Photo assignment- mushrooms

[Broncstad]

I've got a shot of that very same tree climbing up 49 !!!
it's earlier in this thread in post #17....

what a coincidence.

going back out there tomorrow.

I believe those glow in the dark. Would be cool on a night ride.

[tsimbu]

Here are some my wife found in our yard.

[Broncstad]

I've got a shot of that very same tree climbing up 49 !!!
it's earlier in this thread in post #17....

what a coincidence.

going back out there tomorrow.

I believe those glow in the dark. Would be cool on a night ride.

[dirtvert]

Found this cutie on our ride yesterday at the Weedpatch (San Clemente) on a dead branch of a coastal oak. I'm pretty sure it's a Lion's Mane, which are edible and considered to be excellent--but this one was a little past its prime.

[Tone No Balone]

I think I may have found some Chanterelles here.....

[francois]

These are good eatin.



fc

[Dion]

Do these count?

[snowjnky]

[Couch Bike Dude]

So many fungi fans!
Make sure an expert identifies anything you harvest.

[wg]

Not a fungi master so can't ID the fungusamungus. First one is behind our house, the heads bigger than softballs. Second one from Rockville, Saturday morning.

[Tone No Balone]

the first pic is the Shaggy Parasol (Lepiota rachodes)


tone~

[Dion]

Shaggy Parasol

She was a great porn actress in the 70's.

[Tone No Balone]

She was a great porn actress in the 70's.

uh....huh!

[Broncstad]

[knobbyknees]

Santa Cruz Fungus Fair
Date: January 11, 2013 - January 13, 2013
Time: Fri. 3 - 7pm, Sat. & Sun. 10am - 5pm

Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center St.
Santa Cruz
VIEW MAP

Phone: 831.684.2275
fungusfed.org

View over 200 species of mushrooms, bring yours in for identification. Cooking demos, speakers, art, vendors, kid's room. Friday night, wine and mushroom dinner with live music from 7pm - 10pm.

[bchains]

I think I may have found some Chanterelles here.....

Sweet - where were they? I guess the chanties are supposed to be popping up now but I haven't seen any.

[pliebenberg]

...near Shannon Rd, Los Gatos.

[Tone No Balone]

nice....you got a whole eco system going on on that fence post.

great catch man!!!

[paulbug]

I enjoy hunting and collecting, IDing and consuming wild mushrooms. I also take friends out on forays to get them started.
As there isn't a way to comment on every photo individually, I'm going to pass on identifying all of these.
You've got jack-o-lanterns, Cortinarius, oysters, Amanitas, Clitocybes, honey mushrooms, suillus, boletes, etc.
A couple of them are misidentified, but I don't think anyone will take that information and harm themselves.

I'm an avid mountain biker, and live in Felton, so if anyone's in the area and would like to learn more about the fungi of the Santa Cruz area, hit me up and we'll roll out on a fungus ride.
We'll get a good workout and stop for interesting specimens.
It can be rewarding in a culinary sense as well as financially--several of them you can sell at local markets or restaurants, with a bit of knowledge.
Looking forward to it.
--Paul Miller
831 334 4138 text or msg

[paulbug]

Waxy caps, puffballs, turkey tails, black trumpets (yum!) and orange peel fungus.
(the one from Boulder Creek)

[Empty_Beer]

big

[Repack Rider]

Found these tiny cuties today, and thought, "Hey, why not put a coin in the photo for scale?" Then I saw the little guys above.

The dime sized fungus was pretty neat. Here are some slightly larger but still tiny little cuties.

[wg]

That is a very cool find and picture.

[Repack Rider]

A couple from yesterday's ride near Phoenix Lake. The orange Jack-O'Lantern was about a foot across and so bright against the drab forest floor that I spotted it at a long distance away.

[Hollis]

Asheville NC