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Levend Lichtje
I'm reposting everything from my old Instagram, to keep my archive and have a record of my work's development. I'm adding commentary below the original text.

This is from 17 Oktober 2018
Amanita muscaria, silicone mushroom on dried wood, soil and moss.

I did get a little sparse with my text there. There’s a lot more to say about this work - but on the other hand, all the things I could say don’t really add to it. Sometimes, maybe less is more, even in the descriptions of the images I upload.
Although, it is nice to have something enjoyable to read...

#mushrooms #mushtodon #MastoArt #mosstodon #Artwork
A single handcrafted mushroom light with a sturdy white stem and a red cap with white spots. The mushroom grows from a small, textured log resting with a bed of dried moss around its base. The scene is enclosed in a glass dome. The dark, textured stone background adds depth, while reflections on the glass slightly obscure the view. A braided power cord extends from the base, hinting at its function as a lamp.
#artwork
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Levend Lichtje
I'm reposting everything from my old Instagram, to keep my archive and have a record of my work's development. I'm adding commentary below the original text.

This is from 13 Oktober 2018
Inocybe betula II, silicone mushroom on dried wood and moss.

Another one with a busy background - but I want to keep all of my history, so here it goes too! I remember working hard on the next lights but still wanting to upload something online. A problem I still have nowadays, though I don’t worry about it as much anymore.
I think I don’t listen as much to outside opinions on how to do social media as I used to. If I’m going to use social media, I’m going to do it my own way. Which means sometimes I post less, sometimes I post more!

#ThrowbackThursday #ArtistsOnMastodon #mosstodon #LichenSubscribe #mushtodon #mushrooms
A single handcrafted mushroom light with a slender, black stem and a delicate black and white cap with slightly frayed edges. The mushroom grows from a small, textured log resting on a bed of dried moss and tangled lichen. The scene is enclosed in a glass dome with a wooden base. The dark, textured stone background adds depth, while reflections on the glass slightly obscure the view. A braided power cord extends from the base, hinting at its function as a lamp.
#mushrooms
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Marasmius plicatulus

mushroomexpert.com/Marasmius_p

Ecology: Saprobic on litter and debris under hardwoods or conifers; growing alone, scattered, or gregariously; fall and winter; along the West Coast.

Cap: 1-5 cm; conical or bell-shaped when young, expanding to broadly conical or convex; dry; finely velvety, at least when fresh; sometimes developing radial wrinkles with age; purple-red to reddish brown.

Gills: Narrowly attached to the stem or free from it; distant; white to creamy or yellowish; sometimes developing pinkish to brownish edges.

Stem: 5-13 cm long; up to 3 mm thick; equal; dry; brittle; bald; creamy or pinkish above, purple-red to reddish black or dark brown below; basal mycelium white.

Flesh: Thin; whitish.

Odor and Taste: Taste mild; odor not distinctive.

Spore Print: White.

Microscopic Features: Spores 11-16.5 x 5-6.5 ; smooth; fusoid, subfusoid, or amygdaliform; inamyloid. Pleurocystidia absent. Cheilocystidia cylindric with diverticulate apices ("broom cells"); to about 25 x 6 . Pileipellis hymeniform, with dextrinoid broom cells. Trama dextrinoid.

Marasmius plicatulus mushroom image.
#mushrooms#fungi#mycology
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MushroomBot

Chroogomphus ochraceus

mushroomexpert.com/Chroogomphu

Ecology: Mycorrhizal with conifers, especially pines; growing alone, scattered, or loosely gregariously; summer and fall (over winter in coastal California); widely distributed in North America.

Cap: 2-12 cm wide; convex, occasionally with a central point; smooth; slimy when fresh and young, but often dry and shiny or silky when collected; color ranging from yellowish to orangish, reddish, purplish red, or reddish brown--usually darker with maturity.

Gills: Running down the stem; distant or nearly so; pale yellowish at first, becoming grayish cinnamon and finally blackish as the spores mature.

Stem: 3.5-18 cm long; up to 2.5 cm wide; tapering to base; yellowish to pale orangish; sometimes with scattered orangish to reddish fibers (but not densely felty-scaly); often with a wispy ring zone from the collapsed partial veil.

Flesh: Pinkish above, yellowish in the stem.

Odor and Taste: Not distinctive.

Spore Print: Dark gray to black.

Microscopic Features: Spores 14-22 x 6-7.5 ; smooth; narrowly elliptical to subfusoid. Cystidia long-cylindrical, subutriform, or narrowly clavate; up to about 180 x 20 ; with thin walls (under about 1 thick).

Chroogomphus ochraceus mushroom image.
#mushrooms#fungi#mycology
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LindenShieldARTs 🇺🇦

You might remember me mentioning that I currently participate in another exhibition at Wyrd #Strasbourg and as part of this exhibition, where all pieces have to be created by at least two artists, several of us filled a sketchbook together. I had the honour of doing the very first page and ofc I cheated a little and painted on black paper that I then glued/taped in there. 😄

🖌️#gouache & #coloredpencil

A photo of an open portrait-format sketchbook, placed on a wooden table, surrounded by leaves and branches for decoration. The sketchbook page, on black paper, features a thin, gnarled tree that three wooden signs have been fastened to, reading „Welcome to Wyrd“. A small lantern hangs off the spiraling top of the tree, a few tiny insects dancing in the light. Moss and different kinds of mushrooms, some luminescent, adorn the tree and the rocks at its base.
#mastoart#mixedmedia#fantasyart
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Levend Lichtje
I'm reposting everything from my old Instagram, to keep my archive and have a record of my work's development. I'm adding commentary below the original text.

This is from 2 June 2018
Pixel one, Mycetinis rubra. Lights on. It's one of my favorite lights, both elegant and simple. Simple things are often the most difficult to make.

Still true. Simplicity - or maybe elegant simplicity - is the hardest thing to achieve. An artwork that feels like it could only exist in this exact form, as if there were no other option, as if it were effortless. Those are the best, I think.
It’s much easier to create art that is overloaded with meaning, additions, and options. I get a lot of suggestions for things to add to my lights: flickers, movement, daylight sensors, touch switches, and so on. But finding the right balance when adding new elements is difficult. More often than not, they introduce an extra layer that isn’t needed, taking away from the whole instead of enhancing it - even though you’d expect the opposite.
Less is more, I guess!

#mushroom #mosstodon #mushtodon #LichenSubscribe #MastoArt
A glowing mushroom light with a slender, elongated stem and a vibrant orange cap is encased in a tall, cylindrical glass tube. The cap emits a warm, golden light, contrasting with the dark background. The base of the tube is made of natural wood, grounding the delicate piece. At the bottom, dried moss and organic material add a touch of realism.
#mastoart
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