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...
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Jun 16
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 10
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 2
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 27
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 19
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...
May 6
Yellow Morel (Morchella americana)
Good evening, friends, I returned from my friend’s wedding (both bride and groom are long-time readers, congrats Miles and Rachel) with...
Apr 28
Cladonia - British Soldier Lichen
Good evening, friends, After the psychedelic find last week, things slowed down for me on the mushroom end. I checked a couple spots...
Apr 21
Psychedelic Ovoid - Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
Good evening, friends, and Happy Earth Day! What an Earth Day MM we have today. I concluded last week’s email by saying I had a feeling...
Apr 14
Hairy Bracket (Trametes Hirsuta)
Well folks, we’ve left the humid jungle and are back to the regular - don’t say boring - late winter/early spring fungal lull. Today’s...
Apr 8
Total Toadstool Tuesday
Good evening, friends, It’s another atypical week at the MM offices as we were boots on the ground in Newport, VT yesterday for the total...
Apr 2
Mushroom Miércoles: Hongas de Ecuador - A Fungal Foray in the Amazon
Good evening, friends, I just made it back from Ecuador and wrapped up a week of mushroom exploration in the jungle. What a tremendous...
Mar 24
Chaz Hing and the 12 Vanishing Tumors - A Mushroom Monday Project
Hey friends, About a month ago I caught wind of an impressive, borderline miraculous, story of a man who used mushrooms to treat his...
Mar 17
Porodisculus pendulus
Good evening, friends, This week we’re shrinking down and looking at a tiny little polypore without a common name, Porodisculus pendulus....
Mar 10
Scarlet Cups (Sarcoscypha spp.)
Good evening, friends, This week we get a blast of color in the form of Scarlet Cups (Sarcoscypha spp.). I found these vibrantly red cups...
Mar 4
Winter polypore - Lentinus brumalis
Good evening, friends, With acknowledgement that it was 60 and sunny yesterday, and that I did indeed break out the shorts and sandals,...
Feb 26
Veiled Panus - Tectella patellaris
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Veiled Panus (Tectella patellaris). Not only did I find this fungus on the same branch...
Feb 19
Ochre Spreading Tooth - Steccherinum ochraceum
Good evening, friends, This week we’re going to keep with the crust-like fungi and learn about the Ochre Spreading Tooth (Steccherinum...
Feb 13
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...
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