Tag Archives: mushroom
10.06.2021 Fungus Vignette
I noticed the red of the Partridge Berries first then the shape and color of the mushrooms as we walked the Eagle Lake Trail at Acadia N.P. Tricholoma equestre–aka-Tricholoma flavovirens-aka-Man on Horseback. The ID is via iNaturalist and of course … Continue reading
10.05.2021 Painted Suillus on a Bed of Mixed Greens
Sounds yummy. This mushroom, a Bolete, is actually edible but as I don’t forage I haven’t tried it. Painted Suillus-Suillus spraguei formerly Suillus picta I came across this little scene while we were walking the Eagle Lake Carriage Path in … Continue reading
09.16.2020 Bleeding Fairy Helmet
I don’t name ’em…I just photograph them. 🙂 A friend on Facebook posted some huge Amanitas which I then went looking for on Saturday. I did find them but as I have done a few times, I am only mentioning … Continue reading
09.06.2020 Quiet Forest Nature
Common Puffballs aka Gem-Studded Puffballs aka Warted Puffballs aka Wolf Farts aka Devil’s Snuff-box-Lycoperdon perlatum. I went to the pond I visit for sundews yesterday but the buds are still closed tight. There is another flower there I want to … Continue reading
07.04.2020 Hemlock Varnish Conk-Ganoderma tsugae
Although the same species, this is not the same mushroom I posted as an abstract a while back. I went looking for woodland flowers this morning and not much was happening. They must be spent from their glory last year … Continue reading
06.13.2020 Fungal Fire
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
04.28.2020-2 Violet-toothed Polypore-Trichaptum biforme
Here’s another from the archives that never made it to here for some reason. The day I found these I was photographing cascades along Amethyst Brook and most likely too absorbed with those shots. Better late than never, I guess.
04.06.2020 A Monday morning fave
Here’s another favorite from the archives. I shared it a few years ago and probably told the story behind it then. But I am known to repeat my stories as I can never remember to whom I told them. One … Continue reading
03.18.2020-2 Tinder Conks on a Fallen Birch
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
01.13.2020-3 Monochrome Monday
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