The last three mushrooms of Funguary 2022. Candlesnuff is my favorite of the set because of how much it reminds me of antlers. There’s also a lot of slight color variation in reference photos of it, so it was fun to work with. I’m most proud of the Bleeding Tooth tho: making the red parts look goopy and glossy was an interesting challenge.
the red-juice tooth (also strawberries & cream, bleeding hydnellum, bleeding tooth fungus, & devil's tooth) is a hydnoid fungus in the family bankeraceae :-) it is mycorrhizal & forms associations with conifers across north america.
the big question : will it kill me??
not at all !! it's edible. however, the blood-red guttation is extremely bitter. ^^"
h. peckii description :
"the fruit bodies typically have a funnel-shaped cap with a white edge, although the shape can be highly variable. young, moist fruit bodies can "bleed" bright red guttation droplets."
We had massive power, communications, transport and train blackouts this week. I lost a lot of food in freezers and so on. But I'm still going. Things are a bit chaotic, but we are still going strong.
Funguary Feb 8 - Satan's Bolete Behemoth - Rubroboletus satanas
Funguary Feb 9 - Silver Leaf Fungus Ipos - Chondrostereum purpureum
Funguary Feb 10 - Destroying Angel - Amanita virosa
Funguary Feb 11 - Bird's Nest Fungus - Nidulariaceae
Funguary Feb 12 - Demonic Dead Man's Fingers - Xylaria Polymorpha
Funguary Feb 13 - Demonic Lilac Bonnet - Mycena pura
Funguary Feb 14 - Demonic Bleeding Tooth Fungus - Hydnellum peckii
Happy Valentine's day! Please do not repost! Reblogs and likes are welcome and appreciated!
Explanation and video ID under the cut.
I saw that Valentine's day was also day 14 of funguary2024 as hosted by @feefal so I figured I would... combine the two prompts. So I made a demon vampire inspired character eating someone's heart lol
[Video ID: 30 second timelapse of me drawing a very pale-skinned vampire sitting and eating a human heart. She is oozing dark red goo from multiple pores on her face, and her eyes are a similar dark red. Her white hair is cut into a bob and she has two small demon horns. She is wearing a white beret with similar oozing sores, white off-the-shoulder top, a red pinafore with white underskirts and white thigh high socks. She is wearing multiple heart earrings and a heart necklace. Behind her is a dark red background, with a bright rectangular light focused on her face. On the background are rows of phrases like "love me" "cherish me" "worship me" "desire me". In the bright part of the background around her face is the text "Give me your all", but it is partially obscured by her head.]
Demonic week of Funguary is here, and what is more demonic of a fungi than bleeding tooth? The answer's none 😈
It has such a otherworldly quality to it, equally captivating and unsettling, and I had so much fun coming up with a way to bring it to life as a portrait!
my second funguary drawing, bleeding tooth fungus. honestly to me this mushroom looks pretty cutesy and adorable but the weeks theme was demonic so I went more in that direction