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 aren’t 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 don’t 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 “Apricot Jelly” and “Salmon Salad,” 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 “Easter Caesar’s Amanita” and “American Slender Caesar” 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 💤 😑
B. Pigskin Poison Puffball!!!!!! 🙀☠️
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]
You never know when you’re going to stumble into a Sarlacc pit… I mean, stumble upon a mushroom you’ve never found before.
Here’s Turbinellus kauffmanii (likely a species complex). No common name. But really, Sarlacc pit should be considered, right?
Wax Caps showing off their Halloween colors. Wax o’lanterns?
Honey Waxcaps
[Hygrocybe reidii]
Probably
With the poison ivy leaves out of the way, I was able to get back to the Varnish Shelf mushrooms to log a final photo of this year’s life cycle.
Varnish Shelf [Ganoderma Tsugae]
Pic 1: November 13, 2024
Pic 2: June 7, 2024
Pic 3: May 29, 2024
Pic 4: May 20, 2024
A dapper Common Earthball. Or as it likes to be called around Halloween, a Pigskin Poison Puffball [Scleroderma citrinum]
Much more intimidating. 😄
The way this family leans is quite expressive. What was said to have them all on pins and needles? (pines and needles? ;) )
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Late afternoon Friday dog walk and spotted what looked like the yellow of dying moss on a log deep in the woods. “Wonder what's killing it?” I thought, walking by. Curiosity won out, I scrabbled through the brush and found the truth.
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