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amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social
Monotropa uniflora/ghost pipe: a parasitic plant using a fungal intermediary, usually in the Russulaceae family, to sap food from where the host fungi are connected to photosynthetic trees. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
March 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
fungifirst.bsky.social
Ghost pipe (Monotropa uniflora) may look like a fungus, but its actually an achlorophyllous parasitic plant. Interestingly, it doesn’t parasitize plants directly. Instead, it parasitizes ectomycorrhizal fungi (Russulaceae) associated with plant roots. #mushrooms
August 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
abalonequeen.bsky.social
Ghost pipes (Montropa uniflora) I found on Camano Island, WA. This flowering plant doesn't contain #chlorophyll and cannot #photosynthesize, instead it is parasitic to #fungi in the family Russulaceae. They obtain nutrients from mycorrvhizae associated with photosynthesizing trees. #Fungi🍄 #Flowers
March 22, 2024 at 5:34 PM
saxophoneko.bsky.social
Jul.17.2016
Russulaceae

#fungifriends
#菌友フィード
March 7, 2024 at 8:49 AM
erieforage.bsky.social
Emerging Russulaceae with starting Maple for scale. #fungifriends #erie
July 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
damontighe.bsky.social
Excited to see Dendrocollybia racemosa in the Oakland Hills this week. This mushroom hedges it’s reproductive bet by making sexual spores in the gills of the cap and asexual spores on the branches on the stem. It parasitizes Russulaceae fungi and is having a very good year #mushrooms #Oakland #fungi
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
alanrockefeller.bsky.social
Collybia tuberosa fruiting from sclerotia, on an old blackening Russula. Found near Snoqualmie Pass with Yi-Min Wang, who verified its identity with DNA barcoding. C. cookei is similar but has yellow sclerotia - it also fruits from old Russulaceae

#mushrooms #mycology #fungifriends #photography
Collybia tuberosa Collybia cookei
January 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
vaforestdweller.bsky.social
Saw one of these #fungi for the first this week, it blue me away. 😉
#photooftheday #photography #eastcoastkin
#blueskyartshow
#blueskyphotography #outdoorphotography #nature #naturephotography
Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, indigo milky, indigo lactarius, blue lactarius, or blue milk mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae.
September 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
mycologyjapan.bsky.social
Russula nuda, a new species of Russula subsect. Xerampelinae (Russulaceae) from Japan
doi.org/10.47371/myc...

仮訳：日本に産するRussula亜属Xerampelinae（Russulaceae）の新種Russula nuda

2025 年 66 巻 5 号 p. 264-271

#菌学会 #Mycoscience #ブナノユキシロハツ
September 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
wiki-potd.bsky.social
Lactarius resimus is a species of mushroom in the Russulaceae family. It has a cap which ranges from 4–15 cm in diameter, while its stalk has a length from 2–6 cm and a width of 1–3 cm in width. The mushroom is generally white, but stains yellow to orange.
Lactarius resimus is a species of mushroom in the Russulaceae family. It has a cap which ranges from 4–15 cm in diameter, while its stalk has a length from 2–6 cm and a width of 1–3 cm in width. The mushroom is generally white, but stains yellow to orange.
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
abuelabuho.bsky.social
In my homeland there are many mysteries and tales associated with mushrooms, this is connected with the way of eating in ancient times.

#mushroom #mushrooms #Amanita #Amanitaceae #Pluteaceae #Leccinum #Boletusedulis #Russula #Russulaceae #Armillaria #Agaricales #Cantharellus
November 15, 2024 at 7:39 AM
funghimicologia.bsky.social
Three new species of Russula subsect. Cyanoxanthinae from subtropical China (Russulales, Russulaceae)

mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/195117
Three new species of Russula subsect. Cyanoxanthinae from subtropical China (Russulales, Russulaceae)
Three new species belonging to Russula subsect. Cyanoxanthinae, namely R. purpureogrisea, R. subpallescens, and R. wuyishanensis, are described from subtropical China based on combined morphological a...
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June 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
mycomagus.bsky.social
If you see a mushroom sitting in the crook of a branch in a tree, slowly drying out: that's squirrel behaviour!!!! In one pine plantation every tree was mushie storage

In my experience they especially love the Russulaceae

Thank you for blessing us with squirrels, Luke 🍄📷
lukelukeluke.bsky.social lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · Aug 22
I want you to know that squirrels eat mushrooms
A squirrel eating a white mushroom on the ground A squirrel eating a white mushroom on a log A squirrel eating a white mushroom on a log A squirrel eating a brown mushroom in a tree
December 16, 2023 at 4:23 PM
womanseeksfungi.bsky.social
Old Monotropa uniflora aka Ghost Pipes- mycoheterotrophic plant that takes nutrients from members of the Russulaceae family.
📷Taken w/OM-1 M. Zukio 60mm.15 stacked images.
#omsystem #monotropauniflora #parasiticplants #plants #ghostpipes #ghostpipe #russula #fungifriends
August 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
rebeccanaturalist.bsky.social
The gnome #plant (Hemistomes congestum) is a rare myco-heterotroph native to North America's west coast; it siphons nutrients from Russulaceae #fungi through the mycorrhizal network. It doesn't photosynthesize, so it has no chlorophyll and therefore no green. #NativePlants #BloomScrolling #PNW 🌿
A small cluster of round white flowers with yellow centers and peach tissue-like membranes surrounding them emerges directly from gray-brown soil.
July 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
lothlin.bsky.social
Monotropa uniflora, an achlorophyllus, mycoheteroptrophic plant that parisitizes species in the Russulaceae family.

Some people harvest these for tinctures; personally, I'm not a fan. The justification is dubious, and few studies can be found on what chemicals they contain.

#nature #photography
July 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
peteljuice.bsky.social
Monotropa uniflora, aka "ghost pipe", a plant that doesn't use photosynthesis but rather parasitizes mycelium of species in the family Russulaceae).
A white flowering plant that has kind of a translucent look to it. Long stems give way to a single flower at the top. In this case the plants are young enough that their flowers still droop and point to the forest floor.
July 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
christinaroland.bsky.social
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Ruwe russula - Russula virescens Een paddenstoel uit de familie Russulaceae. De soort kan gevonden worden in van juli tot in november. Hij is eetbaar en heeft een milde nootachtige smaak. Hij vormt mycorrhiza met Fagus-soorten en in mindere mate met eiken (Quercus). Hij groeit in lanen en loofbos op voedselrijk zand, leem en zavel.
February 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
eckslibris.northsky.social
Mushroom type guys
Picture of a variety of mushrooms (Boletus Orange cap boletus Thricholoma Amanita Suillellus Morel Champignon Lactarius sect. Deliciosi Chanterelle Suillus Armillaria mellea Russulaceae)
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
aljodasch.bsky.social
Found these in the forest. They're called ghost plants or ghost pipes (Monotropa uniflora). They're flowers but they don't produce chlorophyll; instead their roots steal nutrients from mushrooms in the Russulaceae family.
August 25, 2023 at 3:37 AM
direbecca.bsky.social
Western Spotted Coralroot/Corallorhiza maculata var. occidentalis with nectaring Dance Flies. *Plants parasitize mycelium of Russulaceae (family) fungi.💚

Late for #MacroMonday, but granddaughter visit took precedence.🤓

#Macro #NaturePhotography #iNat #Pollinators #NativePlants #FungiFriends 📷🌱🍄
Macro of light red tall orchid stem with many small blooms that are also reddish, except for their white lip petals with red spots. Near the top are two flowers with emerging back halves of Dance flies, and above them are many more buds. Background is blurred light brown dirt.
August 20, 2024 at 6:46 PM
funghimicologia.bsky.social
Plant evolutionary history and environmental filtering shape Russulaceae associations in the fully mycoheterotrophic plant Monotropastrum humile

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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September 20, 2026 at 6:21 PM
gorgepulse.bsky.social
across 104 plants & 21 populations of C. maculata. All fungi belonged to the Russulaceae, an ectomycorrhizal family. See:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... (free in sci-hub.)

There are light & dark color variants of the plant, but both share the same spotted lip.
May 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
mariannedenton.bsky.social
Spotted Coralroot
(Corallorhiza maculata)

I spent so much time looking for this one!

♥️🌿
Four stems of a reddish orchid on the forest floor. From Wikipedia: Corallorhiza maculata is a myco-heterotroph; it lacks chlorophyll and obtains energy by parasitizing the mycelium of fungi in the family Russulaceae. The rhizome and lower stem are often knotted into branched coral shapes. The stem is usually red or brown in color, but occasionally comes in a light yellow or cream color. There are no leaves and no photosynthetic green tissues. The stems bear dark red scales and intricate orchid flowers. Corallorhiza maculata flowers are small and emerge regularly from all sides of the stem. The sepals are dark red or brown tinged with purple, long and pointed. The side petals are reddish, and the lip petal is bright clean white with deep red spots. It is usually scalloped along its edges and 7–10 mm (9⁄32–13⁄32 in). In some varieties, the lip may be plain white without spots. Close up of a reddish orchid on the forest floor. From Wikipedia: Corallorhiza maculata is a myco-heterotroph; it lacks chlorophyll and obtains energy by parasitizing the mycelium of fungi in the family Russulaceae. The rhizome and lower stem are often knotted into branched coral shapes. The stem is usually red or brown in color, but occasionally comes in a light yellow or cream color. There are no leaves and no photosynthetic green tissues. The stems bear dark red scales and intricate orchid flowers. Corallorhiza maculata flowers are small and emerge regularly from all sides of the stem. The sepals are dark red or brown tinged with purple, long and pointed. The side petals are reddish, and the lip petal is bright clean white with deep red spots. It is usually scalloped along its edges and 7–10 mm (9⁄32–13⁄32 in). In some varieties, the lip may be plain white without spots.
June 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
randomkaa.bsky.social
Млечник голубой (лат. Lactarius indigo) — вид грибов рода Млечник (Lactarius) семейства Сыроежковые (Russulaceae).

Шляпка диаметром 5–15 см, джинсово-синего цвета, зонистая, сначала выпуклая, затем становится вдавленной и даже воронковидной.
В молодости край шляпки подвёрнут вниз.
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM