#xylaria hypoxylon

[lindagoesmushrooming]

#woods #autumn #fall #mushrooms #fungi #nature #nature photography #naturecore #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #latvia #Xylaria hypoxylon

[aphermion]

Antheraea polyphemus, Xylaria hypoxylon

#Antheraea polyphemus #Xylaria hypoxylon #moths #mushrooms #Candlesnuff fungus #Polyphemus moth #nature #photography #nature photography

[halomancer]

How are we feeling about carbon antlers

#Xylaria hypoxylon #fungi #photography

[unkn0wnvariable]

Candlesnuff Fungus by Oliver Andrews Via Flickr: Candlesnuff fungus growing from a crack in a rotting log, at Glapthorn Cow Pastures.

#autumn #autumnwatch #candlesnuff fungus #canon #canonuk #fungi #fungus #glapthorn #glapthorn cow pastures #nature #nature reserve #northamptonshire #northants #outdoors #wildlife trust #wildlife trusts #wood #woodland #woods #xylaria hypoxylon #Peterborough #England #United Kingdom #flickr

[lycomorpha]

Candlesnuff fungus / Geweizwam by Kees Waterlander Via Flickr: Candlestick fungus, Carbon antlers, Stag's horn fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon.

#Emmerdennen #Geweizwam #Candlesnuff fungus #Carbon antlers #Xylaria hypoxylon #Drenthe #Nederland #The Netherlands #Emmen #flickr #fungi #fungus #shrooms #mushroom #mycology #botany #cool fungi

[pnwfungusamongus]

Xylaria hypoxylon  - Candlesnuff Fungus     +10p

Habitat: This visually striking fungi is usually the last in a line of other mushrooms to decompose rotting wood. It can be seen year-round in the PNW, growing gregariously from rotting logs, decomposing stumps, roots, and even buried wood debris. There are dozens of similar lookalikes to this fungus that can be told apart only under microscope. It is also weakly bioluminescent! (might resemble the fading glow of a candle when snuffed out?) 

Edibility: Not considered edible for its size and toughness.

Spore Color: White asexual spores coat the tips eventually turning completely black in age. 

I need to know more!

#Xylaria hypoxylon #xylaria #candlesnuff #fungi #fungus #mushrooms #mushroom #shrooms #club fungi #nature #outdoors #ecoloy #forest #pnw #pacificnorthwest #mushroom hunting #foraging

[csolarstorm]

Xerneas and Yveltal are Fungi: Let Me Explain...

Source: Bulbapedia, Wikipedia, Bulbapedia, Enchanted Nature

Xerneas and Yveltal are my favorite legendary designs. There's something weirdly alien about these bio-luminescent approximations of fauna, like they're trying to look like animals and failing. I've always thought they looked a little bit...fungal.

Xerneas and Yveltal are like batteries. They're life energy brokers; Xerneas distributes life, while Yveltal drains it. Supporting and draining life is one of the main characteristics of fungi. In fact, it's like their whole thing.

Some fungi have a mutualistic relationship with their hosts, where they actually benefit their health. And in general, fungi are essential to supporting the ecosystem. Then there's fungi that are simply parasitic.

Fungi can also go dormant, as well as their spores. Staying still is their thing, just chilling in dark places. Xerneas and Yveltal's dormant forms are especially weird, showing just how anomalous these creatures are.

Now allow me to lichen fauna to fungi.

Sources: Bulbapedia, New Forest Pics, Wikipedia, Mushroom Diary Blog

This is xylaria hypoxylon, also known as Stag's Horn fungus. (Not to be confused with Yellow Staghorn.) It reminds me a lot of the dormant form of Xerneas, or the "deactivated" form it takes in the PC.

Stag's Horn is also bio-luminscent, which means the tips of the fungus faintly glow - much like the tips of Xerneas's antlers.

Speaking of the first legendary Fairy Pokemon, mushrooms are often associated with fairies. Fairy Rings are circles of mushrooms that are connected by mycelium underneath. (I'll get into mycelium in just a second.) There are too many myths about Fairy Rings to get into here, so for now I'll just point out the Fairy Ring around Valerie's Gym in Laverre City.

Sources: Bulbapedia, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Enchanted Nature, UK Wildlife

I'm not sure whether Bulbapedia or Dr. King on Pokemon Amino first likened Yveltal to Devil's Fingers, but the similarities are uncanny. Like Yveltal emerges from its cocoon, Devil's Fingers emerge from what is called their "egg stage". I tried to find the least unsettling picture of this that I could. Enjoy...?

I mean, what kind of bird turns into a cocoon, anyway? Honestly though, fungus isn't supposed to hatch from an egg either, so this is all mixed up.

Okay, so Xerneas and Yveltal are based on different aspects of Yggdrasil. But if you were going to design Pokemon based on Yggdrasil, the World Tree that connects the universe, wouldn't you base it on fungi rather than an actual tree? Mycelium can actually partner with the roots of plants and other fungus to create a widespread beneficial mycorrhizal network, a truly interconnected ecosystem of organisms.

Source: BBC News - How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other

And that's why Xerneas and Yveltal are fungi. Or it could be part of their inspiration, at least. They're not necessarily inspired by these specific fungi, but I think the concept may be part of their design. Either way, Gen VI is especially fun to research!

Reviewed by @fluffybunnybadass.

Check out my posts about Pokemon Legends: Z-A:

Poll: What Does the Λ in Legends Z-A Symbolize?

Pokemon Legends Z-A: What Is the Λ?

Is Z-A Just Zygarde-A? (%1000 Zygarde and the Fragments of the Tree of Life)

Aaah, it's an A! Is the A in Z-A the Tree of Life?

How much longer am I going to have to wait for a freakin' Unova remake?!

#Pokemon Y #Pokemon X #cw: fungus #Yveltal #Xerneas #Pokemon Legends: Z-A #Pokemon Legends Z A #Pokemon games #Pokemon #Kalos #gaming #Pokemon XY #Generation 6 #Generation VI #Generation VI Pokemon #Video games #Z-A #Devil's Fingers #Octopus Stinkhorn #fungi #wild fungi #fungus #Stag's Horn #Candlesnuff #mycelial network #mycelium

[lindagoesmushrooming]

Xylaria hypoxylon

#Xylaria hypoxylon #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #mushroom photography #forest floor #nature #nature photography #original photography

[mushrooms-switzerland]

Winter Trompetenschnitzling an Geweihförmige Holzkeule,

Tubaria furfuracea on xylaria hypoxylon 25.01.23

#mushrooms #pilze #mycology #fungi #wild fungi #mushrooms switzerland #pilz #mushrooms of switzerland #pilzesuchen #basidiomycota #tubaria #xylaria

[nettleandthorne]

xylaria hypoxylon; the candlesnuff fungus. one of my favourites simply because of how hauntingly beautiful it is, and the woods behind my parents' house are full of it!

#nettle loves fungi #they're just so pretty and odd #i adore them

[reflectionsofgalaxies]

some fun and funky fungal friends from today’s walk ✨🍄🌲

added IDs, from top left to bottom right:

1. common name, Witch’s Butter (either Tremella aurantia, Tremella mesenterica, or Naematelia aurantia. All are incredibly similar in appearance and are best told apart by the species of fungus they parasitize) 2. Rosy Conk (Fomitopsis cajanderi) 3. I didn’t take a spore print and I’m not confident enough to positively ID this lbm (little brown mushroom) but look at the mycelium attached to that lad! 4. Candlesnuff, Stag’s horn, or carbon antlers, all common names for Xylaria hypoxylon

#will add ids later but I am currently tired #today was a ~very~ fruitful day for finding fungi #the temperature has been incredibly mild and it’s been very very damp #perfect conditions for these lil guys basically #it’s been sucky for my mood but this is definitely a silver lining #mushrooms #mycology #Pacific Northwest #personal

[anreill]

Candlesnuff fungus

Xylaria hypoxylon

#jalloo

[mycellpics]

Summer 2022

Xylaria Hypoxylon

#nature #forest #mushrooms #foret #champignon #laurentides #xylaria

[anenglishwoodcomstuff]

Candlesnuff #fungus

Xylaria hypoxylon. Picture taken December 6. #candlesnuff #nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom #fungi #mushrooms

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#2023 #Candlesnuff #December #Fungi #Fungus #Mushroom #Mushrooms #Nature #Winter

[cassandraxiv]

Meet the seven primary characters of a fantasy story I'm working on. My main characters, Gion and Marron Renn, estranged twin brothers, have taken quite different paths in life. Marron works for the secret intelligence of the kingdom of Aracom, while Gion is the ship's cook on a pirate ship. Teïlla Arada is one of Gion's shipmates. She is a sneaky scoundrel, but fiercely loyal. This is partially out of necessity, as she is deaf and mostly communicates using the secret sign language developed by their captain. Gion has also formed a friendship with Xylaria Hypoxylon, a frightened, lost Wisp. Luca Felsenkind is the bastard child and only survivor of the Celtian royal family, looking to protect their secretive legacy. Solon of Stras is Marron's colleague and friend, and one of the youngest recruits to ever become a spy for the secret intelligence. The secret to their success, unknown to even Marron, is that they are a shapeshifter, a scion of the aboriginal people of Aracom. Finally, friar Ceber is a former priest of the Ancestor Cult, who has gone on a quest to resolve a crisis of faith. All of them must come together to fight the Order of the Black Rose, a secret fascist organization hoping to uncover an ancient superweapon with which to subjugate the Five Kingdoms of the West.

Most of these characters belong to two human species in my world. Gion, Marron and Luca are all Yunani, who have pink and cream-coloured skin, white sclera, pointed ears and four fingers on each hand. Teïlla is an Ynali, who have metallic skin, dark sclera, round ears and three fingers on each hand. Solon also typically presents as an Ynali. Xylaria is a Wisp, a type of nature spirit, and Ceber is a Firim, panda-like creatures with a third hand at the end of their tails.

#art #drawing #my art #fantasy art #fantasy character #fantasy creature #character art #writing #worldbuilding #original character #character design