ive seen this yesterday

transparent gif i made for my pinned post on @strawberrytar​

Most normal reaction to mitski

hey peebrain, you teleport?

My oc should meet your oc, like a playdate

Breaktime (roadside), oil on yupo, 9x5.5" Breaktime (desktop), oil on yupo, 9x5.5"

the past lives in you

Kelly Pringle

shape mover

Claw it out of the ground if you must

This is my best guess at what's going on here:

I think this beauty is the urchin earthfan - Thelephora penicillata. It is usually found on the forest floor amongst the mosses and leaf litter, fruiting into little jagged cushions. But this one seems to have decided to gain a little extra height by clambering up and enveloping some tormentil plants!

It looks like the process is killing the vegetation. This is considered an ectomycorhizal fungus and I think it is not attacking the tormentil, just not giving it enough space. I did see something similar last year where a large fern had gained a very frilly earthfan ruff round the base of its fronds and that was showing no ill effects from its hangers-on.

iNaturalist observation 309247255

daniel ost: floral art + the beauty of impermanence - paul geerts (2015)

Implosion.

almost cried when looking at paintings of grasses

American Grasslands: Prairie, Pasture, Crop, and Lawn, series by Karen Kitchel