Dingy Twiglet (Simocybe centunculus)
Good evening, friends, We wrapped up another successful Friends of Fungi weekend in the Catskills and have a new mushroom to show for it....
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Sep 17
Bear's Head Tooth (Hericium americanum)
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Bear’s Head Tooth ( Hericium americanum ) which was all over the Adirondacks when I...
Sep 10
Big Laughing Gym (Gymnopilus junonius complex)
Good evening, friends, This past weekend I hiked thirty or so miles of the Northville-Placid Trail with my buddy Phil. The leaves were...
Sep 2
Bi-Color Bolete (Baorangia bicolor)
Good afternoon, friends, and Happy Labor Day. This week we’re going to look at one of the more colorful mushrooms in the woods, the...
Aug 28
Mushroom Mania and the Adirondack High Peaks
Good evening, friends, This past weekend I had the privilege of leading a couple mushroom walks at the Adirondack Museum’s Mushroom...
Aug 19
Ornate-stalked bolete (Retiboletus ornatipes)
Good evening, friends, Wow. After a patient wait this summer we finally received all that the rain promises and more. There has been a...
Aug 13
Fragile Dapperling (Leucocoprinus fragilissimus)
Good evening, friends, The past week of rain has led to plenty of fungal finds. The NYMS walk in Harriman State Park on Saturday produced...
Aug 6
Mycofest 2024 - Finds from the Weekend
Good evening, friends, I’ll be honest: this year going into Mycofest my stoke levels were lower than they had been in previous years....
Jul 29
Entoloma strictius - Straight Stalked Entoloma
Good evening, friends, Today we’re looking at a mushroom I’ve seen on each of the past four days, the straight-stalked entoloma (Entoloma...
Jul 22
Dog Nose Fungus - Camarops petersii
Good evening, friends, Today we’ve got quite a funky fungus on our hands. This morning I found the Dog’s Nose Fungus (Camarops petersii)...
Jul 15
Azalea Gall - Exobasidium spp.
Good evening, friends, This week’s fungus is another one from Cape Cod, the Azalea Gall (Exobasidium spp). On our walk in Central Park...
Jul 9
Sunset Shelf - Pseudomerulius curtisii
Good evening, friends, A broken computer pushed us from MM to TT, but we’re back online this week with Pseudomerulius curtisii. The...
Jul 1
White Tubelet (Henningsomyces candidus)
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is perhaps the smallest visible mushroom we’ve seen on MM: the White Tubelet (Henningsomyces...
Jun 25
Entomophaga maimaiga - The Spongy Moth Caterpillar Killer
Good evening, friends, This week we look at a fungus that we can’t visually see, but one that is actively helping our native trees. Not...
Jun 17
Red-Cracking Bolete (Xerocomellus spp.)
Good evening, friends, This mushroom comes to us as a pleasant surprise. Saturday morning we went for a quick walk in the woods to find a...
Jun 11
Lion Shield - Pluteus leoninus
Good evening, friends, We wrapped up another great Friends of Fungi retreat with Catskill Fungi this past weekend. Each opportunity I get...
Jun 3
Water Club - Vibrissea truncorum
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is a follow-up from last weekend in the White Mountains, the Water Club mushroom (Vibrissea...
May 28
Wild River Wilderness in the White Mountain National Forest
Good evening, friends, I hope you all had a lovely Memorial Day Weekend. I visited my friend Phil, a former roommate/coworker from the...
May 20
Mower's Mushroom (Panaeolus foenisecii)
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Mower’s Mushroom (Panaeolus foenisecii). I encountered this mushroom a couple times...
May 13
Multiflora Rose Rust - Phragmidium rosae-multiflorae
Hey friends, It’s been nice to see gregarious, gilled mushrooms pop up around the woods - we’ve got Platterful Mushrooms (Megacollybia...
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