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Mycological Memories Project
Collecting stories of fungi and the role they play in our culture, our
nature, our mythology, our history and our hearts
A Fascination with Fungi
Hello! Thank you for stopping by. My name is Róisín Moore, and I’m running Mycological Memories. A curiosity that quickly developed into an obsession, has lead me down the path to uncover all the stories Fungi have to tell.
Where am I?
Queensland, Australia
Glasgow, UK
Look what I found here
Armillaria Mellea
The famous Honey Mushroom
You can find more info about this mushroom here
Cork Ireland
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Lactarius torminosus
The beautiful Woolly Milkcap
One of my favourite forest finds, the fluffy cap of this mushroom with its little red spotted stem is such a show stopper.
Read more about this mushroom here
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Look what I found here.
Cuphophyllus cheelii
A beautiful rosy pink waxcap, with pale yellow gills and stem, found near Barrington Tops, NSW.
Find out more about this mushroom here
South Australia
Look what I found here.
Omphalotus Nidiformis
Also Known as "The Ghost Fungus", I found this growing in a Pinus radiata plantation in South Australia
Read more about it here
Tasmania, Australia
Cortinarius rotundisporus#
The Elegant Blue Webcap
Found in Northern Tasmania
You can read more about this mushroom here
Western Australia, Australia
Pisolithus sp.
The Emu Dung fungus
Found literally everywhere in WA!
You can find out more about this mushroom here
Darwin, NT, Australia
Phallus multicolor
Yellow Bridal Veil Stinkhorn
Found growing in the Botanical gardens in Darwin
Find out more about this mushroom here
Bali, Indonesia
Coming soon 😉🤞
East Java, Indonesia
Cystolepiota sp.
Downy Dapperling
Found growing amongst a Coffee Plantation, in Blitar, East Java.
This mushroom is stunning with its feathery white texture. You can also see guttanation (the active exudation of water and metabolites) in the form of little yellow droplets on this mushroom.
Find out more about this mushroom here
Central Java, Indonesia
Agaricus trisulphuratus
Scaly Tangerine Mushroom
An unique Agaricus species with orange fluffy scales
Found in grass in Semarang, Central Java
Read more about this mushroom here
West Java, Indonesia
Dacrymyces spathularia
Fan-shaped jelly fungus
A yellow jelly with a spatula shape found commonly growing on dead logs.
Found in the Bogor Botanical Gardens, West Java.
Read more about this mushroom here
North Sumatra, Indonesia
Trametes elegans
White Maze Polypore
A white bracket fungus with maze like pores.
Found in the Bukit Lawang Jungle, North Sumatra.
Southern Thailand
Sanguinoderma sp.
Likely rugosum.
Blood Lingzhi
Found growing in the Khao Sok national park.
Find out more about this mushroom here
Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand
Phallus rugulosus - The Wrinkly Stinkhorn
Found growing on the Monks trail, in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.
Find out more about this mushroom here
Northern Thailand
Entoloma virescens - The Skyblue Pinkgill 💙
Can you believe this colour is just growing in the forest?
Found growing on the Mae Yen Waterfall trail, in Pai, Northern Thailand.
Find out more about this mushroom here
Dalat, Southern Vietnam
Ramaria species - The Pink Coral mushroom
Found in the Pine forest highlands of Dalat, Southern Vietnam
More information coming soon.
Kunming, Yunnan, China
Auriscalpium vulgare - The Earpick mushroom
Found on the outskirts of Kunming, growing in a dense Pine forest. This fungus grows directly from pinecones!
Dali, Yunnan, China
Helvella crispa
Found in the Cangshan mountains of Dali, Yunnan.
Shangri-la, Yunnan
Yubeng, Yunnan, China
Phallus sp.
Yubeng, Yunnan China
Click on the dots to see what I found at each location
