HELP! My silver dragon has started hoarding miniature silver coins in tiny little buckets?? Can anyone tell me what in the actual fuck is going on here??? This some Alice in wonderland BS I swear!
HELP! My silver dragon has started hoarding miniature silver coins in tiny little buckets?? Can anyone tell me what in the actual fuck is going on here??? This some Alice in wonderland BS I swear!
This fungus is so cool! Raindrops knock those little balls out of the nest. They go flying and are basically sacs of spores that spread more mushrooms.
VeenaSchism
That is freaking adorable!
Skreemin
r/mycology
somebunnyasked
Thank you this post really made my week! This would be wild enough showing up anywhere but then the plant is called silver dragon?! Too perfect.
PhishUMDead
gel bird’s nest, not harmful to plant, people or pets
momsdyin
A cool and funky fungi
PensiveObservor
Ok this is one of my favorite new nature facts now.
peekaboooobakeep
Hoarding miniature silver coins in tiny little buckets! That had me rolling!
hedwiggy
This is fascinating. TIL
Zealousideal-Toe1911
Also looks like a peanut plant growing next to it. Squirrels plant them in my pots too 🤷♂️
vlsdo
Whenever there’s a plant question that ends in wtf the answer is almost certainly “fungus”. WTF is kinda like that whole kingdom’s motto, actually
MycologyRulesAll
Hey, that’s very cool! Some kind of *Nidulariaceae*, maybe *Nidula candida*?
If you want to more specifically identify it, get out your micrometer and measure the width of the ‘coins’ as well as the height & diameter of the ‘cup’, and check to see if the little coins have a tiny cord attaching them to the main body.
No cord = Nidula genus (cup isn’t right for *Nidularia*)
If there’s a cord, they look most like *Crucibulum*, but I’m just guessing.
Fungal ID is a real challenge all the time, and based on a photo on the internet, super tough.
Other people are saying you might be watering too much, but I don’t think that’s a concern for Nidulariaceae…. they just really enjoy wood chips. If you are some place with a mild climate/semi-regular rainfall like coastal Australia, it just means your soil has some undigested wood in it, and is never totally drying out (duh).
They are tricky to cultivate, after a few months you probably won’t see them in your pot again. Lucky!
iromDR
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Fearless_Carrot_7351
Dragon’s treasure 💎
LevitatingAlto
Too bad r/NatureIsFuckingLit doesn’t allow cross posts. This fungus is amazing!
isublindgoat
I found these all over in my raised bed gardens about a week ago. Took a picture of a few so I could have it in case they disappeared before i could figure out what they were. We have been getting sooooo much more rain than usual and have mushrooms sprouting all over in the yard so I guess I am not surprised I would also get fungus in the raised beds. I love that Reddit answers my question before I even ask it, haha
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Those are birds nest fungi!!
This fungus is so cool! Raindrops knock those little balls out of the nest. They go flying and are basically sacs of spores that spread more mushrooms.
That is freaking adorable!
r/mycology
Thank you this post really made my week! This would be wild enough showing up anywhere but then the plant is called silver dragon?! Too perfect.
gel bird’s nest, not harmful to plant, people or pets
A cool and funky fungi
Ok this is one of my favorite new nature facts now.
Hoarding miniature silver coins in tiny little buckets! That had me rolling!
This is fascinating. TIL
Also looks like a peanut plant growing next to it. Squirrels plant them in my pots too 🤷♂️
Whenever there’s a plant question that ends in wtf the answer is almost certainly “fungus”. WTF is kinda like that whole kingdom’s motto, actually
Hey, that’s very cool! Some kind of *Nidulariaceae*, maybe *Nidula candida*?
If you want to more specifically identify it, get out your micrometer and measure the width of the ‘coins’ as well as the height & diameter of the ‘cup’, and check to see if the little coins have a tiny cord attaching them to the main body.
No cord = Nidula genus (cup isn’t right for *Nidularia*)
If there’s a cord, they look most like *Crucibulum*, but I’m just guessing.
Fungal ID is a real challenge all the time, and based on a photo on the internet, super tough.
Other people are saying you might be watering too much, but I don’t think that’s a concern for Nidulariaceae…. they just really enjoy wood chips. If you are some place with a mild climate/semi-regular rainfall like coastal Australia, it just means your soil has some undigested wood in it, and is never totally drying out (duh).
They are tricky to cultivate, after a few months you probably won’t see them in your pot again. Lucky!
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Dragon’s treasure 💎
Too bad r/NatureIsFuckingLit doesn’t allow cross posts. This fungus is amazing!
I found these all over in my raised bed gardens about a week ago. Took a picture of a few so I could have it in case they disappeared before i could figure out what they were. We have been getting sooooo much more rain than usual and have mushrooms sprouting all over in the yard so I guess I am not surprised I would also get fungus in the raised beds. I love that Reddit answers my question before I even ask it, haha
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