Lentinus sp.?
Growing on unidentified decaying wood. Toothed gills (the Lentinus tipoff).
Did not collect a sample.
Category Archives: Mushrooms
#04 Unidentified polypore sp.
Large shelf mushroom. Flesh thick and fleshy to rubbery. Pores on the underside tiny. Younger specimens’ pores bruise brown over a few seconds.
Although the smaller specimen photo looks superficially like Polyporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle) it is certainly not. Flesh doesn’t match, pores are of the wrong size, and it does not have the characteristic “watermelon” smell.
Try as I might, I could not get a single spore off of it.
#03 Coprinoid sp.
Unidentified coprinoid species. Gills liquifying, growing on rotting wood and leaf litter.
#02 Unidentified Cup Fungus
Growing on a dead tree carcass too old and decomposed to identify.
Still, a rather neat looking mushroom. 🙂
#01 Amanita sp.
Certainly a Panther Cap, could be Amanita pantherina but is more likely Amanita velatipes due to its “stockier” stature and a cap that is more yellowish than desaturated tan.
The Last Two Hauls
Lots of edibles collected on the 13th as well as this afternoon. Both walks were abbreviated as were still recovering from colds.
About 6.5 pounds of mushrooms total.
Calvatia cyathiformis
This one was one of the freshest I’ve come across this season. The flesh was pure white, firm, and smelled wonderfully.
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Vascellum curtisii
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The C. cyathiformis from earlier along with a mess of Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus).
The patch of P. ostreatus.
This is the same log as before, whose base had the Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa). After last night’s rain, we looked a little further up the log and saw:
A *gorgeous* and *large* Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus).
The entire thing was so fresh that not even the inner-most parts were corky yet.
On our way out of the woods, we spotted a giant Black Oak tree (Quercus velutina) that had seven clusters of young Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa).
We took three. This one.
This one.
Not this one.
And this one.
Tomorrow we plan on coming back to see how the others have grown (or if other mycophiles helped themselves). 🙂
Peace,
-Steve
#04 Grifola frondosa
A number of Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods) around the base of a Quercus velutina (Black Oak).
Note the variation of color. The lighter ones tended to be on the shadier side of the tree.
#03 Laetiporus sulphureus
An absolutely gorgeous Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus type).
Not a single part of this specimen was hard or corky. It had *just* grown.
#03 Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus ostreatus growing from the same log I’ve harvested from before (the “buttons” from previous pictures have grown).
These have a lilac sporeprint.
#01 Marasmius sp.
Small, unidentified Marasmius sp.? growing on decaying wood material.