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Don't Let the Serpula Inside - A look at the crust fungus, Serpula himantioides
Good evening, friends, This week we’ll look at a crust fungus that I learned about in Pelham Bay Park last weekend, and I was fortunate enough to reencounter today. As tends to be the case in both fungi and sandwiches, crusts are often overlooked and occasionally even discarded. Fortunately, on that walk in NYC we had a crust expert, Emma Richter of the Maine Mycological Association, to help us find these beautiful but seldom appreciated fungi. This morning, I realized we had
Dec 1, 2025


Bleeding Conifer Crust (Stereum sanguinolentum)
Good evening, friends, This past Saturday* I met up with my new friend Nathan (founder of mushroomobserver.org ) to look for mushrooms at...
Mar 30, 2025


Rosy Crust - Peniophora incarnata
Good morning and happy Toadstool Tuesday, friends, The Monday after the Super Bowl is a holiday around the MM offices - I’m a progressive...
Feb 13, 2024


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


Camillea punctulata
Good afternoon team. The mushroom of the week, the first week of March, is Camillea punctulata. This mushroom is growing on the same...
Mar 1, 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


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


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
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