Uranium_Green

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[–] Uranium_Green@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I curious how much people dying of a broken heart plays into that?

My sister whose an MD said it was a known thing that when people get up there in age, it's not uncommon for someone to pass relatively soon (taking like within 5 years) after their partner passes.

For some people it can be days/weeks if they're not in good health, for others it can be years.

I think it's a similar reason to why folks will often struggle with memory after their partner passes; in lifelong partnerships people build shared memories where one half will remember some details which the other half won't and visa versa. That and the decline in socialisation, human interaction combined with the depression and isolation that follows the passing of a partner.

I'm curious as to whether people who lose their partners whilst still relatively young (40s) experience the same decline in life expectancy, and whether them having children correlates with higher life expectancy or not in those scenarios.

 

These are some older photos of what I believe is Hericium cirratum, a species related to Hericium erinaceus (otherwise known as Lion's Mane Mushroom).

Apparently this mushroom is rather rare where I am (Central England).

The older mycologists I'd informed of the location had told me not to share the location online as apparently this mushroom is very popular for poaching.

Still one of the most unique mushrooms I've encountered

[–] Uranium_Green@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry if I came off as short/rude at all! Obviously if you have any more mushroom photos/want help trying to identify them or have already identified them then please still post the photos on this community; it's rather fun trying to work out what they are and Hawaii has some interesting mushrooms by the looks of it!

[–] Uranium_Green@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can you link some of the papers that have attempted/discuss the piezoelectricity of bone?

It sounds fascinating and would probably help inform the process of getting something functioning

[–] Uranium_Green@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is mostly just a guess/semi informed attempt at an ID, but I think the dark red/white ones are Earliella scabrosa and the brown one may be in the Genus Microporos or possibly Lentinus brumalis (pictures range from rather similar to quite different, so I'm nowhere near 100% sure)

I think the photo of the gills would likely be the Earliella

[–] Uranium_Green@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I'm not going to make an uneducated guess, but I will say when identifing mushrooms it's useful to get an overall shot (like you've provided), but also a closer shot of the mushrooms and a shot of the underside of the mushroom (where the gills/pores are) as a lot of the key idenfying/differentiating features aren't super obvious from a distance

Edit: tbh I think you've got two distinct mushrooms in the photo; the more red and pale bracket fungus and the more brown and uniform fungus closest to the camera

Edit2: were the mushrooms on stems or were the visible parts in the photo connected directly to the wood?

[–] Uranium_Green@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow that view is stunning!

Can you explain what makes it gravel bike as opposed to a mountain/off-road bike, or are the terms effectively synonymous?

[–] Uranium_Green@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Lots of them will have some minor fluorescence, but some exhibit in a much greater/uniform form:

I know a common one that carries this similar type of yellow/green fluorescence are sulphur tuft mushrooms, I believe it is to do with the toxic alkaloids which they contain (but I could be wrong)