Tiny Dala Horse

This exceptionally tiny mushroom is adorable! 🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎 #dalahorse #mushroom #fungifriends #tiny #moss #autumn #alaskasky

❄️Winter has come!❄️ #dalahorse #snow #winter #moss #alaskasky

💚 💚 💚 Moss dreams 💚 💚 💚 #dalahorse #moss #forest #alaskasky

The climb up this steep mossy slope was worth it for the sight of this tiniest of mushrooms! 🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎🍄‍🟫🤎 #dalahorse #tiny #mushrooms #fungifriends #moss #lichen #mountainclimbing #alaskasky

Look at this tiny mushroom’s even tinier little friend! 🧡🍄🧡 #dalahorse #mushrooms #fungifriends #mycology #autumnleaves #tinythings #alaskasky

A beautiful specimen of lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) along an Anchorage trail #dalahorse #lichen #fungi #fungifriends #mycology #alaskasky

Autumn scenes- birch leaves and a little blob of conifer orange jelly (Dacrymyces chrysospermus) #dalahorse #autumnleaves #autumn #fungus #fungifriends #alaskasky

Frosty morning today! #dalahorse #autumn #winter #alaskasky

It was a beautiful autumn day today, perfect for my annual pilgrimage to the ruins of Dalahenge. Imagine my surprise when I came across a dala horse there that is even tinier than me! 😮 #dalahorse #friends #tiny #standingstones #henge #lichen #moss #fungifriends #alaskasky

Tiny white slime mold #dalahorse #slimemold #fungifriends #autumn #alaskasky

Eyelash cup fungi (Scutellinia sp) on a lakeside log. I always love finding fellow tiny orange things in the woods!

Hello, little friend! #dalahorse #slugs #moss #autumn #alaskasky

Little mushrooms on a fallen tree #dalahorse #fungifriends #mushrooms #autumn #alaskasky

Tiny beads of slime mold in my favorite color #dalahorse #slimemold #slimemoldsunday #orange #fungifriends #alaskasky

A fun day out at the Girdwood Fungus Fair today! I found these angel wings (Pleurocybella porrigens) on a hike after visiting the fair. This area is in North America’s northernmost temperate coastal rainforest. #dalahorse #mushrooms #fungifriends #hiking #alaskasky

Beneath a snacked-on Russula sp. in the woods #dalahorse #mushrooms #fungifriends #mycology #autumn #alaskasky

This might be the tiniest mushroom I’ve ever seen! #dalahorse #mushroom #fungifriends #mycology #moss #tiny #small #alaskasky

We’ve coordinated our outfits 🧡🍄🧡🍄🧡🍄🧡🍄🧡🍄🧡🍄🧡 #dalahorse #mushroom #fungifriends #mycology #orange #alaskasky

Wolf’s milk slime mold! #dalahorse #slimemold #myxomycetes #mycology #fungifriends #alaskasky

Rainy day meeting in the woods #dalahorse #slug #small #rain #alaskasky

I’m back- it’s been a while! I found these pretty little violet cup fungi along the trail the other day. They’re even tinier than me! #fungifriends #shroomscrolling #mushrooms #dalahorse #alaskasky #久しぶり

A tiny slug friend on a hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum washingtonianum) in the temperate rainforest, Girdwood Alaska. #dalahorse #slugs #mushrooms #fungifriends #mollusk #rainforest #alaskasky

A tiny fairy bonnet (Atheniella aurantiidisca) in the temperate rainforest of Girdwood Alaska #dalahorse #mushroom #fungifriends #rainforest #alaskasky

A tiny alpine mushroom amongst the mosses and lichens #dalahorse #mushrooms #fungifriends #lichen #moss #hiking #hatcherpass #alaskasky

Next to a tiny mossy waterfall at almost 4000 feet, I found the tiniest alpine veronica (Veronica wormskjoldii). #dalahorse #wildflowers #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #hiking #hatcherpass #alaskasky

I found a tiny rainforest! Gold Mint trail, Hatcher Pass. #dalahorse #hiking #moss #hatcherpass #alaskasky

Looking out over the Strait of Juan de Fuca from barnacle-encrusted driftwood #dalahorse #sequim #washingtonsky #coastallife

Tiny mushrooms spotted on a stump covered in moss and lichen. Seen along Winner Creek Trail in Girdwood, in the northernmost temperate rainforest in North America. #dalahorse #mushrooms #fungifriends #lichen #rainforest #hiking #alaskasky

A successful harvest! #dalahorse #foraging #fiddleheads #spring #alaskasky

We had a beautiful weekend in Alaska, perfect for a bit of spring foraging. #dalahorse #spring #fiddleheads #foraging #alaskasky

I can’t imagine a more perfect kind of fungi- both tiny AND orange! #dalahorse #fungifriends #mushrooms #orange #spring #alaskasky

Another sign of spring in AK! Baby fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) plants all over the place. #dalahorse #wildflowers #nativeplants #moss #spring #alaskasky

I spotted some tiny leaves yesterday. Spring is here! 🌱 #dalahorse #spring #alaskasky

Cool lichen on a fallen tree #dalahorse #lichen #fungifriends #alaskasky

While hiking with a friend today we found a whole bunch of last summer’s puffballs on a mossy stump. #dalahorse #fungifriends #moss #hiking #alaskasky

Finally, a bit of snow! I should get my skis out. #dalahorse #lichen #fungifriends #snow #alaskasky

Throwback to a trip to Reykjavik a few years ago where I visited the beautiful Harpa concert hall #dalahorse #iceland #reykjavik

A friend and I took a craggy and mossy hike today #dalahorse #moss #hiking #boulders #alaskasky

A nice chunk of chaga on a birch tree #dalahorse #chaga #fungifriends #tea #birch #alaskasky

A bright and cozy spot of moss and lichen in the woods #dalahorse #lichen #moss #fungifriends #green #alaskasky

Some fun finds along the trail today: an old bird’s nest and some shed moose (Alces alces) hair #dalahorse #birdnest #moose #nature #alaskasky

Tiny lichen! #dalahorse #lichen #tinythings #moss #fungifriends #alaskasky

An ancient bracket fungus on a fallen tree #dalahorse #fungifriends #mushrooms #lichen #moss #alaskasky

I found some beautiful lichen in the best color on a boulder today #dalahorse #lichen #fungifriends #orange #boulder #alaskasky

Look at this beauty! Found on a fallen tree in the woods today. #dalahorse #lichen #fungifriends #moss #alaskasky

Spending #hotsticksaturday among my favorite trumpet #lichen #dalahorse #moss #fungifriends #alaskasky

Lichen, moss, and ancient brackets on a spruce stump #dalahorse #lichen #moss #fungifriends #spruce #alaskasky

I stumbled across this little wonderland today while out on the trail #dalahorse #lichen #fungifriends #moss #alaskasky

Memories of last summer under the ice #dalahorse #winter #marsh #alaskasky

Lichen and a frosty bracket fungus in the winter sunshine #dalahorse #fungifriends #lichen #sunshine #alaskasky