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Feb. 18th, 2020 08:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mafiefSherlock Toadstool and Doctor Fungus made by SCFrankles have arrived safely.
They are adorable and well made and should have their own squee fest. :) They will have more adventures outside when it’s mushroom appropriate weather to get a proper photoshoot. Right now, they’ll hangout on a shelf and (hopefully) not get into mischief.
Now to name the species! (The creator can correct me if I stray from the inspiration).
Sherlock Toadstool is a Fly Agaricus. It’s a big, spindly, showy mushroom. They’ll have a partial veil (the tissue around the stem) that protects the gills in immature mushrooms. Oh, and it's poisonous. They’ve traditionally been used in a fly trap by adding a cap to a bowl of milk.
Dr Fungus I’ll call a bolete species. They are stubby, compact mushrooms that blend into their surroundings and have pores instead of gills. There is often a color change from the top of the stem to the bottom. The pores will often turn a color when bruised.
They are adorable and well made and should have their own squee fest. :) They will have more adventures outside when it’s mushroom appropriate weather to get a proper photoshoot. Right now, they’ll hangout on a shelf and (hopefully) not get into mischief.
Now to name the species! (The creator can correct me if I stray from the inspiration).
Sherlock Toadstool is a Fly Agaricus. It’s a big, spindly, showy mushroom. They’ll have a partial veil (the tissue around the stem) that protects the gills in immature mushrooms. Oh, and it's poisonous. They’ve traditionally been used in a fly trap by adding a cap to a bowl of milk.
Dr Fungus I’ll call a bolete species. They are stubby, compact mushrooms that blend into their surroundings and have pores instead of gills. There is often a color change from the top of the stem to the bottom. The pores will often turn a color when bruised.
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Date: 2020-02-19 02:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2020-02-19 08:08 am (UTC)They are lovely!
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Date: 2020-02-19 09:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2020-02-19 05:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2020-02-19 11:12 pm (UTC)You are absolutely right re my inspiration about Sherlock Toadstool - I was thinking of the fly agaric. I must admit with Doctor Fungus though, I was a bit more vague in my thoughts ^^" I just wanted him to have darker colours to contrast with Sherlock Toadstool. But your description of the bolete mushroom does fit Fungus perfectly ^___^ And I hadn't realised the agaric has a veil - it kind of fits in with Sherlock Toadstool having a cape.
I look forward to eventually seeing more of their adventures! ^___^
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Date: 2020-02-24 08:05 pm (UTC)