Yesterday we went #birdwatching to the northern coast of #Brittany. As a result... I have 4 new species of #fungi =D

UL: Persistent #Waxcap, #Hygrocybe acutoconica
LL: Winter #Stalkball, #Tulostoma brumale
UR: #Anaptychia runcinata
LR: Blue Edge #Pinkgill, #Entoloma serrulatum

(find me on #iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=bogsuckers&verifiable=any)

#mushrooms #lichens #waxcaps #pinkgills #bzh #Bretagne #Breizh

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Fungus from Arrakis: New species named after Dune's giant worms

A new species of stalked puffball, a gasteroid fungus, has been named after the "Shai-Hulud" sandworms of Frank Herbert's iconic science fiction novel series "Dune."

Happy #FungiFriday!

#Fungus from #Arrakis: #NewSpecies named after #Dune's giant worms https://phys.org/news/2023-11-fungus-arrakis-species-dune-giant.html

Exploring diversity within the genus #Tulostoma (#Basidiomycota, #Agaricales) in the #Pannonian sandy steppe: four fascinating novel species https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/112458/

"These discoveries have been particularly significant due to Hungary's #steppe vegetation on sandy soil being identified as a hotspot for the stalked #puffballs in Europe."

#Fungi #Mushrooms #Biodiversity

Fungus from Arrakis: New species named after Dune's giant worms

A new species of stalked puffball, a gasteroid fungus, has been named after the "Shai-Hulud" sandworms of Frank Herbert's iconic science fiction novel series "Dune."