a Fragrant Toothcrust fungus today, Mycoacia nothofagi Opinions differed on what the smell resembled. I was getting pineapple.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Physcia (Rosette lichen), Deer Creek Canyon Park today 🌿

Numerous light-rimmed dark brown apothecia on gray lichen

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kinoko-mono @kinokomonoworks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

ナミガタウメノキゴケ　ピアス・ピンブローチ福岡へ持って行くぶん。 #地衣類 #lichen 色々忘れ物してる気がするけど、荷物も送っちゃったし、あとは行って楽しむだけ！ぜひ遊びに来てください～。 ◆10/3,4　 On the Plants Vol.09 ontheplants.com　C21ブース ◆10月下旬　通販にて販売（イベント用とは別に在庫を確保しています）

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Cobequid Pass toll section always has interesting fungi going on there. The ditches there are a large artificial lichen barren. And I don't think people have looked deeply into what lives there since the highway was constructed. I regularly encounter records of lichens found during that time.

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Geertje Geertsma 🍄 @geertje-geertsma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In opdracht, lekker bezig!

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Met a dog named Henry today. He was grumpy, so he wasn't as pleased to meet me as the other way around.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Forgot to put my battery back in my camera before going out today. Oops. As long as I get back out in a day or two I did see some good mushrooms like Arrhenia to go back for.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Catathelasma ventricosum - Swollen Stalked Cat I like cats. Here's the other one for comparison since they're both out.

A non-sticky, large, white mushroom with some greyish discolouration

Double veil not all that prominent, but a photo of the veil nonetheless. It's very thick, white, and lacking in gelatinous goo

Overall photo of the mushroom. The stem is quite thick. I hadn't broken the veil yet here so the gills are not visible, but the outer, broken veil is visible in this photo near where the stem met the dirt. Quite a bit of dirt stuck to it below that point

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aromatic Earthfan - Sistotrema confluens Certainly has a smell. Can't say I would want to smell it regularly. Not like Cinnabar Polypores, I could sniff those all day.

Some little white mushrooms growing in needly soil at the edge of a mossy log.

A look at the underside of a cluster of Sistotrema. It's a hydnoid fungus with a white underside and short teeth

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Chromosera lilacifolia var. lilacifolia New to me Conveniently distinguished by its 'lilacifoil' gills, and its general colouration.

A purplish gilled, slightly beige-orange mushroom which is very small, about 2cm tall

The cap of the mushroom which is concave, fairly striate, and frayed at the margins

The same mushroom in situ growing from what you can't tell is a mossy conifer stump due to it mostly just looking mossy. Bit of glare in this photo, so it looks more white here than the other photos.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Had three interesting wildlife encounters in a row today. Pulled into a good mushroom spot and there was a male ruffed grouse doing a mating display on top of a pile of dirt. Head down the road a bit later and I saw three bears. The mother kinda ran and left the cubs to protect her from me.

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tricholoma badicephalum - Wonderful Headed Tricholoma Quite a rarity, but it seems to like my area as this is not our first or second encounter. Distinguished by its scaliness, lack of stickiness, lack of orange tones, single veil, and its close association with spruce trees.

Holding out a mature mushroom cap in such a way that its cap, gills, stem, and veil are all visible. The host spruce is visible in the background as well as many birch leaves.

A mature T. badicephalum cap growing in the leaf litter beneath a spruce tree. The cap is quite scaley and brown and has some whitish veil remnants

A less mature mushroom cap whose scales are still a bit tighter and darker

A look at the underside of the cap of a less mature specimen. The scales on the stem are also not spaced out yet

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Copper's going missing again. The county is going to have to start making plaques out of cast iron or something because there is no longer a sign to mark the old horse and buggy route into town.

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