#cedrus

Cedrus libani var. brevifolia Hook.f., Pinaceae //trees 4

Pevki Attica, December 2025

Foliage of Atlas Cedar

Live from #rome #italy @ chat Telegram funghimagazine.it → Visita funghimagazine.it

🆔 Geopora sumneriana #geotropa #mycology #micologia Questo fungo è spesso presente in questi giorni, più spesso in #primavera, sotto #cedrus deodara (#cedro dell'Himalaya), ma anche sotto C. atlantica o C. libanesis. È un fungo #tossico ☠️💀che provoca sindrome gastrointestinale con disturbi psicotropi. Deve il suo nome al #micologo americano Franklin #sumner (1856-1929) #micologist

He really didn’t want to be here.

He hissed as he shifted, the deep wound in his side reminded him why he was there in the first place. Whatever that bastard did to their blade, it was being a pain by not letting his wound heal quickly enough.

He was tempted to pick at the bandages that were wrapped around him, yellow sap oozing through. The pain was intense and refused to let up.

“I hate this so much,” he grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest. “I feel like shite and I want to get out of here.”

“How about a visitor? Would that make you feel better?” a bright voice called to him from the doorway. Cedrus’s head shot up at the sound, softening at the sound.

“Rosie,” he said with a smile. Rosaleen came to sit next to him with bright smiles and energy, making him lose focus on his wounded side. She patted his hand, comforting.

“How are you feeling, Ceddy?”

He shrugged in response; he felt like absolute garbage, if he wanted to tell her the truth.

(Which he didn’t.)

He flexed his bicep, stretching his body so that the pain flared again, “I feel like I could take on a thousand Courtiers.”

Cedrus libani ‘Glauca’

Citadel Park, Ghent

The Cedars of Pencils

People interested in pencils have been particularly excited lately about a pencil being made by Musgrave, a 100+ year old pencil company based in Shelbyville, Tennessee (a.k.a. Pencil City). This pencil is especially unique because it is made from the wood of Juniperus virginiana, known commonly as Tennessee red cedar, eastern red cedar, aromatic cedar, and (yes, even) pencil cedar. For anyone…