jerzone , to random
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Monday morning trail run was fantastic. Sun was out, everything glistening after rainy weekend, and the Efts were on the move.
#trailrunning #Mosstodon #fungi #ferns

Varnish Shelf or Artist Brackets seen from below sticking out like awkward typewriter keys on very large tree trunk
Big ferns all but obscuring a little used woods trail
Moss covered roots of very old tree stump on side of trail

danmccullough , to random
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Another nine days. You can see the mushrooms flattening slightly and getting dramatically darker.

Varnish Shelf [Ganoderma Tsugae]
Pic 1: June 7, 2024
Pic 2: May 29, 2024
Pic 3: May 20, 2024

Same tree and mushrooms from the first photo but now it is 9 days later and the mushrooms have flattened and doubled in size. Less blubby and more plate like. The previous golden yellow has darkened to caramel brown and the white edges have yellowed. The bottoms are still white.
Closeup of the bottom 5 feet of a hemlock tree with 7 round to blubby polypore mushrooms fruiting out from the bark. The young, tender mushrooms are golden yellow on top and white on the edges and bottom. The tree is in the forest with moss as its base and other trees in the background. The bark of the tree is darkened with rain.

Seven large, flat shelf mushrooms growing out of a standing, dead hemlock. The largest is bigger than my outstretched hand. The tops of the mushrooms and where they attach to the tree are amber brown and they lighten as they get closer to the edge with yellow being the final color. At the base of the tree is a bright green carpet of moss. In the background are green shrubs, ground cover and larger trees.
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    sigrid , to random German
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    Guten Morgen! Was war gestern schön was hat euch gefreut? Es sind die kleinen Dinge die zählen.

    Gallerttränen bilden gelatinöse, gelbliche Fruchtkörper aus und wachsen meist als als Saprobionten auf totem, entrindetem (Nadel)Holz.

    Dan , to random
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    Spent the day out at Tidbinbilla south of Canberra today. Such a great spotting day!

    Saw my first Lyrebird despite hearing them all my life! And saw my first Bandicoot! So cute and not particularly shy, so managed a video just with my phone (which I don't seem to be able to upload), so here is a still and bonus and

    Tiny mushrooms growing out of a mossy tree truck
    Curious white fungus on a fallen branch

    danmccullough , to random
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    For , a few alternate shots of mushrooms I’ve found over the last few weeks.

    1. Split Gills [Schizophyllum commune]
    2. Swamp Beacons [Mitrula elegans]
    3. Varnish Shelf [Ganoderma tsugae]
    4. Chicken [Laetiporus sulphureus]

    Closeup of 4 inch water and muck in a bog. Growing up out of a bog are 2 mushrooms that look like matchsticks or Q-tips. The base are dirty white sticks with a bright yellow-orange blob on the top. Each is about 2 inches high. The top of the bog has a glass or ice appearance with dark mounds where the mushrooms come up.
    Top down view of 6 kidney shaped shelf mushrooms growing out of a tree. Each has a band of colors - closest to the attachment on the tree is a shiny maroon, then dark orange, then lighter shades of orange, then gold, then yellow and finally white. The mushrooms are about seven inches big and only the top can be seen. At the base of the tree is a carpet of green moss and the tip of my shoe.
    Several outcroppings of orange cauliflower like mushrooms growing from a dead tree. Each clump ranges from about 5 inches high to 10 inches. In the background are hemlock trees.

    chestas , to bookstodon group
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    I was in a bookshop today but they didn't have the book I wanted. So I went to the desk to see if they could order it. While I was waiting I looked at a book on the counter called A Field Guide To Tasmanian Fungi and I thought what a great book to help ID all the species I see about. I wasn't going to buy it, though, until I noticed that I knew one of the authors, who besides being a mycologist, is a keen chess player.

    @bookstodon

    larena ,
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    @chestas @bookstodon
    That book is great. I got mine last year.

    makepeace , to random
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    A well camouflaged Horn of Plenty? Would love some confirmation.

    rodbotic ,
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    @makepeace the iNaturalist app and website have a pretty good photo ID system.

    GooglePhotos thinks it's a Horn of Plenty. I have never heard of that one before, so I can't verify.

    Nice find.

    makepeace OP ,
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    @rodbotic Thanks! I need to check out their app.

    WriteDragon , to random
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    Purple mushrooms spotted on a soggy morning walk.

    BjornIdle , to random
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    Some cute little mushrooms growing in the side of an old tree stump. Makes me think of a little mossy cave that the mushrooms live in, and they're peering out from the front to see if it's raining...

    Vertical pic

    Closeup shot of a cluster of very small mushrooms growing in a depression in a tree trunk. They have white stalks and cream-coloured parabola-shaped caps with vertical lines down the side and darker tips. There's moss growing around them, above and behind the depression they're growing in, so it looks like a little cave with the mushrooms leaning out of the front
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    daemonicusprince , to random
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    and a few more highlights from recent hike for since folks seem to enjoy those, 2/2 🙂 the "grosser" ones here >_>

    three tiny mushroom caps growing from a very degraded portion of a fallen log, with a suspiciously "don't eat me" aura, light gold with tons of dark brown speckles across the tops
    a close-up of a white fungus with dozens of drops of (water? sap?) extruding from its surface, some reflecting the scene around them, some focusing light like a magnifying glass, some suspending solid materials, some of various colors
    a slime mold of some sort spreading across the surface of a downed log, looking like tiny white sea anemones or perhaps baby coral

    Spaceways , to random
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    27/05/2024 - Evening walk after work. It was dry and even a little sunny. Massive Dryad's saddle mushrooms on a big beech tree on the other side of the road. We just had to cross to get a better look. They were pretty wow!

    nathanlovestrees , to random
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    happy mushroom day

    b_age , to random German
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    dieser kleine* hübsche kerl stand heute auf mei'm weg :3



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    inmitten zerbröselnder blätter vom letzten herbst und kleinen steinchen steht, vom sonnenlicht schön in szene gesetzt, ein kleiner pilz mit weißem stiel und kastanienbraunem hut, der nicht flach ausgebreitet ist sondern abgerundet kegelförmig. nach oben hin wird die oberfläche glatter, speckig glänzend und dadurch dunkler
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    nightdream , to random
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    Tree fungus/fungi (IDK, is this one or many?)

    michael , to random
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    on fire loving fungus:

    "Fischer and colleagues found, for instance, that Pyronema can eat charcoal, breaking it down and releasing its contents."

    https://daily.jstor.org/the-vital-near-magic-of-fire-eating-fungi/

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