Mushroom spores

Mushroom spores

This is wild... 🍄 | wilderness, light

Lycoperdon Perlatum

spore prints. take off mushroom stems. place mushroom on paper. put cup over mushroom for 8 hours or so.

PUFFBALLS

The Inky Cap mushroom (Photo: m.imgur.com/MKQZ2OQ)

We the æther 道♡ॐ𓂀✝️☯️☸️☪️ on Instagram: "Mushrooms releasing millions of microscopic spores at night in a harmonic dance with the wind to spread.🌬️🍄 How much mesmerizing is this?😍 "Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several dozen that have a unique combination of talents that improve our health. Mushrooms have many helpful nutrients, including beta glucans for immune…

From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.

The essential part of a mushroom, the mycelium network, is usually hidden from our eyes. If you cultivate a mushroom in a transparent bowl, this is how its actual "shape" becomes visible. What we perceive as a "mushroom" is only its transient fruit body of a large and complex organism. 📷 Aimee Cornwell

Moths covered in Cordyceps fungus (the kind that turns insects into zombies). Cordyceps is known to have the ability to control an insect’s end-of-life wanderings. This ensures that when the fungal spores are released, they will spread over a larger area than if they died low or on the ground. When a Cordyceps fungus attacks a host, the mycelium invades and eventually replaces the host tissue. By Leah Wood.

What might be even more terrifying than strolls through moonlit cemeteries in the wee hours of the night is arriving at October 31st without a clue of what to dress up as!