fungifriday
A dapper Barometer Earthstar [Astraeus hygrometricus] found smack in the middle of an old lumbering road.
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The intricate undersides of Trichaptum biforme on a fallen birch.
These wonderful little Q-tip sprouty things are Swamp Beacon [Mitrula elegans] mushrooms, and up until yesterday I had never found one. In fact they arenât listed in many of my guides or fungi websites I visit. They mostly grow on fallen conifer needles IN BOGS⌠so you can see why they donât get a lot of press!
A couple of fly agarics (Amanita Muscaria) growing among blueberry shrubs
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A colony of unknown mushrooms grows on a hollow log transformed into a spring fountain in the German Black Forest
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Some mushrooms are hard to spot.
Not this one.
Hemlock Varnish [Ganoderma tsugae]
(And notice how the mushroom just grew around the branch that was in its personal space.)
Common names for this mushroom include âApricot Jellyâ and âSalmon Salad,â but I always think of those wax bottle candies and those ridiculous wax candy lips I had as a kid.
[Guepinia helvelloides]
This is one of my favorite mushrooms because, well, just look!
It has a few drab, unsuitable, booooring common names like âEaster Caesarâs Amanitaâ and âAmerican Slender Caesarâ but I always think of it as a Tequila Sunrise.
[Amanita jacksonii]
There's an ethereal mushroom in there amongst the bokeh and dewdrops.
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Common names for the same mushroom can run the gamut from alarmist to mundane.
Is this a:
A. Common Earthball đ¤ đ
B. Pigskin Poison Puffball!!!!!! đâ ď¸
Yes.
[Scleroderma citrinum]
I found this wonderful little patch of Painted Boletes. But one looks⌠well, a bit different.
The one that resembles a powdered donut is also a Painted Bolete but has been parasitized by Hypomyces completus, a white, grainy fungus.
Painted Bolete [Suillus spraguei]
A perfect day for hiking and the woods offered up this bright bouquet of Honey Mushrooms.
Ringless Honey Mushrooms
[Armillaria tabescens]