#Candlesnuff

[csolarstorm]

Xerneas and Yveltal are Fungi: Let Me Explain...

Source: Bulbapedia, Wikipedia, Bulbapedia, Enchanted Nature

Xerneas and Yveltal are my favorite legendary designs. There's something weirdly alien about these bio-luminescent approximations of fauna, like they're trying to look like animals and failing. I've always thought they looked a little bit...fungal.

Xerneas and Yveltal are like batteries. They're life energy brokers; Xerneas distributes life, while Yveltal drains it. Supporting and draining life is one of the main characteristics of fungi. In fact, it's like their whole thing.

Some fungi have a mutualistic relationship with their hosts, where they actually benefit their health. And in general, fungi are essential to supporting the ecosystem. Then there's fungi that are simply parasitic.

Fungi can also go dormant, as well as their spores. Staying still is their thing, just chilling in dark places. Xerneas and Yveltal's dormant forms are especially weird, showing just how anomalous these creatures are.

Now allow me to lichen fauna to fungi.

Sources: Bulbapedia, New Forest Pics, Wikipedia, Mushroom Diary Blog

This is xylaria hypoxylon, also known as Stag's Horn fungus. (Not to be confused with Yellow Staghorn.) It reminds me a lot of the dormant form of Xerneas, or the "deactivated" form it takes in the PC.

Stag's Horn is also bio-luminscent, which means the tips of the fungus faintly glow - much like the tips of Xerneas's antlers.

Speaking of the first legendary Fairy Pokemon, mushrooms are often associated with fairies. Fairy Rings are circles of mushrooms that are connected by mycelium underneath. (I'll get into mycelium in just a second.) There are too many myths about Fairy Rings to get into here, so for now I'll just point out the Fairy Ring around Valerie's Gym in Laverre City.

Sources: Bulbapedia, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Enchanted Nature, UK Wildlife

I'm not sure whether Bulbapedia or Dr. King on Pokemon Amino first likened Yveltal to Devil's Fingers, but the similarities are uncanny. Like Yveltal emerges from its cocoon, Devil's Fingers emerge from what is called their "egg stage". I tried to find the least unsettling picture of this that I could. Enjoy...?

I mean, what kind of bird turns into a cocoon, anyway? Honestly though, fungus isn't supposed to hatch from an egg either, so this is all mixed up.

Okay, so Xerneas and Yveltal are based on different aspects of Yggdrasil. But if you were going to design Pokemon based on Yggdrasil, the World Tree that connects the universe, wouldn't you base it on fungi rather than an actual tree? Mycelium can actually partner with the roots of plants and other fungus to create a widespread beneficial mycorrhizal network, a truly interconnected ecosystem of organisms.

Source: BBC News - How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other

And that's why Xerneas and Yveltal are fungi. Or it could be part of their inspiration, at least. They're not necessarily inspired by these specific fungi, but I think the concept may be part of their design. Either way, Gen VI is especially fun to research!

Reviewed by @fluffybunnybadass.

Check out my posts about Pokemon Legends: Z-A:

Poll: What Does the Λ in Legends Z-A Symbolize?

Pokemon Legends Z-A: What Is the Λ?

Is Z-A Just Zygarde-A? (%1000 Zygarde and the Fragments of the Tree of Life)

Aaah, it's an A! Is the A in Z-A the Tree of Life?

How much longer am I going to have to wait for a freakin' Unova remake?!

#Pokemon Y #Pokemon X #cw: fungus #Yveltal #Xerneas #Pokemon Legends: Z-A #Pokemon Legends Z A #Pokemon games #Pokemon #Kalos #gaming #Pokemon XY #Generation 6 #Generation VI #Generation VI Pokemon #Video games #Z-A #Devil's Fingers #Octopus Stinkhorn #fungi #wild fungi #fungus #Stag's Horn #Candlesnuff #mycelial network #mycelium

[jackinique-art]

🍄 Funguary 2022 Week 1 ➡️ Follow my Instagram! | Check out the rest of this series!

It’s the weekends, and I’ve finally got time to start uploading some of my older works! I remember starting this challenge late, so I had to compile several prompts together at times to keep up with the days of the week.

Personal favorite? The deer, second to none. Maybe the hamster wheel though, hehe

#funguary #funguary 2022 #character design #inky cap mushroom #destroying angel #clathrus ruber #mycena #mycena chlorophos #cordyceps #bleeding tooth fungus #candlesnuff #deer #rabbit #hamster #squirrel #moth

[karinagaz]

FUNGUARY 07 #candlesnuff #marker #mushroom #watercolorpaper #ink #inking #funguary #funguary2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/CoWxyoIKG_J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#candlesnuff #marker #mushroom #watercolorpaper #ink #inking #funguary #funguary2023

[ajitated]

(Originally posted: 10 February 2022)

Funguary Day 7, Candlesnuff!

Why do the candles have green fire? Bc I like green.

Why are they weirdly multicolor? Why not?

#ajitated art #ajs originals #funguary #funguary2022 #moving onto blog #originally posted 10 feb 22 #mushrooms #fungus #candlesnuff #candles #digital art #the fire is green #so this could also technically be #danny phantom #but ill leave that up to interpretation #original art #art challenge

[sweeterthanmysketches]

Candlesnuff | Bleeding Tooth | Parasitic Cordyceps

The last three mushrooms of Funguary 2022. Candlesnuff is my favorite of the set because of how much it reminds me of antlers. There’s also a lot of slight color variation in reference photos of it, so it was fun to work with. I’m most proud of the Bleeding Tooth tho: making the red parts look goopy and glossy was an interesting challenge.

#my art #mushroom #funguary #fungus #candlesnuff #bleeding tooth fungi #parasitic cordyceps #colorful #older art

[anenglishwoodcomstuff]

Candlesnuff #fungus

Xylaria hypoxylon. Picture taken December 6. #candlesnuff #nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom #fungi #mushrooms

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#2023 #Candlesnuff #December #Fungi #Fungus #Mushroom #Mushrooms #Nature #Winter

[hasellia]

Spooky edit of a Candlesnuff fungus and a Dormouse I originally did for @feefal 's Funguary.

#my art #Spooky #Candlesnuff #Dormouse #art #funguary #drawing #lolIjustrealisedthere'salineoftexturethatjustabruptlystopsbutwhatever #fungus #mushroom #rodent #not part of the collection

[pnwfungusamongus]

Xylaria hypoxylon  - Candlesnuff Fungus     +10p

Habitat: This visually striking fungi is usually the last in a line of other mushrooms to decompose rotting wood. It can be seen year-round in the PNW, growing gregariously from rotting logs, decomposing stumps, roots, and even buried wood debris. There are dozens of similar lookalikes to this fungus that can be told apart only under microscope. It is also weakly bioluminescent! (might resemble the fading glow of a candle when snuffed out?) 

Edibility: Not considered edible for its size and toughness.

Spore Color: White asexual spores coat the tips eventually turning completely black in age. 

I need to know more!

#Xylaria hypoxylon #xylaria #candlesnuff #fungi #fungus #mushrooms #mushroom #shrooms #club fungi #nature #outdoors #ecoloy #forest #pnw #pacificnorthwest #mushroom hunting #foraging

[seabeck]

Bunny ears

#mushroom #fungi #fungus #mushrooms #artists on tumblr #nature #original photographers #original photography #photography #photographers on tumblr #Washington #pacific northwest #forest #cottagecore #explore #p #candlesnuff fungus

[orofeaiel]

Xylaria

#artists on tumblr #original photographers #original photography #hiking #pacific northwest #nature #washington #nikon #pnw #orofeaiel #xylaria #goblincore #fungus among us #forest floor #forest finds #mycology #mycophile #candlesnuff fungus #macro photography

[candlesnuff404]

shaded and non shaded versions//

ignore the sudden appearance of gill's coral pls kthx

not??? really happy with chip's design??

can you guess our favorite?

#JRWI #jrwi riptide #jrwi jay #jrwi gillion #jrwi chip #jrwi #1920s au #candlesnuff art

[e-paleolith]

candlesnuff mushrooms

#love these thangs #candlesnuff mushrooms #mushrooms #fungi

[aphermion]

Antheraea polyphemus, Xylaria hypoxylon

#Antheraea polyphemus #Xylaria hypoxylon #moths #mushrooms #Candlesnuff fungus #Polyphemus moth #nature #photography #nature photography

[dansnaturepictures]

15/12/2023-Lakeside and home

Photos taken in this set are of: 1. Sky around sunrise this morning. 2. View on my lunch time walk at Lakeside. 3 and 8. Some Long-tailed Tits, part of a group it was joyful to see flitting around a tree in the southern fenced off area, I got some of my greatest views of these often secretive birds really as I felt immersed in them seeing them fly around and come close to each other and get some of my closest ever views of some. Their calls sound like jingling bells and they resemble baubles hanging in the trees especially when upside down. 4. A smart Moorhen seen at Lakeside. 5, 6 and 7. A smashing scarlet sunset which I enjoyed this evening. 9. My first candlesnuff fungi of the year, an eyecatching and fascinating silver fungi which I was pleased to see. I funnily enough thought I saw some earlier in the walk when I was walking quite fast and didn't properly check it out but then beside Concorde lake as I checked out three dashing male Tufted Ducks swimming along I enjoyed seeing this fungi that I first learnt last year too. 10. A gorgeous Redwing in a tree, it was delightful to cherish sightings of these in the eastern meadows.

At Lakeside it was also so good to see Jay, Magpie, big Carrion Crows, minute Goldcrest and Wren dashing around in the eastern meadows, gorgeous Goldfinch, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Coot, Great Crested Grebe nice water birds seen alongside the captivating four Tufted Ducks with the female around too and a nice Herring Gull with moments of being serenaded by Song Thrush and Robin and Blue Tit heard which was lovely. Ivy, rose hips, apples, moss, lichen, shelf fungi and old man's beard hugging a line of vegetation were other highlights on the walk with Starling seen nicely at home and dandelions on the green out the front.

#photography #candlesnuff fungi #candlesnuff fungus #fungi #2023 #england #december #winter #redwing #long-tailed tit #robin #walking #walk #outside #outdoors #coot #woodpigeon #goldcrest #magpie #carrion crow #ivy #birdwatching #birds #moorhen #tufted ducks #europe #hampshire #uk #earth

[richs-pics]

Candlesnuff Fungus

#candlesnuff fungus #fungus #fungi #wild fungi #woods #woodland #in the woods #macro photography #close up #black and white photography #black and white #monochrome #bnw photography #bnw #b&w #bw photography #bw #nature #nature photography #st ives country park #Bingley #Yorkshire #autumn #photographers on tumblr #photographers on flickr #photographers on facebook #phototgraphers on instagram #original work #original photograph #original content

[unkn0wnvariable]

Candlesnuff Fungus by Oliver Andrews Via Flickr: Candlesnuff fungus growing from a crack in a rotting log, at Glapthorn Cow Pastures.

#autumn #autumnwatch #candlesnuff fungus #canon #canonuk #fungi #fungus #glapthorn #glapthorn cow pastures #nature #nature reserve #northamptonshire #northants #outdoors #wildlife trust #wildlife trusts #wood #woodland #woods #xylaria hypoxylon #Peterborough #England #United Kingdom #flickr