Category Archives: Fungi

06.13.2020 Fungal Fire

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Steve Gingold

A little abstract fungus something on a warm sunny day in New England. Ganoderma tsugae, along with G. lucidum, are herbal mushrooms used for a variety of applications. I am not an herbalist or a mycologist so that’s all I … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Fungi, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Quabbin | Tagged conk, fungus, Ganoderma tsugae, hemlock varnish conk, hemlock varnish shelf, herbal fungus, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, Petersham, polypore, Quabbin, reishi, shelf mushroom, western massachusetts | 25 Comments

03.28.2020-2 I’m a Little Elf Cup, Short and Stout

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Can’t you just imagine little Shirley Temple singing that? 😀 Red is such a cheerful color. 🙂 Actually, it’s a Scarlet Elf Cup fungus. What a cutie, eh? Sarcoscypha dudleyi or austriaca. Either way, the common name is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged cup fungus, cup mushroom, fungus, red fungus, red mushroom, Sarcoscypha dudleyi or austriaca, Scarlet Cup, Scarlet Elf Cup, western massachusetts | 31 Comments

03.18.2020-2 Tinder Conks on a Fallen Birch

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Also known as Hoof Conks, Fomes fomentarius is a polypore fungus that lives up to its name…or got its name because it can hold a burning coal inside the pores on the underside for hours and be used to start … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, macro photography, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Fomes fomentarius, fungus, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, Pelham, polypore, western massachusetts | 23 Comments

01.13.2020-3 Monochrome Monday

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Got three M’s going today and the first time that I have posted three in one day as well. So this is another experiment but with the 180. It’s obviously a mushroom but, to paraphrase Minor White, what else is … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Black and White, Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography | Tagged Black and White photography, fungus, mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus | 27 Comments

01.13.2020 Mushroom Monday

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Just a lovely oyster mushroom in Quabbin. It was misting yesterday morning and I thought it was worth getting out and seeing whatever I could see. Well, it rained fairly hard for a short time and things got pretty wet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged fungus, late fall oyster mushroom, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, New Salem, Oyster Mushroom, Panellus serotinus, Quabbin, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

11.21.2019 OY! It’s an oyster.

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Oyster Mushroom, that is. A couple from the archives. Oddly, I’ve shot oyster mushrooms-Pleurotus ostreatus many times but haven’t shared them on the blog.

Posted in Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography | Tagged fungus, mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus | 25 Comments

11.19.2019 Golden Pholiota

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Going back a few weeks to September 21, I found a log being broken down by a couple of healthy colonies of Pholiota aurivella, commonly known as Golden Pholiota or Golden Waxy Cap along the road in the Federated Women’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, ecology, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged Federated Women's Clubs State Forest, fungus, Gate 36, Massachusetts, mushrooms, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Pholiota aurivella, Quabbin | 32 Comments

11.17.2019 The once and future maple

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Steve Gingold

A forest floor intimate from Acadia N.P.

Posted in Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, Fungi, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Mushrooms, National Parks, Nature Photography | Tagged Acadia National Park, Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, forest floor, fungus, intimate landscape, landscape, Maine, mushroom, New England, red leaves | 21 Comments

09.21.2019 Cluck, cluck, cluck

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Last September I came a cross a log that had several of these beautiful Chicken of the Woods mushrooms (Laetiporus sulphureus). Although I don’t forage this was tempting as they are known to be delicious. I left it where I … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography | Tagged chicken of the woods, fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, mushroom, polypore | 10 Comments

08.27.2019 Some ‘shrooms

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Steve Gingold

More of the poisonous white Amanitas. A nice pair. I liked the veil draped on the smaller. Young assassin. And a handsome LBM.

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amanita, Federated Women's Clubs State Forest, fungi, little brown mushroom, Massachusetts, mushrooms, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Gate 36, western massachusetts | 22 Comments