magpie
@magpie@mander.xyz
Amateur mycologist and lichenologist (emphasis on the amateur)
- Comment on Alpine Jelly Cone 1 week ago:
9ft would usually be accumulative over the course of a winter, it snows for 5 or 6 months in northern BC, but we did get 6ft in 2 days once and that was a shit show. I would give the Letharia dye another try, the last time I did it I don’t think I used a mordant but you could use alum or something. I would skip the pressure cooker and just do a hot water bath, then you don’t felt your wool socks down into little baby boots.
- Comment on Alpine Jelly Cone 1 week ago:
I did end up eating a few of these, they tasted like water but the texture was surprisingly pleasant.
- Comment on Alpine Jelly Cone 1 week ago:
Definitely magical and exciting to come across all sorts of fungi, take them home and learn about them. I often take friends and family out to find edible mushrooms and I end up picking the least amount of the edibles in the group because I like to fill my basket with mushrooms I have never seen.
- Comment on Alpine Jelly Cone 1 week ago:
We typically get a lot of snow, sometimes 9ft in a single winter or more but the last few years have been pitiful. This was at a slightly higher elevation (I am at about 500 metres). I often see people in washington and oregon find this mushroom throughout the winter, I thought it would be later for my area but not the beginning of June.
- Submitted 1 week ago to mycology@mander.xyz | 11 comments
- Comment on Entoloma sp. (or at least in the same family) 3 weeks ago:
I originally got it for ID’ing mushrooms with spores and other microscopic features like cystidia and it hasn’t disappointed in that regard. I would say it is probably still better to hunt around for a high-quality used model but I am happy with how it performs for my needs. I’ll just mention the things I have issues with because other than that the miscroscope is great (coming from an amateur). The main issue I have is the quality of the objectives, you can see my photo has some chromatic aberration (this photo isn’t using one of the original objectives but the stock ones are about the same level of discolouration). However, for my first scope they are more than acceptable, but I am looking to switch them out this winter. Another minor issue I came across was in making a dark field filter, I did end up making one but it was a major pain compared to other people’s experiences with different scopes. All in all I am really happy with it as a beginner and if I ever decide to upgrade to a new scope I will know what to look for and what sort of features I like. Microbe Hunter’s review of this scope is great if you haven’t seen it yet.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to mycology@mander.xyz | 3 comments
- Submitted 1 month ago to mycology@mander.xyz | 2 comments
- Comment on I've made a community for lichen 1 month ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on I've made a community for lichen 1 month ago:
That’s fine, no experience needed. I am actually not all that great at ID either, I just know the most common species in my area.
- Submitted 1 month ago to mycology@mander.xyz | 9 comments
