This large Amanita muscaria appears to have made it to old age without fully developing 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/3.5, 1/5, ISO 400 Stack of 11 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A tall Manzanita Bolete towers above the ground in a dark coastal forest 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/6, ISO 400 Stack of 10 images 10/19/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Two clusters of Stemonitis slime mold, likely Chocolate tube, grows side-by-side on decaying wood 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/4, ISO 400 Stack of 45 images 8/29/25 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A trio of gorgeous slimy Gliophorus mushrooms drip from their viscous caps as they grow on sloped earth 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/125, ISO 800 Stack of 106 images 11/26/21 Northern Oregon #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A super cool iridescent slime mold appears on wood chips. It appears to be Diachea leucopodia, the White-footed Slime 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/3, ISO 400 Stack of 43 images 8/29/25 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Love the way the yellow and green moss helps accentuate the blue on this Mycena amicta 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4.5, 1/20, ISO 800 Single image 8/4/21 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Hydnellum peckii is an unusual mushroom and is also one of my favorites to find 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/8, ISO 400 Stack of 34 images 9/28/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A dirty Amanita muscaria absorbs soft sunlight in a thick forest on the Oregon coast 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/4, ISO 400 Stack of 18 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Mycena haematopus, commonly known as the Bleeding Mycena, pops out of a moss-covered decaying log 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/5, ISO 400 Stack of 14 images 10/19/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

These are Purple Spindles, Alloclavaria purpurea. We found hundreds of them last year in a spot we'd never seen them at before 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/3.5, 1/6, ISO 400 Stack of 5 images 10/19/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A gorgeous pair of Gliophorus mushrooms, unsure of the exact species, grow out of muddy and mossy soil 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/60, ISO 800 Stack of 34 images 11/26/21 Northern Oregon #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

In the dark, an Amanita augusta glows with the help of some external lighting 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/3.5, 1/6, ISO 400 Stack of 19 images 10/19/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Another pretty Deceiving Knight, Tricholoma sejunctum. Love the combination of yellow against the dark green moss 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/3.5, 1/3, ISO 400 Stack of 16 images 10/19/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A small Amanita muscaria nubbin begins to grow into what will eventually be a tall mushroom 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/10, ISO 400 Stack of 26 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Love when water droplets stick to the mushroom I'm taking photos of, like they did on the Violet Cort, or Cortinarius violaceus 🍄💧 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/13, ISO 400 Stack of 10 images 10/23/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

I love that Russulas come in so many different colors. This one, which I believe is "the sickener," Russula emetica, is beautiful! 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4.5, 1/2, ISO 400 Stack of 38 images 10/19/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Unsure of what this bright yellow mushroom is. iNaturalist is crashing when I try to upload it for ID suggestions 😭 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/3.5, 1/3, ISO 400 Stack of 27 images 10/19/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

One of my favorite parrot mushroom photos I got from our 2021 visit to our favorite spot to find these beauties 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/20, ISO 800 Stack of 50 images 11/24/21 Olympia area, Washington #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

It's rare to come across species I haven't ID'd before in my backyard, but I recently found this Magenta Rustgill, Gymnopilus dilepis 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/13, ISO 400 Stack of 21 images 8/29/25 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

There are many types of Amanitas. I'm not sure which species this is, but I love its custard-yellow color 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/20, ISO 400 Stack of 16 images 11/1/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

These Gray-stemmed Milk Caps have such viscous caps that this droplet was not moving at all, making it easy to get a good stack 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/20, ISO 800 Stack of 34 images 10/18/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

I don't know why, but this Amanita muscaria just looks weirdly shaped to me 😆 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/3.5, 1/4, ISO 400 Stack of 17 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A little budding Cortinarius violaceus, AKA Violet Cort, in dampened light growing from a bed of thick moss 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/13, ISO 400 Stack of 35 images 10/18/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

As if it's glowing, a beautiful yellow, orange, and green parrot mushroom emerges from thick cedar duff 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/20, ISO 800 Stack of 42 images 11/24/21 Olympia area, Washington #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Some sort of webcap, or Cortinarius species, I believe, grows in vibrant moss 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/3.5, 1/8, ISO 100 Stack of 8 images 10/18/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A rather common edible bolete that grows in the forest around my house is this gorgeous Fib King - Boletus fibrillosus 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/8, ISO 400 Stack of 16 images 11/1/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A soon-to-be-large Amanita muscaria in an in-between state of growth, just before its cap starts to flare out 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/4, ISO 400 Stack of 18 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

This beautiful red-orange mushroom is likely Phaeocollybea californica. Its stipe goes farther underground than its height above ground! 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/2, ISO 400 Stack of 15 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄

Psittacinus Saturday? Yeah? No? ... Anyway, I love this gorgeous green Parrot Mushroom 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/30, ISO 800 Stack of 47 images 11/24/21 Olympia area, Washington #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A near-perfect Porcini mushroom, Boletus edulis, stands tall above the ground 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/30, ISO 400 Stack of 11 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Another shot of what I believe is Leocarpus fragilis, just in an early-ish stage of its evolution 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/10, ISO 400 Stack of 25 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms #myxomycetes #myxology #slimemolds 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Water droplets cling to the stipe of this beautiful purple Violet Cort (Cortinarius violaceus) 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/13, ISO 400 Stack of 15 images 10/23/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A small and young Amanita muscaria grows out of wet mossy soil in a thick coastal forest 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/10, ISO 400 Stack of 14 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Gliophorus psittacinus, the parrot mushroom, looking a bit dreamy 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/40, ISO 800 Stack of 38 images 11/24/21 Olympia area, Washington #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Hygrocybe singeri, one of my favorite Hygrocybe mushrooms. They're always such a delight to find! Love those colors 🎨 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/20, ISO 800 Stack of 57 images 11/24/21 Olympia area, Washington #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A drippy Phaeocollybia olivacea grows by a cliff above the ocean. This is one of the few green mushrooms that grow near me 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/13, ISO 400 Stack of 26 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A very sandy Amanita muscaria is hit with direct sunlight on a cool October day near the ocean 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/200, ISO 400 Stack of 14 images 10/27/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A near-perfect Cortinarius violaceus, AKA Violet Cort, grows on a fern-covered hillside in Fall 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/2, ISO 400 Stack of 12 images 10/22/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Slime molds can be so hard to ID before they harden. Is this Leocarpus fragilis? Hard to say! (Pun intended) 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/10, ISO 400 Stack of 16 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #slimemolds #slimemold #myxomycetes 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

My third favorite edible mushroom: The Porcini. While delicious, finding one that's not full of bugs is hard in my experience! 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/5.6, 1/2, ISO 400 Stack of 27 images 9/2/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Ughh, that cap! Who could get tired of staring at these incredible and colorful Parrot mushrooms? Not I! 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/20, ISO 800 Stack of 73 images 11/24/21 Olympia area, Washington #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Standing in sandy soil and coastal pine duff, a tall and beautifully colored Amanita muscaria catches direct sunlight 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/160, ISO 400 Stack of 12 images 10/27/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Amanita pachycolea before it's "born" - they emerge from these dinosaur-looking egg sacs that pop out of the ground. So cool! 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/8, ISO 400 Stack of 47 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A cool white slime mold in its plasmodial stage crawls over a small fern leaf next to a road leading into one of my favorite parks 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/8, ISO 400 Stack of 39 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Two Violet Corts, Cortinarius violaceus, grow together among vibrant green moss during last year's Fall season 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/5, ISO 400 Stack of 8 images 10/22/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Similar to the red and white ones I've posted, this unique fungi seems to be the Regal Black Tooth, or Hydnellum regium 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/6, ISO 400 Stack of 16 images 9/28/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

How can you not stop to admire the amazing red on these gorgeous mushrooms! Amanita muscaria is a real jaw dropper 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/8, ISO 400 Stack of 14 images 10/27/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

When parrot mushrooms are very young, their colors can sometimes be a bit more striking, particularly with the green in the cap 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/25, ISO 400 Stack of 11 images 11/24/21 Olympia area, Washington #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A slime mold, which I believe is Leocarpus fragilis, climbs a tiny stick above the wet ground 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/8, ISO 400 Stack of 28 images 10/29/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

I believe this is an Olive Pine Spike. If so, it may be the only one I've ever photographed so far in my mushroom photo adventures! 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/8, ISO 400 Stack of 13 images 10/27/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫