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Alan Rockefeller

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2025-08-09 05:27:06 GMT

Mycena "sp-AZ03" that Scott Ostuni spotted near Fox Mountain, Colorado last year. I just got a sequence of it back from Mycota Lab. This probably undescribed species currently only known from Colorado and Arizona.
iNat 235426392 / MO 556415 https://blossom.primal.net/53ceff7efcd512dd0da99a6d0be31ec3b8f3ff3a4d3a0c89af6881ad1926d411.jpg

2025-08-02 20:04:31 GMT

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With light:
https://blossom.primal.net/6baa43019ffa907d755bb8fecf7471c9bb9168f9357132c3a129157976c0dbe0.jpg

2025-08-02 20:03:01 GMT

An undescribed bioluminescent Mycena from Mycena sect. Sacchariferae, closely related to Mycena asterina found a few days ago in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Like Mycena asterina, only the cap glows.
#bioluminescence #mycena #mycology https://blossom.primal.net/78c10489f8f01618dc8c5bf43e28e26ed0c3403f283193f9d47d08981e758f67.jpg

2025-08-02 20:02:33 GMT

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An undescribed bioluminescent Mycena from Mycena sect. Sacchariferae, closely related to Mycena asterina found a few days ago in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Like Mycena asterina, only the cap glows.
https://blossom.primal.net/6baa43019ffa907d755bb8fecf7471c9bb9168f9357132c3a129157976c0dbe0.jpg

2025-07-29 20:54:27 GMT

A video on how to take good mushroom photos with a cell phone
https://youtu.be/t4MvG5nMaEM
#photography #mushrooms #fungi #cellphonephotography

2025-07-25 14:31:16 GMT

Most cup fungi don't fluoresce a lot, but ultraviolet light reveals unusual chemistry in this unknown Helotiales from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
#FluorescentFungi #Monteverde #CostaRica #Mycology #UVPhotography #Fluorescence #FieldMycology https://blossom.primal.net/e1e4b3e064c86991b9b0dccad7b96303056623d4f94ea994947acce69d04b7cc.jpg

2025-07-24 05:18:29 GMT

Inocybe "citrifolia", an undescribed Inocybe from California, Oregon and Idaho. This species is easy to identify due to its orange color scheme.
Collected in Santa Cruz County in April, 2022, sequenced by @mycota.lab.
iNaturalist # 110466630 / Mushroom Observer # 489524
#inocybe #dnabarcoding #fungi #mycology #mushrooms https://blossom.primal.net/eee61d580b6bedbffb0a5abdc09ab458fd95cea5c4c4d0a8d4e90c92ede5bdcd.jpg

2025-07-22 20:16:43 GMT

Mycena sp. 'amicta-HRL01' - A species in the Mycena amicta group with only two observations on iNaturalist, both in the east bay area, California, USA. This species has blue colors on the lower stem, an amazing stem texture due to abundant caulocystidia and a separable gelatinous pellicle.
Collected November 23, 2020 on the UC Berkeley campus and sequenced recently by @mycota.lab.
Mushroom Observer # 439854 / iNaturalist # 84403145
https://blossom.primal.net/5c0e40158bb02a902226aaa3f8074eb255fe240da094633439ebc9874fb62022.jpg

2025-07-22 14:23:04 GMT

A tiny Favolaschia found yesterday in Monteverde, Costa Rica. These are basically in Mycena and will probably be moved into Mycena soon - the alternative is to split Mycena up into a whole bunch of similar looking genera. https://blossom.primal.net/2f4344ea2079f176b42f238cc60d0c86dc0e018eee5c8125d8e7014b1e45902a.jpg
#mushrooms #mycology #favolaschia

2025-07-21 15:55:00 GMT

Beauveria sp. found last night in Monteverde, Costa Rica on a Saturniidae caterpillar. In 365 nanometer UV light.
Mushroom Observer # 579083 / iNaturalist # 299745988 https://blossom.primal.net/e5b2395d45b5e2afadb62fe4f6fa02ac1c6b6c9654ad4f299dd690cff0e2a9c0.jpg
#beauveria #cordyceps #ultraviolet

2025-07-21 15:54:18 GMT

Beauveria sp. found last night in Monteverde, Costa Rica on a Saturniidae caterpillar. https://blossom.primal.net/281a442b05bd7fc6ea33538160d291fbe45c2209076126368c1a3b1ac8e69ebe.jpg
Mushroom Observer # 579083 / iNaturalist # 299745988

2025-06-12 19:56:44 GMT

A video showing what I carry in my photography backpack when I go out into the field.
https://youtu.be/hro4JLoqQpc
#photography #mycology

2025-05-11 23:18:06 GMT

DNA verified Sclerotiniaceae sp. ‘CA02’ growing on a tan oak acorn in Sonoma County, California. The third known observation of this apparently rare and likely undescribed species. Sequenced by Mycota Lab.
iNat 229196445 / MO 489006
#fungi #ascomycota #macro https://blossom.primal.net/26b9ddf54a1b7865dbb5c5c92eea9004d05f28619d7956c34ac54089b82442ee.jpg

2025-05-11 17:50:14 GMT

https://blossom.primal.net/76d1848383295eed260bd11b9120e1c582b618bc8579de90dacd4450025f41c4.jpg Morchella brunnea from the Tahoe National Forest.
Under white fir, Jeffrey pine and incense cedar, 4800 feet elevation.
iNat 280158813 / MO 573939
#morchella #fungi #ascomycota

2025-05-10 18:19:51 GMT

Sarcodes sanguinea found yesterday in the Tahoe National Forest. This mycoheterotrophic plant parasitizes Rhizopogon ellenae and is endemic to California, northern Bana California and southern Oregon and fruits in the spring, often near morels.
OM System OM-1 with 90mm macro lens
https://blossom.primal.net/a8614de2a0de0e8e20950bc6d1198f06b5805d2314bffc55338865519ac72e37.jpg Photo 3 + 4 - Samsung S24 ultra wide angle lens

2025-02-15 00:30:58 GMT

Hyposcada anchiala drinking nectar from Heliconia schumanniana - photographed yesterday in Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador.
#ecuador #butterflies #heliconia #botany #nikonz9 https://m.primal.net/Owvt.jpg

2025-02-15 00:30:40 GMT

Marasmius sect. Sicci (M. haematocephalus group) photographed during last night's night hike in Pastaza, Ecuador. Broom cells on the cap give this species a unique texture - it was described from Brazil in 1837.
#fungi #mycology #marasmius #marasmiushaematocephalus #mushrooms https://m.primal.net/Owvs.jpg

2025-02-09 22:06:31 GMT

A new mushroom microscopy video just came out - this goes into detail on how to prepare microscope slides and find various taxonomically significant features such as spores, cheilocystidia, pleurocystidia, pileipellis, pileus trama, lamellar trama, subhymenium and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMY2KEgatkE&ab_channel=MushroomWonderland
#mycology #microscopy #fungalmicroscopy

2025-01-25 15:26:41 GMT

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Yes, Veiled Mycology told me about it when we were hunting mushrooms in Colombia.

2025-01-25 07:34:26 GMT

The Shulgin lab, located in the Bay Area, California is where over 200 psychedelic drugs were invented. I am going to be teaching DNA barcoding and giving a talk on new discoveries in the taxonomy of psychoactive mushrooms at the Shulgin lab on February 22. Tess Burzynski and Mandie Quark will also be giving mycology related talks.
Tickets are under $30: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-psilocybin-containing-mushrooms-beyond-tickets-1131253994149
Participants can bring an unlimited number of collections for free DNA barcoding as long as they are labeled with an iNaturalist observation number.
https://m.primal.net/NzIX.jpg

2025-01-23 23:18:30 GMT

Ps. aztecorum from the volcanic forest of Nevado de Toluca, Mexico.
This beautiful species was first described in 1958 by mycologists Gastón Guzmán and Roger Heim. The species name aztecorum translates to "of the Aztecs," paying homage to the ancient Aztec people, who are believed to have used this species ceremonially.
Ps. aztecorum primarily occurs in high-elevation coniferous forests of central Mexico, where it grows on woody debris often among pines, firs and Senecio cinerarioides. In Mexico it occurs at altitudes between 9,500 and 12,500 feet, occurring in cooler, alpine environments. Recently this species has been found (and verified by DNA barcoding) in California, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona and Southeastern Canada.
This species is closely related to Ps. serbica and Ps. caeruleorhiza, two other macroscopically similar woodlovers. The literature says that it is closely related to Ps. baeocystis and Ps. quebecensis - however Ps. baeocystis is a distant relative which is closer to Ps. semilanceata and Ps. quebecensis is a synonym of Ps. aztecorum.
Photographed during my September 2021 central Mexico expedition. https://m.primal.net/NxCR.jpg

2025-01-23 23:18:11 GMT

https://m.primal.net/NxCO.jpg Ps. aztecorum from the volcanic forest of Nevado de Toluca, Mexico.
This beautiful species was first described in 1958 by mycologists Gastón Guzmán and Roger Heim. The species name aztecorum translates to "of the Aztecs," paying homage to the ancient Aztec people, who are believed to have used this species ceremonially.
Ps. aztecorum primarily occurs in high-elevation coniferous forests of central Mexico, where it grows on woody debris often among pines, firs and Senecio cinerarioides. In Mexico it occurs at altitudes between 9,500 and 12,500 feet, occurring in cooler, alpine environments. Recently this species has been found (and verified by DNA barcoding) in California, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona and Southeastern Canada.
This species is closely related to Ps. serbica and Ps. caeruleorhiza, two other macroscopically similar woodlovers. The literature says that it is closely related to Ps. baeocystis and Ps. quebecensis - however Ps. baeocystis is a distant relative which is closer to Ps. semilanceata and Ps. quebecensis is a synonym of Ps. aztecorum.
Photographed during my September 2021 central Mexico expedition.

2025-01-23 23:17:50 GMT

https://m.primal.net/NxCL.jpg
Ps. aztecorum from the volcanic forest of Nevado de Toluca, Mexico.
This beautiful species was first described in 1958 by mycologists Gastón Guzmán and Roger Heim. The species name aztecorum translates to "of the Aztecs," paying homage to the ancient Aztec people, who are believed to have used this species ceremonially.
Ps. aztecorum primarily occurs in high-elevation coniferous forests of central Mexico, where it grows on woody debris often among pines, firs and Senecio cinerarioides. In Mexico it occurs at altitudes between 9,500 and 12,500 feet, occurring in cooler, alpine environments. Recently this species has been found (and verified by DNA barcoding) in California, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona and Southeastern Canada.
This species is closely related to Ps. serbica and Ps. caeruleorhiza, two other macroscopically similar woodlovers. The literature says that it is closely related to Ps. baeocystis and Ps. quebecensis - however Ps. baeocystis is a distant relative which is closer to Ps. semilanceata and Ps. quebecensis is a synonym of Ps. aztecorum.
Photographed during my September 2021 central Mexico expedition.

2025-01-23 23:17:33 GMT

2025-01-20 23:32:02 GMT

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No relation.

2025-01-20 23:31:29 GMT

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Those are setae.

2025-01-20 23:30:03 GMT

Cookeina tricholoma photographed in Pastaza, Ecuador. This beautiful ascomycete grows on wood in tropical areas - in the USA it only grows in far southern Florida. It was described as Peziza tricholoma from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1834 and moved into Cookeina in 1891. https://m.primal.net/Nrn https://m.primal.net/Nrnt.jpg t.jpg

2024-12-29 16:42:27 GMT

Entoloma stylophorum in ultraviolet light from Pastaza, Ecuador.
#Mycology #fungi #mushrooms #ultraviolet
https://m.primal.net/NKda.jpg

2024-12-29 16:40:46 GMT

Mycena punkissima (sección Longisetae) from Cinco Palos, Veracruz, Mexico. Photographed in the type location on July 3, 2017, two years before it was described.
#Mycena #fungi #mushrooms #mycology
https://m.primal.net/NKdX.jpg

2024-12-29 16:37:59 GMT

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Macrolepiota

2024-12-29 16:36:34 GMT

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In North America, Emilia recisa has only been found growing on Salix (willow).

2024-11-19 07:44:54 GMT

Ithomia iphianassa is a butterfly found in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Panama. I saw it today near Medellín.
iNat # 252244963
#photography #butterflies #colombia
https://m.primal.net/MatH.jpg

2024-11-19 07:28:41 GMT

Ophiocordyceps australis fruiting on a carpenter ant. Found today in Antioquia, Colombia.
iNat 252246244 / MO 566734
https://m.primal.net/Masv.jpg #Ophiocordyceps #cordyceps #mushrooms #Colombia #Antioquia

2024-11-18 14:40:43 GMT

Psilocybe hoogshagenii from Pastaza, Ecuador - growing on the ground near some coffee plants.
Guzman's 1983 monograph places this in section Cordisporae, however DNA barcode results show that it is actually in section Mexicanae.
MO 566098 / iNat 250795392
#Psilocybe #mushrooms #iNaturalist #photography #citizenscience #art
https://m.primal.net/MaEe.jpg

2024-11-18 14:35:21 GMT

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Yes, but it's quite small so you'd need hundreds for a meal.

2024-11-18 14:30:58 GMT

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No relation

2024-11-18 04:07:10 GMT

Sebastían Polycephalum found the tiniest Lepiota I have ever seen the other day in Antioquia, Colombia.
iNat 252110102 / MO 566617
https://m.primal.net/MZgh.jpg

2024-11-18 04:05:16 GMT

Coprinellus sect. Domestici found a couple days ago in Antioquia, Colombia
Found by Sebastían Polycephalum, identified by Yeferson Acevedo
iNat 252108513 / MO 566616
https://m.primal.net/MZgd.jpg

2024-11-17 21:34:59 GMT

Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis photographed two weeks ago while filming a Mushroom Wonderland episode with LBM expert Yi-Min Wang.
You can watch the video of this find and many more here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ARvivZTTnc
https://m.primal.net/MZSR.jpg

2024-11-17 21:34:02 GMT

Phoebis caterpillar photographed a couple days ago in Antioquia, Colombia.
Photographed with an OM-5 / 90 mm macro lens.
iNaturalist # 251914027
https://m.primal.net/MZKJ.jpg

2024-11-17 18:01:08 GMT

Hello Nostr, I'm Alan Rockefeller, a mycologist with over two decades of experience studying wild mushrooms. I enjoy teaching DNA barcoding, field photography, and microscopy.
I spend half my time in the lab and the other half in the woods, especially the western USA, México and South America.
I post all my photos and DNA barcodes on iNaturalist and Mushroom Observer a lot,
Follow me for mushroom photography, mushroom events and insights gained through DNA barcoding.
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#introduction #Mycology #Fungi #DNASequencing #MushroomPhotography #FieldBiology #Microscopy #CitizenScience #FungalDiversity #BioluminescentFungi #Psilocybe #Mycena #MexicoMushrooms #ForayLeader #FungalEcology #ScienceEducation #GenBank #iNaturalist #MushroomObserver #ExploreFungi #NatureLovers