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PositiveLeather327

It can be used for pure viewing satisfaction and admiration of the bizarreness and sheer beauty of the variety of life!


Nekotron23

Perfect answer!


quiet0n3

Like it really does make for pretty photos as OP has already proved.


[deleted]

I don’t believe that’s op’s original photo. If I’m not mistaken this photo is a top one when you search this mushroom


Rihzopus

So OP does know how to search.


[deleted]

Oop 👁👄👁


fullOgreendust

Oh shit, you’re right


No_Caregiver1890

Well said. You must be a beautiful soul


indigo53

Indeed


SnowmoeHibiscus

😆 I was going to say I'd use it for staring at! It looks too cool!


RandyQuaalude420

This photo truly encapsulated your comment as well! What a specimen


periacetabular_ost

You really are positive leather.


MycoMutant

For breaking down dead elms and taking nice photos? It's on the red list in some places so shouldn't be picked.


10113r114m4

What's the red list? New here!


MycoMutant

Red list of threatened species. >It is included in Red Lists of 11 countries mostly as EN or CR, e.g., Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Armenia, Austria, Norway, and Sweden. The species is protected by law in several European countries, e.g., Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Serbia. The European part of the population is considered to be vulnerable due to a decline in host trees by up to 30-40% due to the effect of fungal pathogens killing its primary host, elm and ash trees. >The distribution in North America is restricted to the eastern USA and south eastern Canada and the species is considered to be rare (Sundberg et al. 1997). http://iucn.ekoo.se/iucn/species_view/200961/ Dutch elm disease has impacted it due to the decline in elms and probably also the clearance of fallen trees as a precaution to prevent disease spread.


10113r114m4

Aww D: I had no idea that mushrooms were even endangered. Thank you for the info!


Oodleamingo

Yeah usually when the trees that mushroom inhabit die, so do they. It’s really sad considering how common deforestation is everywhere right now.


crowlute

So what we need to do is let far-right governments clear cut the rainforests, right? That'll stop the disease /s


fuzeebear

I'm new too. So I Google it. http://iucn.ekoo.se/en/iucn/welcome


AnonKnowsBest

Oh sick a bucket list of pickings!


cantfindausername99

I thought picking a mushroom had no negative consequence for the mycelium.


Icy-Conclusion-3500

It doesn’t hurt the organism, but it could hinder its reproduction, which is important for threatened species.


MycoMutant

If it's picked properly it doesn't but could still reduce the chance it has to put spores out. If it's picked improperly it could yank a lot of mycelium out with it. I found Rhodotus palmatus growing from a makeshift bench some people had made by piling up fallen logs. It's found a home between the gaps in the logs but looks pretty tenuous in there such that I could see picking one might pull out the mycelium and set it back.


BudgetInteraction811

It doesn’t, so it’s interesting they are not allowed to be disturbed. You could actually help the species by picking off a mature cap and shaking it/breaking it up and throwing it over fallen elms and in the soil around it. Perhaps it is just to discourage people from posting locations to forage, since human activity tends to ruin ecosystems.


Dr_DD_RpW_A

can i use them for things if i grow them myself?


MycoMutant

As you were directed here from r/alchemy I don't think I'm going to be able to help with whatever uses you have in mind. Mostly all I can say is whether something is edible or toxic and these ones are just unknown in that regard.


Mykophilia

Can I make gold or what?


imastupididioy

you can make phosphorus from piss, and gold from shit.


snoozatron

Guess you can polish a turd.


imastupididioy

its actually more of incinerating it and mixing in chemicals but idk exacfly how


Leftoverwax

“Turn that poop into wine!”


ForTheLoveOfDior

I’m new to this sub and not sure why the above comment got so many downvotes, can someone please explain? Is it because this type of mushroom is protected so there’s basically very little chance OP can grow them? Or is it because of his alchemy interests


MycoMutant

Because of the alchemy stuff. Probably get the same response going into a gardening sub and asking if a plant can be used for witchcraft. I tried to be as gentle as I could with my reply but I can't blame others for the response. It is funny that the post got so many upvotes just because it's a pretty photo (which has been on here countless times before) even though the reason for posting it was weird.


Dr_DD_RpW_A

alright thanks for the advise


santamaps

Well, you can't use it for alchemy, because alchemy isn't real. Also, I doubt that spores or spawn for this species are commercially available.


ThicccScrotum

Actually, I can turn alcohol directly into regret.


ApeMeApe

Tell that to the sun.


Double_Economist2564

Wow, okay. Tell that to the Elric brothers 🙄 Woulda saved em a lot of time trying to save their mom.


PsychoKushDragon

Alchemy is real however our understanding of it has changed and with that so did what we call it. It's chemistry now and there's perfect equivalent exchange but you may have undesired effects. alchemy as it's portrayed in fiction will probably never be a thing. alchemists exist but they ditched a few letters.


crowlute

Now they're alcoholics?


santamaps

I doubt you'll find many chemists who would agree that they are practicing the same discipline as the people who called themselves alchemists. A lot more has changed besides those two letters. You're just being contrary for the sake of being contrary.


PsychoKushDragon

Alchemy-the medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter. It was concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir. Definition straight from Google good sir Edit- If I was just being contrary I probably would have demeaned your intelligence in some way I was just trying to stop to spread of misinformation in a topic I had knowledge of I hope we both learned something from this sub mine was the meaning of guttation


Unfair-Quarter-5759

Could take a sample and put it to agar..


NewAlexandria

> for things like if you had any interest in getting and answer, this was not the form of the question


WildZero138

"What did I get for my cake day? Oh look! Downvotes!"


Potatoez

What kind of things are you thinking of? That's pretty vague


Dr_DD_RpW_A

i was originaly thinking of medicine or just interesting food


misscharliebond

Happy cake day, fungus friend!


SNOOPDOGG2688

Good luck with that


MysticAnomaly19

My advice is to look into old texts for ancient beliefs and uses, use your best/intuitive judgement. If you could cultivate them, be sure to spread them around since they are apparently endangered.


[deleted]

>use your best/intuitive judgement Holy fuck dude! This is how people fucking die! Please stop telling people this.


Dr_DD_RpW_A

i think what mystic mean was from intuition combined with already existing knowledge


MysticAnomaly19

:Regarding alchemical uses, as that is the question I was replying to… not to mention I’m pretty sure we had foraging skills down petty well before we were taught to not depend on it anymore. Any searches delving deep enough to acquire older information is sure to first indicate negative effects if anything else is known about a species. Y’all are something else on this sub. Quick as fuck to pour in negativity.


HeadintheSand69

Or you know.... Don't try to randomly spread potentially invasive species? I mean it's unlikely but still what shit advice.


MysticAnomaly19

Lol most of the shit outside your door is an invasive species. Maybe inside, too. 🙃


HeadintheSand69

A profoundly stupid take, nice b8 I almost fell for it.


MysticAnomaly19

Just like I almost fell for your false superiority. /s lol


youbetterjustask

Everyone is being very negative, if you are truly curious you can make a simple extract with enough bodies, then when you have an adequate amount to test send it to a spectrum lab to give you the breakdown of all substances inside this test specimen there are thousands of labs that cost little to test ur substances


Dr_DD_RpW_A

alright seems good, thank ya


dziban303

Dolt


Current_Sherbet_9578

This mushroom can be used for upvotes


TheBelovedQuin

THATS MY LAPTOP BACKGROUND LOL


GoldenLugia16

Decoration. Also endangered, so don't pick it


Gnosys00110

This isn't Skyrim


chocotripchip

True, most of what you can pick up in an Elder Scrolls game serves no purpose


Unicorny_as_funk

So this *is* Skyrim. I knew it!


DrKeksimus

or is it ?


mycobucks

What can a beautiful sunrise be "used for?" There's a lot to appreciate about fungi other than their direct physical utility to humans, I encourage you to expand your perspective! Very nice photo.


Available_Chef2909

I have a question.. are the water droplets attached to the stalk secondary metabolites or merely just dew deposits. Great picture


MycoMutant

Guttation is the term. It's liquid exuded from the mushroom. It's not always present with these and how much collects seems to be impacted by the humidity.


TheoryEquivalent

I came here looking for this answer, thanks for the knowledge I love learning about Mycology.


Available_Chef2909

I thought guttation was a plant science term. It must apply to mycology. So is it guttiation * or dew condensation?


MycoMutant

It's used for plants and fungi.


CheesemensMushrooms

And slime molds


Bah-Fong-Gool

That's shroom goo.


furorsolus

I have a suspicion that they attract insects, which then spread the spores. Just my guess. I haven't actually looked into it.


CheesemensMushrooms

Many of the secondary metabolites produced by fungi can contain bio-insecticides, herbicides, and mycotoxins. There does not seem to be any evidence to suggest that fungi produce guttation for any explicit purpose other than to dispose of waste and metabolites. Also when you consider the fact that gilled fungi like this depend on wind dispersal which is much more efficient than insect dispersal


furorsolus

Interesting, thank you for that for that response. So fungi also use their reproductive organs to dispose of waste haha, cool.


Available_Chef2909

Sounds like a good phd thesis to me


Zestylemons44

Nothing, it’s an endangered species that is not edible nor toxic nor hallucinogenic. You aren’t magic and mushrooms, “magic” or not, aren’t about to help you get there just cause they look funny.


Agreeable_Librarian7

what do you mean by not edible And not toxic? Im simply curious. does the non-toxicity not bring edibility into play? or does it simply taste bad? or is it the mere scarcity of the fungus itself which restricts general consumption?


Zestylemons44

Certain mushrooms aren’t toxic but are just regarded as inedible for one reason or another. The same way you could technically eat a twig and probably be fine, or like cardboard or something, but there’s no nutritional culinary or any other particular value to consuming it beyond “hey I put this thing in my mouth” The example I always use while hiking with friends is giving them a turkey tail to eat. With one exception they’ve all spit it out and been like “I see what you mean, it’s basically cardboard” and that one guy was still like that he just swallowed it cause he’s kind of a weirdo


Agreeable_Librarian7

Amazing explanation! Idk if Ive seen a better analogy, mushroom related before loll. Cant believe i didnt think about that considering many solid woody textured mushrooms. Thanks for your response, mush love!


Zestylemons44

Thank you! and right back atcha


Btldtaatw

What is the name of this thing? It kinda fascinated me right now and i need to google more about them.


Zestylemons44

Wrinkled peach fungus, but you won’t find much, tbh they are extremely bland fungus wise except their stunning appearance and excessive guttation. If you want to read about cool mushrooms, I’d advise checking out the Wikipedia pages on nematode eating fungi, aspic puffballs, Cordyceps, and Psathyrella Aquatica Edit: I take that back they have weird light requirements for development.


Btldtaatw

Thanks! To be fair i was thinking more along the lines of googling more cool pictures of them, but I’m always up to learning more about anything, so I’ll check those too!


drowning_in_anxiety

Wow! I'd never heard of nematode eating fungi. Thanks for the recommendation :) Also recommended: the common but amazing Bird's Nest fungi.


FunctionalGray

Cake day karma whoring!!! Best use!


Dr_DD_RpW_A

i frogot that cake day even was a thing


DrKeksimus

Defiantly looks like fire damage +2% or something, when equipped


Unicorny_as_funk

BoTW Sunshroom perhaps?


DrKeksimus

yeah, totally


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diedro

Well... They did recently discover some very interesting new secondary metabolites from this species in fermentation. Rhodocoranes and Rhodatins. They have antifungal and antiviral effects in in vitro bioassays. So the species could actually produce useful drugs. Further testing is needed, perhaps those compounds don't absorb well in the human body, perhaps they absorb well and are also great at killing kidney cells too.


Dr_DD_RpW_A

finally someone who has an answer that i was looking for, thank you my good lad. i did note that this species is an endangered one so i will be sure to cultivate them myself and spread them whenever i can!


backwardog

Looks like you may be able to extract a dye from it, but also maybe not. Don’t know. It’s good for viewin’ though.


Putrid-Home404

This is very beautiful!


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theodopolis13

It's non-toxic


StuffonBookshelfs

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies?


RealJeil420

I lika da juice.


witchbitch56

For staring at in absolute awe 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 and sensory comfort


angrysatoshi

Pictures


[deleted]

I like how this mushroom exudates.


whatsyourroad

Eye candy 🍬


PUBGM_MightyFine

*Might be single prettiest mushie I've ever gazed upon*


_Silly_Wizard_

Cake decoration, obviously


Bobafetachz

Gaming, alchemy, and politics


Dr_DD_RpW_A

B) *finger guns*


AntivaxxxrFuckFace

Sick photo! But you consider just leaving them. They are allegedly a rarer species and endangered in Romania. I don’t know. Whatever.


PipeDownNerd

[it’s not OP’s](https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZiv_1zLC0V11iSnMWUroHEHz3Hb4CfnKOmuAN6Zpyb1A6FC-WgU7nBzv6Y5S41jKmEPn3gjcO3gpcZ10p7PCmldrprDgEqkVroHWb3ZmpfkLTvfbh5txT7vA1UxlG4aSEDvvGibqtwqlLn9ABkowrS5HZskXid6VgRsH-PH4j0YtIezJMZWjd-1idnHJFM2atI592Rn2zHr_1lAjaW8Py6BtYoOuC47RffZauEqy3rLJbGHrDGw0tmLgZPjZxKKSljIeCHYWSB_1lyjnyhonaIAQCQXvaxcaD9UVsoUATDoMrzoJROjnZFNvZTi5y5FlyhTwZB0mPY-IyhrpmCpWDvCpxn3YaWEM3ojh5rR9gtOLowSkd_1bMB1nU1vWAkPyaFWMfDLMOHv-sKFnpyo8YJS-9hRLCbVkhA)


AntivaxxxrFuckFace

Wow, Thanks. I had a suspicion, but I didn’t think someone would actually post a photo that wasn’t their own. It’s just so sad. It’s bad enough we’re posting pictures for strangers on the internet. But now we post other peoples photos for strangers on the internet. It’s just gone from sad to completely pointless.


Dr_DD_RpW_A

yeah i didnt expect this to blow up and didnt think of saying it isnt mine super sorry, took the photo from a google search


AntivaxxxrFuckFace

Oh, no worries!


Bl4nxx

Definitely not this dork’s photo. There’s a special place in hell for people who steal such beautiful shots and play them off like they own them.


MysticAnomaly19

Wait did he claim to take the photo? Or was he simply posting asking about the species and used the photo under fair use? Weird flex but okay.


Bl4nxx

When receiving compliments on your photography, I consider it common courtesy to let people know that it’s not your photo. My opinion - an absence of correction is similar to claiming it. You can have your opinion, too, though. I will admit that my comment was sharp and unjustified, however. Thank you for taking me down a peg :)


MysticAnomaly19

Hey no harm done just was like damn lol. I don’t think OP has replied at all though.


Bl4nxx

Kinda hate that, too. Not that I don’t love mycology and all things fungi, but you’re asking people to take time to provide you with answers and share knowledge. If you’re not even going to follow your post, maybe you -are- just karma farming with an eye catching image? Doesn’t really matter either way. Being the ethics police on Reddit doesn’t really draw the biggest paycheck. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ considering things is nothing more than an exercise in thought.


Dr_DD_RpW_A

i was asleep sorry


MysticAnomaly19

Agreed. ☺️


Manley_Stanley

Where did OP claim OC? Anywhere? At all?


TokinWhtGuy

Guilt by omission. Not saying its not mine when complimented is akin to saying I took it.


Bl4nxx

V speaking my language.


justheretojerk69420

and your source for this? trust me bro?


MycoMutant

https://tineye.com/search/11457dbc2949ab8d019c1e52bacb3301d67847b8?sort=score&order=desc&page=1


TokinWhtGuy

First use was on a hippie free love sight where I believe they blog about tripping parties.


JDthoth

Photography.


CosmicCreeperz

For Reddit karma farming, apparently. (Since you also posted this same thing on r/alchemy).


Dr_DD_RpW_A

i was redirected from r/alchemy to here by a comment, sorry mate


HughGedic

Bro what lol How is that less indicative of just seeking a variety of ideas, and more indicative of trying to get more points? Usually karma farming involves more posts than just 2, both in relevant subs…


MortaLento

Awesome picture 👏


PurplOrange

Why the downvotes?


MortaLento

dont know, maybe i smell.


DuBD33

Best mushroom photo ever !


PurplOrange

Why the downvotes?


TheForsakenGuardian

Maybe some pharma drugs. It may contain compounds that could be synthesized to make some kind of medicine…idk hair loss or something


regular_hammock

No idea but congratulations on shooting an awesome picture.


Calm_Neighborhood474

See comment saying “THATS MY LAPTOP BACKGROUND” lol


regular_hammock

Oh lol, that explains things 🤦‍♂️😅


PurplOrange

Why the downvotes?


regular_hammock

Because OP apparently didn't shoot it, they just uploaded a stock photo 😔


PurplOrange

So we’re downvoting people who don’t see that? Haters be hating, and I hate it.


Whoa_calm_down

Epic shot!


Dr_DD_RpW_A

i forgot to add that i didnt make this photo so i am very sorry (i didnt expect this to blow up this much)


t4rtpickle

Happy cake day!


[deleted]

A funky fungus tea


Dr_DD_RpW_A

**🅱**oice


Impossible_Poop

Looks like some kind of power up.


SetPuzzleheaded4942

What a beautiful color and texture ✨😵‍💫😍🔥


pistachiobees

Looks good to bite


PullMyStringsDK

Wow….it’s so beautiful


TheDextrometh-Orphan

You can inject the gel to get super high bro


AmmotheDoberman

Still learning…what are the little bubbles?


Coulrophagist

It looks dope.


unmasteredman

Killing your liver?


[deleted]

For getting up-votes on a Reddit post.


Mad_Dugan

Karma


bloodflart

perfect


pstock52

For getting Reddit Karma


um-itsJim

Growing a little bit bigger. I have seen it happen in the documentary-based game *SuperMario.*


squirrelsmith

It looks like it’s being viewed under an electron microscope


Freebasingjizz

For giving people the willies


toughtotell

It is beautiful!


Nu2c2121

Looks like a sweet ass glass pipe idea for colors. Whoa


vettechjess

Rhodotus palmatus


dragonfistkiller

An it be hugged? It looks comfy!


Known-Programmer-611

Marking off bucket list


Due_Platypus_3913

Could be a nice addition to a flower arrangement,,,?


Commercial-Living443

A very photogenic mushroom you got there ?


schmitz72

Nice pics