Lichens are extremely durable. In 2005 NASA sent lichen to space to test how it stood up in the freezing cold vacuum. It was left outside in space for a period of time, and within 24 hours of rehydration had resumed all normal photosynthetic activity
Cross section of Xanthoria elegans, one of the two lichens sent to space!
Mushrooms in nature: I will grow no matter the obstacle I will spread my mycelium far and wide I will outlive your family and feast on your corpse no power on earth shall stop me
Mushrooms when you try to farm them: Ew tf you mean 80% humidity I said I wanted 90
*freaking dies*
When young this mushroom has a soft pink color and deep net patterns. The color and patterning both fade with age.
This particular wrinkled peach is “weeping”, also known as guttation, a process in which the mushroom secretes excess moisture.
The wrinkled peach is also the only species in its genus, meaning taxonomists had such a difficult time fitting it into any other category that they had to make a whole new genus just for the wrinkled peach.
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Ancient China and Japan commonly used the Turkey Tail mushroom in healing in medicine. In modern day medicine the use of Polysaccharide-K, extracted from T. versicolor, is considered safe for use as a cancer treatment in conjunction with other cancer treatments. PSK has been studied in clinical research for various cancer and immune deficiencies but as of 2022 its effectiveness remains inconclusive.
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Nope. Are you a mushroom who lives in water?*pulls you out again and floods the askbox completely. We lay on top of the askbox*-Flooder anon
I have concluded that this anon is the fungi species Psathyrella aquatica, as observed by their tendency toward water
heeeyyy @madoxeal feel like doing a two artists one base with me? :3
tbh either character would fit either of us x-x
just depends who wants to do the side profile lol
Morel refers to many species of fungi, so for this day of the challenge I've chosen what is in my opinion the coolest morel, the BURN MOREL.
The mycelium of the burn morel can lie dormant for up to 50 years, only growing fruiting bodies after the forest has been ravaged by a wildfire. Scientists have yet to discover a definitive reason for the mushrooms blooming after a fire disturbance. Some believe that it's due to a change in soil chemistry after burning, or an influx of nutrients released by the heat that the flames produce.
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no. you can't do this to me. not again.
The cremini is one of the most commonly and widely consumed mushrooms in the world. It is cultivated in over 70 countries. You’ve likely heard of this mushroom, it goes by several different names for its two different appearances in its immature state and even more names in its mature state. Some of these names include button mushroom, champignon, chestnut mushroom, and portobello.
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What did I do to deserve this T-T
Mutuals what are y’all doing I can’t be the only one with self preservation skill because I don’t have them