Common turkey tail doesn’t look common at all in this photo! Trametes versicolor showing off striking bronze bands in the fading sunlight. #FungiFriends

I love the spring and the summer, but I’m dreaming of fall. #FungiFriends

Today’s harvest of wine caps including the one I missed yesterday (and a sharpie for size). #FungiFriends

A sizable (about as big as my phone) white blob (possible ganoderma species?) at the base of a tree. I’ve been watching this grow since last fall and can’t wait to see what happens. #FungiFriends

I thought that I knew all the things about mice. Those of you who know me probably thought so too.....BUT I just found out about GLACIER MICE!!!! OMG! Squee! 🧊🐭😍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQMp...

Sometimes the distinction between fungus and sea life is hard to discern. #FungiFriends

Some aged split gill fungus earning their common name. #FungiFriends

I’m possibly Tubifera montana. One thing for sure certain is, I’m smol! #FungiFriends

💛 her sweet kitty is magic 🪄 💛🖤💛🪄 #caturday 🪄💛🖤💛

I was surprised to find these bird’s nest fungi ( Crucibulum laeve?) on the trunk of a maple tree. The others I’ve seen have been on ground. #FungiFriends

I love how well the swirls on the fungus and tree compliment each other. #fungifriday #fungifriends

We Need Each Other This is a “living stump.” The tree has been cut down, but instead of dying, it has healed and lives on thanks to the help of its neighbors from whom it is getting nourishment due to direct root grafts and/or mycorrhizal networks.

Perhaps a different kind of #gardening but a couple years ago I dedicated a planting bed and several grow bags to growing wine cap mushrooms and it’s been an overwhelming success. So much so that in season, spring and fall, I’m able to treat my #FungiFriends to fresh mushrooms!

How about some mulch maids? Possibly Leratiomyces percevalii. Of unknown edibility. #FungiFriends

My favourite photo of the day. #fungifriends

Today’s find was a large clump of spring field caps, Agrocybe praecox. #fungifriends

"Onward, my noble steed!" 🐙📷Melissa Foo (www.inaturalist.ca/observations...)

I have never ever EVER found so many mica caps, Coprinellus micaceus in one place. It was too bad it was in a nature park and I had to walk away with just pictures. They are one of my favorites to eat!

#caturday is almost over, but Kiki says there’s still time for one more nap.

I’m not sure who’s winning, but it’s a fascinating contest. #FungiFriends

The Splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune) from above and below. Location is a log that was left, end up, after the tree was cut down, to serve as a place for people to rest. #FungiFriends

Found on a stroll yesterday. Unidentified, but this little cutie definitely a predictor of good fungi times to come. #FungiFriends

A beautiful tuft of caribou #lichen (Cladonia sp). #Newfoundland, Canada. Tuft is about one foot (30cm) in diameter. #fungi #fungifriends

#ForestFriday #naturephotography #fungifriends #fungifriday #nature 📸 aj onis @awarenesswillcome.bsky.social

“See no weevil” #fungifriends #fungifriday

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This blows my mind, I only knew of them from fossils and thought they were little static creatures like corals, not swimming around looking like lofted dandelion seeds!

Sunset at the Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic National Park. 😍💙🌞📷🌎 #stunday #river #mountain #outdoors #hiking #nationalparks #nature #photography #landscape #forest #woods #sunset #reflections

Unknown polypore, but not unappreciated. #fungifriends

Trametes hirsuta, commonly known as hairy turkey tail or hairy bracket growing on the roots of a fallen hardwood tree. #fungifriends

Cat got your tongue? They do look like little cats’ tongues. I hear you can make gummies out of them, but I’ve never found enough all at once to try.

Tiny unknown species found on walk today. So magical. #fungifriends

No clue, but so interesting! I hope to go back soon and see if it has developed further. Any ideas? #FungiFriends

A pair of mature “elfin saddles” helvella lacunosa, looking surreal as always. #fungifriends #mushrooms

Splitgill fungus (Schizophyllum commune) used medicinally for its potent immune-boosting, anti-inflammatory, and anti-tumor properties, primarily due to the polysaccharide schizophylland. Besides, it’s just so dang cute! #fungifriends #mushrooms

A fungus photo a day: Lichenomphalia umbellifera lichen #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

A few days ago, I saw hundreds of these little yellow/tan dots. Upon closer inspection, they are bird’s nest fungi in various stages of development. #fungifriends

Another first for me, Mycina haematopus. Snuggled in next to a fallen log. I was doubtful but on picking one, it really did “bleed” which is why it’s called “bleeding fairy helmet.” #fungifriends #mushrooms

#DailyNature & #photography Today, I revisited this unusual assembly of mushrooms, all growing together in a bed of moss — and looking great. I love to think of this as a town, each group its own bubble, all connected via the moss and the stump, all part of the world around them. #fungifriends

Another splitgill. What can I say? I love them. :) #fungifriends

Nope Nope Nope I thought from a distance they were mica caps but in iNat they come up as galerina badipes. nope nope nope #fungifriends #mushrooms

Unusual growth pattern for what is likely Laccaria laccata, or the deceiver mushroom. #fungifriends #mushrooms

Morning Kitten

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I'll break up the stream of parrot mushrooms with another favorite of mine, the cat's tongue fungus! 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/25, ISO 800 Stack of 19 images 10/17/21 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Spotlight on Fomitopsis quercina. I’ve been visiting this log for a few years now. It always brings a smile. Now as the season closes, the brackets are partially hidden beneath the fallen leaves. #fungifriends

Yellow & orange lichen on Colorado River boulder 🌿 #Fallback to June 7

A favourite Cladonia #lichen. #fungi #fungifriends.

It’s #fungifriday. Just a variety of #fungifriends spotted today.