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]
pilze
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]
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
#FungFriday #Fungi #Mushrooms #Pilze #Nature #Mosstodon #Mushtodon
It’s MEGA Mushroom Monday!
American Parasol
[Leucoagaricus americanus]
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
