Checked my mushroom spot 48 hours ago and there was nothing — by today it was covered in porcini. Enough for dinner, filling the dehydrator, making pickled mushrooms and making mushroom stock. Excellent start to the season! And only a few had worms, despite being so large.2yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/mycology
Good mould: just grew my first Rhizopus mycelium to make tempeh. This is after about 30 hours.2yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/MoldlyInteresting
Tag says “spanner for soil core”. So a tool made specifically to fit another tool, which no longer exists. I, of course, keep in my desk drawer because you never know when it might be handy.2yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/specializedtools
Neighbors not complying with social distancing at all, and not a mask in sight.2yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/newzealand
Why spend $30 for a stool when you can spend all day making one instead?1yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/diynz
Amazingly hot out Darfield direction (at least by NZ standards). 36 and rising....3yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/chch
Collections for a school group session on fungi. Trying to show diversity of form, colour, and lifestyle.2yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/mycology
Loo with a view (who builds a long-drop with a window in the door?!?), Waimakariri Falls Hut (literal shitpost)3yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/newzealand
What will future archaeologists make of this rural Canterbury, modern day Mo’ai??3yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/newzealand
Snorkelling at Te Oka bay, I got bumped into by a curious seal pup. Dumb question maybe — but does anyone know if fur seals ever bite swimmers?3yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/newzealand
Boletus edulis pores can get pretty slimy when cooked, so I trim them off of older shrooms and simmer into a delicious thick mushroom stock.3yr ⋅ strange_fungus ⋅ r/mycology
