Post by @jayo@triangletoot.party

2026-10-16 22:45 UTC

I have these Eastern Jack-O-Lantern Mushrooms (Omphalotus illudens*) growing in my yard, begging for a picture, and their guardian apparently wanted their portrait taken too.(a Gray treefrog, or perhaps a “Cope’s Gray treefrog). #fungi #frogs #fungiandfrogs #MushroomsOfMastodon (* I think, it’s the best guess from a reverse image search and the fact they are growing out of a rotting oak stump)

Replies (17)

@BunRab@mstdn.social 2026-10-16 23:55

@jayo@triangletoot.party The guardian of beauty is perforce himself beautiful.

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@ignova@sunny.garden 2026-10-16 23:59

@jayo@triangletoot.party i see forg, i like

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@nancylwayne@mastodon.social 2026-10-17 00:00

@jayo@triangletoot.party The FROG turns a beautiful photo into a hilarious photo. I'm still chuckling over it.

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@futurebird@sauropods.win 2026-10-17 00:05

@jayo@triangletoot.party Saw these in NY recently! Not with a nice frog, but I was still excited by their color. I wonder what their mycelium feeds on? Living wood? Dead wood? Other mushrooms? Something more exotic? I also met a very friendly carpenter ant nearby and she was happy to rest on my hand and warm up for a bit.

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@futurebird@sauropods.win 2026-10-17 00:11

@jayo@triangletoot.party That frog is so cute.

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@dhd6@jasette.facil.services 2026-10-17 00:16

@jayo@triangletoot.party supposedly they glow in the dark (hence the Latin name)! I have never seen them, not enough oaks up here...

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@bookofsunflowers@mstdn.party 2026-10-17 00:16

@jayo@triangletoot.party this is amazing! Congratulations on such an awesome shot! 🍄🥳

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@Sharonybaloney@alaskan.social 2026-10-17 00:40

@jayo@triangletoot.party I have read that the gills glow in the dark. The photo in my mushroom book shows them glowing greenish. Very spooktober!

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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-10-17 00:43

@jayo@triangletoot.party This is simply the BEST halloween photo that I have ever seen! Thank you!

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@alexhaist@wandering.shop 2026-10-17 01:02

@jayo@triangletoot.party in love with this photo. Perfection.

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@xarvos@outerheaven.club 2026-10-17 01:03

@jayo@triangletoot.party a toad on a toadstool!

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@paco@infosec.exchange 2026-10-17 03:50

@jayo@triangletoot.party If video games have taught me anything, that frog is about to give you a side quest.

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@deepmud@mas.to 2026-10-17 03:52

@jayo@triangletoot.party would you look at them at night and see if they glow??

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@CaramelizedShallots@ohai.social 2026-10-17 03:56

@jayo@triangletoot.party 😍

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@wovenmatter@pixelfed.social 2026-10-17 07:52

@deepmud@mas.to@pixelfed.social you should, they do

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@c_reider@sonomu.club 2026-10-17 13:56

@jayo@triangletoot.party so cool, i’d love to have glow-in-the-dark mushrooms growing where i live

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@Snuffies@revpara.onl 2026-10-17 19:01

@jayo@triangletoot.party mmmm doughnuts

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