The intricate undersides of Trichaptum biforme on a fallen birch.
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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!
I don’t recall seeing Chicken mushrooms this high up. And if you zoom in, LOTS of bugs.
Another nine days. You can see the mushrooms flattening slightly and getting dramatically darker.
Varnish Shelf [Ganoderma Tsugae]
Pic 1: June 7, 2024
Pic 2: May 29, 2024
Pic 3: May 20, 2024
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]
Black Trumpet mushrooms are up!!
Though that one in the back looks more like a French horn. 😁
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]
After a hearty soaking of rain you might find these tiny mushrooms popping up out of twigs and branches on the forest floor.
Pinwheel Mushroom [Marasmius rotula]
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]
This is the kind of summer where I feel like I’m constantly looking down to see the massive variety of shapes and colors of the fungi that is popping up.
Violet Cort [Cortinarius iodes]
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]
A few days ago I posted a Painted Bolete mushroom that had been parasitized by a genus of Hypomyces.
I found another one in the early stages and took photos of it over the next 3 days. You can see how it started off on the edges on Wednesday, before a slim coating on Friday, and finally a full on nor’easter on Saturday. (You can also see the quick growth of another Painted Bolete under the cap).
Total elapsed time: 75 hours
It’s pretty. And poisonous.
It’s pretty poisonous.
Eastern Destroying Angel
[Amanita bisporigera]
Waxcaps are tiny bursts of color you often see at this time of the year. Red, yellow, green, gray, purple… but it’s the orange ones I most enjoy. Especially when in a mound of lush moss.
They can be a bear to ID as many species have a large range of color over their short lifespans. Field guides often differ in the colors they depict.
I’m happy just to see them on my hikes.
Honey Waxcap
[Hygrocybe reidii]
Maybe
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It’s MEGA Mushroom Monday!
American Parasol
[Leucoagaricus americanus]
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