Idk man, based on the Wikipedia picture I can see how this could be an immature pin. Look at the center of the cap. You can see the mycelial mass beginning to accumulate. Then I saw their insta picture of it, and she showed her finger tip for scale. (link to post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYU_PAdk7b5/?img_index=2) , and it doesn’t look edited.
Edit to add some positivity: sometimes the world can be a magical place.
It’s possible, I’m just wary because mushrooms seem to be a very popular topic for AI slop generation. The picture you linked shows the stipe looking more like I’d expect so it could be the particular combination of lighting and macro lens making it so gold and reflective in the post here. Very rare indeed to find any kind of mushroom totally clean of any dirt though, particularly in such a wet environment. I can’t really look any deeper because I don’t do Instagram.
Fungi are indeed magical and sometimes quite alien. I do some of my own macro fungi photography.
Idk man, based on the Wikipedia picture I can see how this could be an immature pin. Look at the center of the cap. You can see the mycelial mass beginning to accumulate. Then I saw their insta picture of it, and she showed her finger tip for scale. (link to post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYU_PAdk7b5/?img_index=2) , and it doesn’t look edited.
Edit to add some positivity: sometimes the world can be a magical place.
It’s possible, I’m just wary because mushrooms seem to be a very popular topic for AI slop generation. The picture you linked shows the stipe looking more like I’d expect so it could be the particular combination of lighting and macro lens making it so gold and reflective in the post here. Very rare indeed to find any kind of mushroom totally clean of any dirt though, particularly in such a wet environment. I can’t really look any deeper because I don’t do Instagram.
Fungi are indeed magical and sometimes quite alien. I do some of my own macro fungi photography.
You’re not wrong to be wary in these strange times.
They’re so tiny and adorable 🥹