Spore Prints


Spore printing is a tool for mushroom identification. I collect fungi with gills and print their spores on paper and other materials. Sometimes I alter these prints by adding drawings or paintings, or by including the results in mixed-media pieces. This page documents material experiments and works in progress. Laser-etched works were created with the assistance of Dan Volk.

Digitized unidentified boletaceae (polypore) spore print laser-etched onto reclaimed plywood, 2025
Digitized unidentified agaricales (gilled) spore print laser-etched onto artist conk polypore fungus, 2024
Laser-etching process video, 2024
Unidentified agaricales (gilled mushroom) spore print on artist conk polypore fungus, 2024 (image of work in progress, finished piece sold)
Digitized acaricales (gilled mushroom) spore print laser-etched onto maple, approximately 6”x6”, 2024
Unidentified agaricales (gilled mushroom) spore prints on poplar leaf, 2023
Works in progress: unidentified agaricales (gilled mushroom) spore prints on paper, 2023
Unidentified agaricales (gilled mushroom) spore prints on paper with watercolor and tea, 2023

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