So we have threads for the animals, and for the plants, so I’ll take the initiative to start on the fungi.
And to start out with, I’ll direct our attention to chicken-of-the-woods which is obviously no chicken.
And then there is the mushroom that I heard people calling “bluet,” which is also the name of a flower and quite appropriate to this blue-colored mushroom. But it turns out it is actually spelled blewit , which reminds me of the expression, “You blew it,” meaning you failed spectacularly.
damus
November 11, 2020, 5:59am
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One of my favorites is blue tooth . Despite its name, it cannot wirelessly connect to your device.
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A few to start the list off:
Hairy Nuts Disco, Lanzia echinophila
Plums and Custard, Tricholomopsis rutilans
Weeping Toothcrust, Dacryobolus sudans
The Flirt, Russula vesca
Fingered Candlesnuff, Xylaria digitata
Cinnamon Jellybaby, Cudonia confusa
Scurfy Twiglet, Tubaria furfuracea
Purple Jellydisc, Ascocoryne sarcoides
Powdery Piggyback, Asterophora lycoperdoides
Snaketongue Truffleclub, Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides
Golden Navel, Chrysomphalina chrysophylla
Bedstraw Smut, Melanotaenium endogenum
Elbowpatch Crust, Fomitiporia punctata
Hair Sedge Smut, Anthracoidea capillaris
Cryptic Bonnet, Mycena picta
Hairy Earthtongue, Trichoglossum hirsutum
Mealy Frosted Funnel, Clitocybe ditopa
Dog’s Mercury Rust, Melampsora populnea
Snakeskin Grisette, Amanita ceciliae
Bald Knight, Melanoleuca melaleuca
Devil’s Fingers, Clathrus archeri
Dog Stinkhorn (aka Dog Cock Mushroom, Phallus de Chien, and Satyre des chiens), Mutinus caninus
Common Stinkhorn (aka Shameless Sinkhorn), Phallus impudicus
Bearded Fieldcap, Agrocybe molesta
Sweetbread Mushroom or Bread Dough Clitopilus, Clitopilus prunulus
Dark Scaled Knight (aka Dirty Trich Complex), Tricholoma atrosquamosum
Hairy Parachute, Crinipellis scabella
Dog Vomit Slime Mold (not actually a fungus), Fuligo septica
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damus
November 11, 2020, 6:03am
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Oh, how could I have forgotten corn smut and the entire genus Phallus ? Thanks for reminding me!
…is that too NSFW?
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King Alfred’s cake (Daldinia concentrica) and all the story behind the name.
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@cas4moss was particularly fond of Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum). And I’m fond of the Scurfy Twiglet as mentioned above - it sounds like an insult - as does Bloody Brittlegill (Russula sanguinea).
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Chicken Lips, or as I like to call it, the Green Bay Packers Mushroom
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4140178
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kitty12
November 11, 2020, 2:22pm
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Gritty British Soldiers Lichen Cladonia floerkeana Feels like a name that relates to personal hygeine.
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Weeping Toothcrust (Dacryobolus sudans ) gives that impression too.
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Lycoperdon = wolf farts (aka puffballs)
Stalked Puffball-in-Aspic (Calostoma cinnabarinum)
Fairy Parachutes (Marasmiellus candidus)
Elfin Saddles (Helvella spp.)
Jelly Babies (Leotia spp.) *jelly babies are like gummy bears
Crystal Brain Fungus (Myxarium nucleatum)
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kastani
November 11, 2020, 7:15pm
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Saŋıravqwlaq [sɑŋɯrɑwɣʊˈɫɑq] which literally translates to “deaf ear” .
Thats how you say “fungus” in Kazak (Kazakhstan).
Very nice, i like!
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cramp balls, Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
apricot jelly, Guipinia helvelloides
candle snuff, Xylaria hypoxylon
cowboy’s handkerchief, aka snot on a doorknob, Hygrophorus eburneus
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jeffdc
November 12, 2020, 2:26am
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I recently had the pleasure of finding some Bug Sputnik - Ophiocordyceps clavulata, which is a very appropriate (and comical at least to me) name once you see what it looks like: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64557449
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I like the macabre names that serve as a warning about edibility, eg Destroying Angel (Amanitas) and Funeral Bell (Galerina marginata)
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Then there is the trumpet of the dead, Craterellus cornucopioides.
I know that one as huitlacoche, and it is one of the most delicious edible fungi. The weaverbirds think so, too, since they usually get it before I do.
eraskin
November 17, 2020, 3:10am
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Personal favorites:
dirty trich (Tricholoma pardinum )
big laughing gym (Gymnopilus junonius )
trainwrecker (Neolentinus lepideus )
Some others:
corpse finder (Hebeloma syriense )
chocolate milky (Lactarius ligniotus )
slippery jack/jill (Suillus luteus/Suillus salmonicolor )
stinky squid (Pseudocolus fusiformis )
fairy sparklers (Xylaria tentaculata )
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