Alan Rockefeller
@AlanRockefeller
Alan Rockefeller is an mycologist renowned for his expertise in DNA barcoding, field photography, and microscopy.
Morchella brunnea from the Tahoe National Forest, California, USA. Under white fir, Jeffrey pine and incense cedar, 4800 feet elevation. iNat 280158813 / MO 573939 #morchella #fungi #fungifriends #ascomycota
Most cup fungi don't fluoresce a lot, but ultraviolet light reveals unusual chemistry in this unknown Helotiales from Monteverde, Costa Rica. #FluorescentFungi #Monteverde #CostaRica #Mycology #UVPhotography #Fluorescence #FieldMycology
Inocybe "citrifolia", an undescribed Inocybe from California, Oregon and Idaho. This species is easy to identify due to its orange color scheme. Sequenced by @mycota.lab. iNaturalist # 110466630 #inocybe #dnabarcoding #fungi #mycology #mushrooms
Mycena sp. 'amicta-HRL01' - A species in the Mycena amicta group with only two observations on iNaturalist, both in the east bay area, California, USA. Collected November 23, 2020 on the UC Berkeley campus and sequenced recently by @mycota.lab #mycena #mycology #dnabarcoding
Mycena citricolor on a Rubiaceae leaf - found today in Monteverde, Costa Rica. #mycena #mycology #mushrooms #costarica
Beauveria sp. found last night in Monteverde, Costa Rica on a Saturniidae caterpillar. In white light and 365 nanometer UV light. Mushroom Observer # 579083 / iNaturalist # 299745988
I have tried lots of different types of black velvet for mushroom photography and this one is my favorite. It is thicker and more durable than most other black velvet that I have tried. ebay.com/itm/3834171112… The exact same shot with and without black velvet.
Mushroom foray at a biological research station in the Monteverde Cloud Forest of Costa Rica July 20 - 26. mycena.llc/costa-rica-for…
I used to get replies to my Genbank record updates in 1 or 2 days - now they are replying 5 weeks later. I am never voting Republican again!
A video showing what I carry in my photography backpack when I go out into the field. youtu.be/hro4JLoqQpc #mycology #photography
Lentinellus montanus with cool rhizomorphic orange mycelium. Found yesterday at Donner Pass, California, USA. #fungi #photography
DNA verified Sclerotiniaceae sp. ‘CA02’ growing on a tan oak acorn in Sonoma County, California. The third known observation of this apparently rare and likely undescribed species. Sequenced by Mycota Lab. iNat 229196445 / MO 489006 #fungi #ascomycota #macro
Sarcodes sanguinea found yesterday in the Tahoe National Forest. This mycoheterotrophic plant parasitizes Rhizopogon ellenae and is endemic to California, northern Bana California and southern Oregon and fruits in the spring, often near morels. #botany #sarcodes
Entoloma quadratum from the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire in August of 2023. ID verified by DNA barcoding at Mycota Lab This species was described in 1859 in New England, just a couple years before the civil war. iNaturalist # 178764994 / MO # 550987 #fungi
Sunday March 23 in Atlanta, Georgia I'll be giving a talk on mushroom photography and a talk on Psilocybe. Location: 1070 White St SW Atlanta, GA 30310
About a month ago Joey from Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't and I recorded a podcast in Ecuador. We discuss our ten day Ecuador adventure trip, rare and newly discovered mushrooms and much more. You can listen to it on any podcast player, or here: spreaker.com/episode/upper-…
February 28 in Santa Cruz, California I am giving a talk on bioluminescent and fluorescent fungi. 6 - 8 pm, $16, Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff DR, Santa Cruz, CA More info: santacruzmuseum.org/2-28-fluoresce…
A recent talk I gave about the mushrooms of Ecuador to the San Francisco Mycological Society. youtube.com/watch?v=vQCSRh… #mycology #fungi