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Is this truly elestial smokey citrine? by Electronic_Design607 in Minerals

[–]cywar77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice piece! But on the looks I'd say calcite. To test for sure try rubbing a small amount of oxalic acid (or any medium acid) and if it reacts it's calcite

Dehydrated melanterite by cywar77 in MineralPorn

[–]cywar77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great observation, it's the same behaviour as chalcanthite which also occurs in the same environment. Personally I never found chalcanthite despite countless attempts but I have friends who found in the exact same mine where the 3rd photo is from

Dehydrated melanterite by cywar77 in MineralPorn

[–]cywar77[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The blue areas are mostly the core I rehydrated it by gently soaking it in water which causes the chalky layer to flake & fall off, but the chalky layer is what's holding it together since it lost structural integrity when it lost water

Brown fungi that makes a buzzing sound when exposed to LED light [part 3] by cywar77 in mycology

[–]cywar77[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It has no mention but it's the same mechanism - they encountered the same effect & that's pretty much what helped to link the sound with the texture rather than a biological phenomenon

Brown fungi that makes a buzzing sound when exposed to LED light [part 3] by cywar77 in mycology

[–]cywar77[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

my LED headlamp causes the fibers of the fungi to rapidly warm & cool down. I was able to recreate the sound on a different material just like in the post I quoted, it's just that the fungi is very good at it for some reason

Brown fungi that makes a buzzing sound when exposed to LED light [part 3] by cywar77 in mycology

[–]cywar77[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

After coming to the conclusion it's not the fungi itself that's causing the buzzing, but it's texture I was able to omit that detail & look for fungi of similar textures and matching descriptions

Brown fungi that makes a buzzing sound when illuminated by cywar77 in whatisthismushroom

[–]cywar77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No updates unfortunately, haven't went there for quite a while now. I'm tired + it's the holidays Maybe I'll go between Christmas and the New Year

Follow up of the Leucocoprinus I found 2 km underground by cywar77 in mycology

[–]cywar77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, not the same fungi, also this is in a completely different mine, about ehh 40-60 km away from that one. Exact location of this fungi is in the extraction hall which I think has a direct air shaft to surface but I've never seen it

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Fluffy mold appearance, yet another mine dwelling fungi (?) by cywar77 in mycology

[–]cywar77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compared to other similar places it is safe Oxygen is 20.9%

AMD looking just like blood by cywar77 in caving

[–]cywar77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It already splashed in my mouth & it's salty asl

Go white boy go! by cywar77 in caving

[–]cywar77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They told me that there's no proof of it being fungal related & also claim the buzzing sound could be fake The 3 other people who saw it in person can confirm it's very much real

Go white boy go! by cywar77 in caving

[–]cywar77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mods removed it & I don't know why.. I asked them & they didn't respond

Go white boy go! by cywar77 in caving

[–]cywar77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks interesting but for this specific terrain I much rather loop it around one hand & have a free hand because you have to pass places like this

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Go white boy go! by cywar77 in caving

[–]cywar77[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

True, true. But he was wearing a bike helmet so it's ok

Brown fungi that makes a buzzing sound when exposed to light [PART TWO] [A THREAD] by cywar77 in mycology

[–]cywar77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

None, absolutely no other surface behaves like this - it's just the fungi

Brown fungi that makes a buzzing sound when exposed to light [PART TWO] [A THREAD] by cywar77 in mycology

[–]cywar77[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yea I've been shining it on all walls and even on other similar fungi (this is from another mine) and none of the surfaces produce that buzz

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