NATIONAL MUSHROOM DAY

Portobello, shiitake, button, truffle — we’re talking mushrooms here, because October 15 is National Mushroom Day! Mushrooms are fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi, and there’s a variety of species, which is why we have so many types of mushrooms to choose from. They’re a staple in a vegetarian’s diet due to their nutritious value and hearty consistency. Mushrooms have a high protein content and they contain B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, potassium, and zinc. There are more amino acids in mushrooms than in corn, peanuts, or soybeans.

• Mushrooms are more closely related in DNA to humans than to plants.
• The Honey Mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae) is the world’s largest known organism. This massive organism covers 2,384 acres (nearly four square miles) of soil in Oregon’s Blue Mountains. The fungus is estimated to be 2,400 years old but could be as ancient as 8,650 years.
• The antibiotic penicillin was derived from the fungal species Penicillium.
• There are bioluminiscent mushrooms who glow in the dark.
• Some mushrooms are very poisonous and dangerous.

Challenge:

Have fun dressing up!! And eat a lot of healthy mushrooms today :-)

To achieve a neat arrangement here, please post any questions in the chat thread CHAT THREAD LINK and ping me there, thank youuuuu! ^-^

Hmmm...mushrooms! ❤️

As a kid I had a rather problematic relationship with my dad (duh.) but sometimes he took me picking mushrooms. I rarely found anything and still I had an awesome time because, like, he showed me his favorite spots and the forest was so quiet and peaceful and everything. And we always managed to pick some parasol mushrooms. I loved their ruffled tops and they taste delicious. So naturally I had to dress my HA as a parasol mushroom! (It seems to be infected by some other fungus though! Maybe it's dapperlings? We shouldn't risk trying!)

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parasol mushrooms!

I went with the oyster mushroom. I just recently got to try these from a farmers market and they tasted SOOO good!!

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Boletus edulis aka Porcino mushroom

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I did mine on assorted poisinous mushrooms. So be careful what you eat

Outfit Not Found I chose these brown mushrooms because they're pretty. :D

I found pictures of this mushroom this summer when I was trying to figure what kind of mushrooms I had growing in the garden (I never figured it out) and they're just the most amazing looking mushrooms I've ever seen.

Last day for entering the Mushroom Contest, my friends! <3

All these mushrooms are amazing! :o

It could be a Shaggy Ink Cap? (In german it's sometimes called "porcellan inkling" which is way more charming?) They're edible when young but melt away as they get older! And they may or may not be mildly toxic when consumed with alcohol xD 🍄

My nickname is Amanita 🍄, so I maked one :D Amanita Muscaria is gorgeous mushroom! It is very pretty but also very fragile :( You can easily broke her if you want to take it home or with your camera/phone, if you want to take photo from bottom of toadstool. In my country are also horrible childern, which kick toadstools, cause they are "poisonous and unedible" :'( Its so sad then go to forest and see corpses of amanitas everywhere... It lives in symbiosis with birch, pine, fir and some others trees. You can make a vodka / nalewka from it. It is using in "witchy medicine"... Outfit Not Found

This is my own photo ^^ If you want to see more amanitas, nature & autumn, you can check my Instagram (you need to scroll a little bit for toadstools) ^^

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my friend Allen loves mushrooms, it's really cute. he just thinks they're neat! so I asked his professional advice on what mushroom to use for this contest, and he sent me some pictures of rosy veincaps! i think they're lovely c:

Private Outfit I love bleeding tooth fungus! It such a creepy and spooky looking mushroom.

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Thank you so much, you all, for the common or beautiful and extravagant mushrooms you have found and designed a HA for! I love them all, very creative! I was inspired color-wise by this mushroom, a yellow oyster one:

However, you all did much better with adding wonderful surroundings and accessoires! <3

Here are all your gorgeous HAs together:

🎉 Congrats to

🏆 1st place goes to for a beautiful Amanita in an enthralling habitat, I have to smile every time I look at the design!! Congrats, my friend! Please choose a prize out of the gallery! <3

🏆 2cd place goes to for the exceptional smurf mushroom, congrats, sweetie! <3

🏆 3th place goes to for the beautiful and creepy bleeding fungus! Congrats, love <3

I am going to ping you one by one once first place has choosen their prize out of the gallery.

Small prizes will also go out to and - loved your ideas and surroundings <3 and to for the depiction of the awesome dripping fungi showing up exactly on your HA and for the most beautiful fungi shown (say thx to your friend! :-) ) <3

Thank you! :D Gosh, I loved this contest and everyone's entries are amazing. Could I have the please? Same as my entry, seems fitting!

Sent! I hope you like my next one, too. I know, I know, I said no more contests until the end of Morostide yet I couldn´t resist to make this very one, so it´s prepared already and goes up today or tomorrow, LOL.

Your time to choose a prize out of the gallery, love! ^-^

wow thank you :D glad you liked it.

could i get the please c:

Sent, enjoy!

Your turn to choose something out of the prize gallery in first post, love! ^-^

Oh my gosh. Thank you so much for third place! <3 Could I please have