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Black Trumpet - Craterellus fallax
Good morning team. I feel like we've had enough tree pathogens the last few weeks so I'm going to reach back to last summer for this...
Feb 22, 2021


Biscogniauxia marginata
Happy Presidents' Day team. We're staying in the same genus for this week's mushroom which is Biscogniauxia marginata (formerly known as...
Feb 15, 2021


Biscogniauxia atropunctata
Good morning team. This week's mushroom is a mouthful: Biscogniauxia atropunctata. Phonetically it sounds like Bis-cog-nox-eeya. Carlos...
Feb 8, 2021


Trametes lactinea
Good evening team. This week’s mushroom is Trametes lactinea. Another white/grey Trametes species not only to honor the snowfall but to...
Feb 1, 2021


Giraffe Spots - Peniophora albobadia
Good morning team, this week's mushroom is Peniophora albobadia. It is commonly known as giraffe spots. This is a fairly common crust...
Jan 25, 2021


Common Split Gill - Schizophyllum commune
Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day team. This week's mushroom is Schizophyllum commune, the common split gill. It was found growing on a...
Jan 18, 2021


Brittle Cinder - Kretzschmaria deusta
Good afternoon team. I could feel everyone chomping at the bit this morning for their weekly mushroom, and I appreciate you bearing with...
Jan 11, 2021


Trametes gibbosa
Let me be the first to wish you a happy Mushroom Monday on the first Mushroom Monday in the calendar year 2021.
Jan 4, 2021


Wood Ear Fungi - Auricularia
Good morning team. Last Mushroom Monday of the calendar year 2020. Let's sprint through the proverbial finish line. This week's mushroom...
Dec 28, 2020


Witch's Butter - Tremella mesenterica
Happy winter solstice, team! Today's mushroom is Tremella mesenterica, or witch's butter. Quite a fun common name. This jelly fungus was...
Dec 21, 2020


American Amber Jelly Fungus - Exidia crenata
Good afternoon team. This week's mushroom is Exidia crenata, the American Amber Jelly Fungus. Until recently this fungus was Exidia...
Dec 14, 2020


Hypoxylon howeanum
Good morning team. This week's mushroom is Hypoxylon Howeanum. It doesn't have a common name and there isn't too much information...
Dec 7, 2020


Sulphur Tuft - Hypholoma fasciculare
Good morning team. This week's mushroom is Hypholoma fasciculare, the Sulphur Tuft. On 11/19/2020 I was scouring the woodchip pile in...
Nov 30, 2020


Turkey Tail - Trametes Versicolor
Good morning team. What other mushroom would be more appropriate for this week than the Turkey Tail (Trametes Versicolor)? Trametes...
Nov 23, 2020


Velvet Foot - Flammulina velutipes
Morning team. Today's mushroom is the Velvet Shank, or Velvet Foot, Flammulina velutipes. Carlos found this mushroom fruiting on a...
Nov 16, 2020


Resinous Polypore - Ischnoderma resinosum
As the hours wane on this Mushroom Monday let's take a look at Ischnoderma resinosum aka the Resinous Polypore. This mushroom was found...
Nov 9, 2020


Northern Cinnabar Polypore - Pycnoporous cinnabarinus
Good morning team, happy November. This week's mushroom is the Northern Cinnabar Polypore (Pycnoporous cinnabarinus). It was found in the...
Nov 2, 2020


Wood Blewits - Lepista nuda
Morning team. This Monday's mushroom was found today (10/26/2020) which is exciting. I found what I believe to be, after extensive...
Oct 26, 2020


Black Staining Polypore - Meripilus sumstinei
Good morning team. This week's mushroom is the Black Staining Polypore, meripilus sumstinei, which we found during a volunteer project on...
Oct 19, 2020


First Mushroom Monday
What is up team? I've got a bunch of mushroom pics from this past Spring/Summer that I don't have much to do with besides share. I'm...
Oct 11, 2020
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