platycryptus:

nanonaturalist:

botanyshitposts:

eggplantusiv:

botanyshitposts:

hamsterinaraincoat:

botanyshitposts:

somebody ask me to see a really big mushroom

SHOW US THE BOY!

this is macrocybe titans its native to florida + central and south america and I’ve had this image of it saved on my laptop for 2 days now

can eat?

if u are brave enough to challenge him

A groups of these mushrooms from Belize was an observation of the day on iNaturalist [link].

*swoons*

September 14, 2018

more quality mushrooms: Termitomyces, a genus associated with african termites in much the same way as the fungus farmed by leafcutter ants.

one species of which, the creatively- named Termitomyces titanicus, has a cap up to a meter across and is ostensibly the largest edible mushroom in the world (although I can’t find any pictures of specimens bigger than the macrocybe above)

we have only termites to thank for this absolute unit tasty treat