Mycology, Botany, and nature-appreciation
6 Mar 2022 2 minute read 0 comments tych0_21
While the ice and snow still dominate the forests where I live, there are still fungi to be found by the discerning eye. At this time of the year, when the vast majority of fungi are locked away within the frozen earth, only the heartiest of spec...
20 Jan 2022 1 minute read 3 comments tych0_21
Today I took a trip out to the beach in Grand Haven, Michigan USA. Despite being a pretty gloomy day, I'm pretty happy with how most of the pictures turned out. While this spot is bustling with locals and tourists alike during the summer, it is virt...
18 Jan 2022 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
Hello everyone! Today I would like to share a few photos taken from my favorite local park. This park is typically my go-to mushroom hunting grounds, but with the coming of winter, my attention has shifted to other beautiful aspects of the landscape...
28 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments tych0_21
This will likely be my last post here sharing my fungal finds for several months to come. Though the weather has been uncharacteristically warm for my region and extended the mushroom hunting season well into the winter months, the frost and snow has...
20 Dec 2021 2 minute read 0 comments tych0_21
Today, I would like to share a few images taken of different plant tissues when viewed under a microscope. For this post, I selected 6 slides from my permanent slide collection, including slides containing root, leaf, and pollen samples. Vicia faba...
15 Dec 2021 2 minute read 0 comments tych0_21
Hello everyone. I'm back with more images taken with my new microscope. For this this post, I thought that I would share some images of mammalian tissue samples from my collection of permanent slides. Striated Muscle: Striated muscle is tissue compri...
12 Dec 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
Today, I'd like to share a few images taken of different insect wings when viewed under a microscope. While many insect wings may appear to be relatively similar to one another when viewed with the naked eye, once they are placed beneath a microscope...
7 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments tych0_21
I recently purchased a used compound microscope along and a small collection of permanent slides, and I thought that I may share some of the images I have taken over the last few days using my eyepiece camera. While the main reason for me purchasi...
8 Nov 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
Happy Mushroom Monday! I'm very excited to share with you some of my most recent fungal finds from the state of Michigan, USA, including a species that is exceptionally rare for my region: the Golden Reishi (Ganoderma curtisii). Golden Reishi, is a s...
4 Nov 2021 2 minute read 0 comments tych0_21
Hello! I'm back with another collection of fascinating fungi found in the forests of Western Michigan, USA. Over the last couple of days, I've come across a wonderful selection of autumn fungi, some vibrant and bright and others dull and unassuming....
