NEMF Weekend and New Website
Good evening, friends, This week we’ll stray from the single mushroom format and instead I’ll recap the weekend at the Northeastern...
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- Sep 11
Wooly Velvet Polypore - Onnia tomentosa
Good evening, friends, This time of the year the offices of Mushroom Monday are very busy sorting through the dozens of Mushroom Monday...
- Sep 4
Sandy Shrimp (?) - Russula ventricosipes
Good afternoon friends, and Happy Labor Day! This week’s publication may seem a bit wistful as today’s the unofficial end of summer, but...
- Aug 28
Purple-edged Lute - Callistosporium purpureomarginatum
Hey gang, Last few days of August, soak it up. This week we’re looking at the Purple-edged Lute (Callistosporium purpureomarginatum)....
- Aug 21
Parasitic Bolete - Psuedoboletus parasiticus
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Parasitic Bolete (Pseudoboletus parasiticus) which I found last Monday in Manitou....
- Aug 14
Emerald Elfcups - Chlorociboria spp.
Good evening good people, This week’s mushroom is the Emerald Elfcup (Chlorociboria spp.) - the spp means “species”. Not only were these...
- Aug 7
Mycofest 2023
Good evening, friends, Whoa, what a weekend at Mycofest. This year the festival was at Rhoneymeade Arboretum in Centre Hall, PA. What...
- Jul 31
Mustard Yellow Polypore - Fuscoporia gilva
Good evening, friends, We’re back on a Monday to close out the month of July. The walk yesterday was a lot of fun and very fulfilling -...
- Jul 25
Hygrophorus Milk Cap - Lactifluus hygrophoroides
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Hygrophorus Milk Cap (Lactifluus hygrophoroides). A mouthful in both name and dinner,...
- Jul 18
Old Man of the Woods - Strobilomyces
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is certainly a looker, check out the Old Man of the Woods (Strobilomyces) that I found on...
- Jul 11
Peanut Butter Cup - Galiella rufa
Good evening, friends. Well, we got all that rain I’ve been asking for and then some. The preserve got somewhere between 8-10 inches of...
- Jul 4
Hemlock Varnish Shelf - Ganoderma tsugae
Good evening, friends, and Happy Independence Day! This week’s mushroom is the Hemlock Varnish Shelf (Ganoderma tsugae). This mushroom is...
- Jun 27
Serviceberry rust - Gymnosporangium spp.
Good evening, friends, This week we’re looking at a rust fungus in the genus Gymnosporangium. It is one of likely two species, either the...
- Jun 20
Stinky Squid - Pseudocolus fusiformis
Good evening, friends, Mushroom season is heating up and so is the frequency of rain so it looks like the next few weeks will produce...
- Jun 13
Bushy Beard Lichen - Usnea strigosa
Good evening, friends, I’m really toeing the line of what is a “mushroom”/“toadstool” with this week’s fungus, the bushy beard lichen...
- Jun 6
Mountain Laurel Leaf Spot - Mycosphaerella colorata
Good evening, friends, For our first rendition of Toadstool Tuesday I’ve appropriately picked a fungus that couldn’t be farther from the...
- May 29
Swamp Beacon - Mitrula elegans (?)
Good evening, friends, and Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to everyone who showed up for the walk yesterday. Dry as it was, we still...
- May 22
Eyelash cups - Scutellinia scutellata
Good evening, friends, This week’s fungus is the ever-enchanting Eyelash Cup (Scutellinia scutellata). I misspelled the Latin name every...
- May 15
Deer Vomit - Fusicolla merismoides
Good afternoon, friends, This week’s fungus looks like spray paint, and it’s not even just one fungus; it’s a plasmodial soup of several...
- May 8
Shiitake - Lentinula edodes
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is one I imagine most of us are familiar with - the Shiitake (Lentinula edodes). I found a...
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