Tag Archives: polypore

03.12.2023 The Conk in Winter

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Steve Gingold

There are a few mushrooms known as Conks. This one is the Tinder Conk-Fomes fomentarius. It has several other names such as hoof fungus and a couple more with tinder as part. It has been used for that purpose for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged amethyst brook, Fomes fomentarius, fungus, intimate landscape, mushroom, New England, Pelham, polypore, western massachusetts | 32 Comments

07.04.2020 Hemlock Varnish Conk-Ganoderma tsugae

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged Federated Women's Clubs State Forest, fungus, Ganoderma tsugae, Gate 36, hemlock varnish conk, hemlock varnish shelf, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, polypore, Quabbin, State Forest Road | 10 Comments

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

04.28.2020-2 Violet-toothed Polypore-Trichaptum biforme

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Steve Gingold

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.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bracket fungus, mushroom, New England, Pelham, polypore, shelf fungus, Trichaptum biforme, Violet-toothed Polypore, western massachusetts | 33 Comments

04.06.2020 A Monday morning fave

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cerioporus squamosus, Creeping Charlie, fungus, Gill o'er the ground, gill over the ground, Glechoma hederacea, ground ivy, Hadley, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, partridge back fungus, polypore, Polyporus squamosus, shelf fungus, shelf mushroom, western massachusetts | 36 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

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

05.19.2015 Ruffled Saddles

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Steve Gingold

One of my favorite mushrooms to photograph is the Dryad’s Saddle (Polyporus squamosus). They are polypores aka shelf fungi and related to the ones probably most recognized by most as Turkey Tails. Yesterday while hiking I found the most ruffle-edged … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged biennial wildflower, Creeping Charlie, Dryad's Saddle, fungus, Gill o'er the ground, Glechoma hederacea, Massachusetts, New England, polypore, Polyporus squamosus, shelf fungus, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

03.19.2015 Sweatin’ to the moldies

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Steve Gingold

I am a little free and easy with the titles (although mold is a fungus)…this isn’t very moldy, but it sure is sweaty. The bracket fungus Red-banded Polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola) aka Red-belted Conk quite often exudes sweat-like moisture (guttation) in … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, macro photography, Maine, Mushrooms, Nature Photography | Tagged bracket fungus, Fomitopsis pinicola, fungus, polypore, Red-banded Polypore, Red-belted conk, shelf fungus, swaety Fomitopsis pinicola, sweaty mushroom | 27 Comments

5.31.10 Ganoderma lucidum

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Steve Gingold

While looking for some more water images this morning, I came across a colony of wonderful Reishi fungus (Ganoderma lucidum). They are lovely shiny bracket or polypore fungi and are believed to have beneficial medicinal qualities. While developing they have … Continue reading →

Posted in Fungi | Tagged bracket fungus, fungus, Ganoderma lucidum, mushroom, polypore, reishi | 2 Comments