I'm pretty shocked by how much my mental health has tanked since my dog passed away. I knew losing her would wreck me, but I didn't realise how much she made my life worth living.

Do you find they more or less hold shape when cooked? I've thought about trying these but man, if the texture doesn't hit then nothing else matters for me.

Love this! Have fun, krita is great.

The BC project has zoom meetings each week to go over the validation process. If you ever get around to it I imagine the coordinators would be happy to CC you in on the emails if you message them. Anything to help the validation bottleneck lmao.

That's great to hear, a person could do a lot of damage in a week of collecting. Have you considered volunteering to validate sequences for the mycoblitzes? I keep meaning to sit down and figure it out, but I'm always run off my feet this time of year.

Sending it off through an ongoing, year-long MycoMap project in my province.

I also participate in the continental mycoblitzes through the same lab (Mycota), those are NA-wide but limited to 10 submissions over the course of a week. They do them about 3 times per year, summer, fall, winter.

Wow, stunning photo! Gallery-worthy if you've ever thought about doing something like that. Thanks so much for sharing.

Thanks! I appreciate you doing that.

Thanks! I think you're right, I've heard that term many times but I've never actually seen a photo example.

I'm in the central interior of BC, Canada. I gave up trying to ID Russulas a long time ago but I always love to see them out in full force. If I had found this just a week later it definitely would have been sent in for sequencing for MycoMapBC

Here are my notes from iNat: Coniferous habitat; scent not distinct; taste mild, very slight tingle; cap surface a deep wine-purple, slightly frosted look to it; cap peeling half-way to two-thirds of the way to centre

Yeah! It's definitely giving Hypogymnia vibes in some of the photos I've seen.

Looks great! These are some of my favorite types of lichen!