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This page houses all Mushroom Monday newsletters archived for reference between 2020-2025.
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Witch's Butter - Tremella mesenterica
Good evening, friends, Witch's butter (Tremella mesenterica) was popping up all over the preserve this past week, demanding the Monday...
Mar 6, 2023


Tinder Conk - Fomes excavatus
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom goes by a variety of common names: the tinder conk, the hoof fungus, and the ice man fungus...
Feb 27, 2023


Northern Red Belt - Fomitopsis mounceae
Good evening, friends, and happy President's Day. This week's mushroom is the Northern Red Belt (Fomitopsis mounceae). I found this...
Feb 20, 2023


Orange Peel Fungus - Aleuria aurantia
Good evening, friends, This week we're dipping into the fall fungus archive to look at the Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia). I...
Feb 13, 2023


Milk-white Toothed Polypore - Irpex lacteus
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is one of the more common winter mushrooms you'll find in Central Park and the surrounding...
Feb 6, 2023


Funeral Bell - Galerina marginata
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the ever-ominous Funeral Bell (Galerina marginata, formerly Galerina autumnalis). I'm...
Jan 30, 2023


Cracked Cap Polypore - Fulvifomes robiniae
Good evening, friends, and happy Lunar New Year. The year of the rabbit. This week's mushroom is the Cracked Cap Polypore (Fulvifomes...
Jan 23, 2023


Tolypocladium
Good evening, friends, and happy MLK Day. This week's mushroom is from the genus Tolypocladium (Toe-lip-oh-clay-dee-um). Ciara found this...
Jan 16, 2023


Wrinkled Crust - Phlebia radiata
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the Wrinkled Crust (Phlebia radiata). I first found this mushroom up in Manitou on...
Jan 9, 2023


Trembling Crust - Phlebia tremellosa
Good evening, friends, This week's fungus is the Trembling Crust (Phlebia tremellosa - also known as Merulius tremellosus on iNaturalist...
Jan 2, 2023


Scurfy Twiglet - Tubaria furfuracea
Good evening friends, This week I thought I might write a holiday themed MM about the fly agaric (Amanita Muscaria) and the mushroom's...
Dec 26, 2022


Crimped Gill - Plicaturopsis crispa
Good evening, friends, I teased it a bit last week, but this week's mushroom is the Crimped Gill (Plicaturopsis crispa). I saw this...
Dec 19, 2022


Silverleaf Fungus - Chondrostereum purpureum
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the Silverleaf Fungus (Chondrostereum purpureum). Just as we're putting a bow on 2022 and...
Dec 12, 2022


Weeping Widow - Lacrymaria lacrymabunda
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the weeping widow (Lacrymaria lacrymabunda). I found this mushroom four times throughout...
Dec 5, 2022


Booted Suillus - Suillus cothurnatus
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the booted Suillus (Suillus cothurnatus). I was visiting my parents down in Florida this...
Nov 21, 2022


Shaggy Mane - Coprinus comatus
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus). I've seen this mushroom in Central Park and I just saw...
Nov 14, 2022


Plums & Custard - Tricholomopsis rutilans
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the convivially named Plums & Custard (Tricholomopsis rutilans). I found this mushroom at...
Nov 7, 2022


Jack o' lanterns - Omphalatus illudens
Good evening, friends, and Happy Halloween. This week we're looking at Jack o' lantern mushrooms (Omphalatus illudens). The photographed...
Oct 30, 2022


False Chanterelle - Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the false chanterelle (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca). This is a mushroom I've seen a few...
Oct 23, 2022


Beefsteak Polypore/Ox-tongue Polypore - Fistulina hepatica
Good evening, friends, This is an exciting week. This Sunday is the New York Mycological Society's first annual Fungus Festival taking...
Oct 16, 2022
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