Suburban Jungle

plant peddler/forest comber/mushroom fanatic 🌻🍄

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@FungiwithBengi Totally!!

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"mushroom" rocks in the Pine Barrens

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@UkMushrooms1 Thank you! I'm hooked!

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I did some beach combing over the holidays at the Delaware Bay beaches in Cape May. I found a horn coral fossil a few months ago and since then I've been obsessed with finding more. Here's what I found on this trip. I think they may be horn coral, favosites and maybe bryozoans?

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Splitgill lolipops and reishi macarons

#schizophyllumcommune
#ganodermacurtisii

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Cinnabar-polypore-o'-latern

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This golden spindle fungus looks like a spooky little campfire 🔥

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Wispy little mushroom trio

1. Shaggy mane 2. Mica cap. 3. Maybe Psathyrella sp.?

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@chovepaddles 😍

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@AlisonAtwell Thank you! I was so excited to find that violet coral!

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Major Halloween vibes in the woods this month

1. Clavaria zollingeri 2. Aleuria aurantia 3. Cortinarius iodes

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@chovepaddles Yes! There was so much to see!

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I was visiting friends in the Catskills this weekend and found my first black trumpets! Also found some adorable hedgehogs and corals. 💚

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I've missed the woods! @KearaGiannotti and I headed to the Wissahickon and saw all kinds of wonderful weird things!

1. Pretzel slime mold (Hemtrichia serpula) 2. Eyelash cup fungus ( Scutellinia sp.) 3. Wolf's milk (Lycogala epidendrum)

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Monarch's first sunrise

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It's seed saving season which means there are tons of random jars all over my house filled with flower heads and seeds. It's messy but it's meditative and satisfying to separate the seeds and prepare for next season.

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Suburban Jungle is a plant group that I started a few years ago in my town. Through the group I run a plant stand where people can share house plants, outdoor plants, seeds and produce. Yesterday we had our first in-person plant swap since Covid and Oh boy did I miss plant folks

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Here's some more photos of the possible Cortinarius cap and stem

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Found these mushrooms during my beach trip and I'm stumped. I'm pretty sure the first one is Stropharia sp. and the second one is Cortinarius sp.

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Beach treasures