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Lichen the Vibe is the mycology podcast that makes fungi fun and fascinating. We dive into mushrooms, lichens, and mycelium—covering mushroom identification, safe foraging, home cultivation, fungal ecology, ethnomycology, and lichen symbioses.From psychedelic and medicinal…
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Spore Sized: A Ghostly White Mushroom Growing on Rotten Hardwood (opens the original)
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The Ghost Shield ( Pluteus pellitus ) is an uncommon European wood-decaying mushroom with an unusually pale appearance. Its white to creamy cap, white stem and pinking free gills create a striking contrast with the dark hardwood on which it grows. Dive deeper on the blog: https://lichenthevibe.com/pluteus-pellitus-ghost-shield/ This short deep dive focuses on the characters that make the species scientifically interesting: its metuloid pleurocystidia with apical hooks , clamp connections in the
Meet the Ghost Shield: A Rare Mushroom Hidden in European Forests (opens the original)
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Most deer mushrooms in the genus Pluteus are associated with brown or gray caps, but Pluteus pellitus , commonly known as the Ghost Shield, takes a strikingly different form. Its pale white to creamy fruitbodies can stand out dramatically against dark, decomposing hardwood, yet this uncommon European species is far more subtle than its appearance suggests. Dive deeper on the blog: https://lichenthevibe.com/pluteus-pellitus-ghost-shield/ In this episode, two hosts take a close look at Pluteus pel
Spore Sized: The Deer Shield Mushroom’s Secret Identity (opens the original)
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The familiar deer mushroom growing on rotting logs is actually at the center of a cryptic species complex revealed through DNA studies , and true Pluteus cervinus is distinguished by its free pink-spored gills, radish-like odor and characteristic horned cystidia . Dive deeper on the blog: https://lichenthevibe.com/pluteus-cervinus-deer-shield-mushroom/ Two hosts take a focused look at its morphology, from the brown convex cap and pale, fibrillose stem to the free gills that become pink as spores
Free Pink Gills, Radish Smell, Horned Cystidia — Meet Pluteus cervinus (opens the original)
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The familiar deer mushroom found growing on rotting hardwood may look like a straightforward species, but DNA research revealed something much more complicated: the traditional concept of Pluteus cervinus actually contains multiple closely related, cryptic species. True P. cervinus is best distinguished through a combination of morphology, ecology and microscopic characters—including its free pink-spored gills, radish-like odor and distinctive horned cystidia . Dive deeper on the blog: https://l
Spore Sized: The Phoenix Oyster’s Hidden Chemistry Explained (opens the original)
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This pale oyster mushroom thrives in warmer conditions while producing lovastatin analogs, ergothioneine and bioactive polysaccharides — and its enzyme secretome changes with the substrate it encounters. Dive deeper on the blog: https://lichenthevibe.com/pleurotus-pulmonarius-phoenix-oyster/ This short deep dive focuses tightly on Pleurotus pulmonarius , the Phoenix or Indian Oyster, beginning with the morphological traits that distinguish it from P. ostreatus : pale, often elongated caps, decur
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