Wine-cap Stropharia - Stropharia rugosoannulata
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Wine-cap Stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata). I found these back in the fall...
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Apr 2, 2023
Bicoloured Bracket - Gloeoporus dichrous
Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Bicoloured Bracket (Gloeoporus dichrous). I’ve heard it pronounced “glow-eee-o-porus”...
Mar 26, 2023
Chaga - Inonotus obliquus
We’re back with another heavy hitter which will continue the trend since we’ve moved to substack. This weekend, I went up to Maine...
Mar 19, 2023
Mossy Mazegill Polypore - Cerrena unicolor
Good evening, friends, and Happy Spring Equinox. This week’s mushroom is the Mossy Mazegill Polypore (Cerrena unicolor). I most recently...
Mar 12, 2023
Aborted Entoloma/Shrimp of the Woods - Entoloma abortivum
Good evening, friends, and welcome to the comfy confines of Substack, Mushroom Monday's new home. It's going to take some time to learn...
Mar 6, 2023
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...
Feb 27, 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 20, 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 13, 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 6, 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...
Jan 30, 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 23, 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 16, 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 9, 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 2, 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...
Dec 26, 2022
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 19, 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 12, 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 5, 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...
Nov 21, 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...
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