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Dusty McDusterson (He/Him) 🍄 @dustymcdusterson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

These were an absolute treat to find today! Successional Ear-pick fungi, Auriscalpium vulgare. #FunkyFungi #FungiFriends #Fungi #Moss #Photography

A triple-threat! Three new Ear-pick fungi sprout from an old Ear-pick fungus sprouting the more typical way from a Douglas fir cone. Another shriveled up sibling fungi lilts a bit to the right all shriveled and far less cool without anything sprouting from their noggin. Note that the 3x have a couple of other knots attempting to become fruiting body. The older fungi are a dark brown with the one sprouting children out of their head still presenting a few teeth sticking out from under their cap. The 3x younger ones have a reddish brown stem with a lighter colored tan cap. A composite of 36 pictures were focus stacked to generate this single image.

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

A pair of snowplants. Love these alien looking parasitic plants.

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plesnercph🇩🇰 @plesnercph.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

🦎Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) Max. size 120 mm (4.7"). Found in Europe from France in the west to Romania and Bulgaria in the east. It's found as far north as Denmark and as far south as Greece. Considered Least Concern by the IUCN. 📷by furbymama on Pixabay

A newt is walking from the left towards the right of the picture. The newt is a blueish dark grey on most of its body. On its lower sides it has black spots on a white background. The belly and throat is bright orange. Behind the newt is a reddish brown rock.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

don’t talk to me or my son ever again

a photograph of an ensatina salamander adult next to a tiny juvenile ensatina. the juvenile is a tiny copy of the adult. the salamanders are reddish-brown with an orange belly and legs.

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Love this black and red lanternfly. Gives Darth Maul vibes. If anyone has any idea for an ID on this guy, please let me know. I feel like it’s from the genus Aphaena but none fit the description closely. #macrophotography #macro #nature #photography #science

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Embrace coziness 😴🍄🌧️

An illustration of a banana slug holding a red mug with white spots underneath a matching red and white spotted fly agaric mushroom. The slug is drinking green tea. They are yellow with brown spots. The mushroom and slug are on some green moss, with green handwritten text underneath that reads “Embrace Coziness” in all uppercase. The background is a vibrant light blue.

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

White leafhopper - Pagaronia triunata. A very old photo of mine, probably one of the first photos I took that I was pretty excited about at the time. #nature #leafhopper #photography #macro #macrophotography

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amohr @amohr.org · 29/01/2025

Map fungus (Coccomyces dentatus) 🍄📷 #fungifriends #forest #nature #photography

A leaf is colonized by a fungus that divides it into irregularly-shaped light-colored regions, with thin black boundary lines between. There are dark spots within some of the regions. The whole thing looks uncannily like an old paper map.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Take a walk in the forest ✨

An illustration of a Polyphemus moth against a dark deep blue-purple background. Near the moth is a redwood branch with leaves and a cone, redwood sorrel, and redwood rooter fungi. Orange text is arching above and below and reads “Take a walk in the forest”.

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Ever see a green moth? Species of emerald moth(Herochroma cristata) #moth #nature #macrophotography #macro #photography

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I am enjoying Bluesky but I am finding it hard to find new nature photographers to follow on here. Let's make a thread to help find new likeminded accounts! Reply and repost this so people can find other great photographers on here!

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I love this tiny coral slime mold star. Hard to believe these things are not aliens sometimes 😂 #nature #slimemold #fungifriends #macrophotography #photography #forest #fungi

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Instead of worrying about the dumpster fire that is the US gov’t. Let’s enjoy this little salamander. #nature #salamander #macrophotography #photography #macro

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Curious Orangutan watching us eat lunch.

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I beautiful lanternfly(Pyrops pythicus) I found out in northern Sumatra. I wish it wasn’t so high up in the tree so I could have gotten a good profile shot but this is the best we got 😅 #nature #photography #macrophotography

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A pair of tiny frosty bonnets(Mycena tenerrima). They are no larger an 5mm in size in this photo. They are very common. With a keen eye you can spot these tiny guys all over America and most of Europe. #nature #mushroom #fungifriends #macrophotography #photography

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Some chocolate tube slime mold to help your day be just a little bit better. Even has a little beetle larvae friend in the bottom right 🙂 #nature #fungifriends #macrophotography #slimemold #photography

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

My pet leopard gecko, Mlem. She likes to hang out on my desk while I work 😂

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Found lots of Marasmius hudsonii today… Holly Parachute. I love ‘em. 🍄📷 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Got a more narrowed down ID for these guys(same as last post): Coprinellus sect. disseminati #nature #fungifriends #macro #photography #macrophotography #mushroom

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Biggest huntsman I have ever seen. Was about 9-10inches in legspan - found in Sumatra #nature #macro #macrophotography #photography

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The glass amphipod Cystisoma is transparent because in the open ocean there is nowhere to hide, and its round head is completely covered in giant eyes. So when you're swimming far from shore just remember: you can't see them, but they can see you. 📽️ Dr. Alejandro Damian-Serrano 🧪🌊🌿🦑🐙

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Bryn Perrett @brynperrettphoto.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Sorry for disappearing for a while, my god I’ve never been so sick before 🤮🤮 Anyway, hope everyone is good and enjoying their weekend. Here’s a picture from my backyard, I do love the colours of winter! #landscapephotography #nature #norway #winter #snow #landscape #reflection #Bluesky

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D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 14/12/2024

Semibalanus balanoides in steel, bronze, and silver for #Crustmas

My sculpture of the common rock barnacle Semibalanus balanoides viewed from the top with my hand for scale. The barnacle is feeding, with its legs fully deployed in a wide fan emerging from the folds of its soft tissues. The shell is rough bronze-infiltrated steel, warm in color; you can see some details of how the plates of the shell interlock.

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ARCdraws @arcdraws.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Ramen🍜

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Little buggy eyed critter 😂 Zoraida sp. found in Sumatra

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Winter around the corner means it’s salamander season in California!! ☘️

An illustrated taxonomy poster showing 10 species of salamanders and newts native to California. The poster shows a long-toed salamander, California tiger salamander, ensatina, Sierra newt, arboreal salamander, rough-skinned newt, California newt, California slender salamander, red-bellied newt, California giant salamander. They are mostly earthy brown, orange, yellow, and black.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Winter in Northern California 🍄‍🟫🐌

An illustration of a yellow banana slug surrounded by small brown California Bonnet mushrooms (Mycena californiensis) and redwood leaf needles. It is illustrated against a neutral gray-blue background.

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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Super tiny white mushroom. I wish I had a scale shot for this because it was essentially just a white speck on a piece of wood 😂 #fungifriends #fungi #mushroom #nature #macro #photography

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