julien baker 🤝 mushrooms
"let me pick through the empty dirt and the rotten wood"
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A couple miscellaneous shelf mushrooms. I'm not good at identifying them, but they are so pretty to look at as they do their decomposing work.
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FOTD #092 : crab of the woods! (laetiporus sulphureus)
the crab of the woods (also sulphur shelf / polypore) is a bracket fungus of the family fomitopsidaceae. it is a saprophyte & weak parasite that often causes brown cubical rot !! it grows across europe & north america :-)
the big question : can i bite it??
yes & it is quite delicious :-) it has been compared to the taste of crab, lobster & chicken. some deer also eat it !! however, humans should not eat it raw.
l. sulphureus description :
"the fruiting body emerges directly from the trunk of a tree & is initially knob-shaped, but soon expands to fan-shaped shelves, typically growing in overlapping tiers. it is sulphur-yellow to bright orange in colour & has a suede-like texture. old fruitbodies fade to tan or whitish. each shelf may be anywhere from 5 to 60 centimetres (2 to 23+1⁄2 inches) across up to 4 cm (1+1⁄2 in) thick. the fertile surface is sulphur-yellow with small pores or tubes & produces a white spore print. when fresh, the flesh is succulent with a strong fungal aroma & exudes a yellowish, transparent juice, but soon becomes dry & brittle."
[images : source & source]
[fungus description : source]
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Turkey tails 》 Trametes versicolor
Some beautiful turkey tails from the trails this week. 🧡
Southeast Texas, 6 Dec. 2023
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Once upon a time at the fifth of November it looked like this. 🍂
The two fern photos here are included in the print poll over at
p a t r e o n!
Folks at the print collector tier can vote - get em in there before Saturday. (Three slots currently open at this limited tier!)
Maybe I should challenge myself again to go out with my camera and find some unexpected beauty in this melting and grey gloomy weather? 🍃
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sold
I’ve been making more coasters and trivets
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Shelves
Is it just me, or do you think about snapping one of these 'shrooms off and eating like a chip?
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Fungi February: The chicken of the woods has a distinct appearance, so it's difficult to mistake it for any other shelf fungus. Be sure to remember where you find one, as it's likely to be there again next year if conditions are right. Cook this mushroom thoroughly, as it can cause gastrointestinal upset if underdone.
Disclaimer: Don’t rely on pictures of cute mushrooms with eyes to accurately identify edible mushrooms. At best the wrong one will taste bad, at worst it’ll be deadly!
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