This is the Mushroom Thread featuring examples of what is to be found here in my country. I shall begin with what was perhaps the most striking and unusual fungal form that I encountered. It looks very much like one that Jewell showed in her mushroom thread, only hers was white. This specimen was situated on a stump, and the following pic gives you the setting and makes it possible for you to appreciate the size of this plant (animal?). Here's one bathing in the sun let through the canope. This brightly-coloured mushroom perhaps warns one NOT to consume it. These made me think of cinnamon rolls. These simple ones were just emerging. We saw quite a few of these little things and many had had a bite taken out of them (this one had a piece knocked-off). It was difficult finding one of any size that did not have too much damage. If you look carefully you can see some beechnut hulls at the base of the mushroom. They were in an area where there were hundreds, if not thousands of beechnuts on the forest floor. Some of the mushrooms grew on trees still standing. A different sort of mushroom situated very high up tree trunk. This sort of un-exotic type found a stump on which to set up shop. They looked good enough to eat right there on the spot. Finally, this one located right at the edge of the forest where a fence was in place with barbed wire and electrical wire to discourage wild swine and deer from coming into the feld. I could not show them all, but this selection are of ones which I felt were special and also the most commonly seen ones on the day.
loveeeeeeee the pics of mushrooms I love to see the different kinds you have an enchanted forest for sure watch out for the gnomes and fairies where you walk lol
What a spectacular selection Sjoerd,most of which I don't ever remember seeing in the wild. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much, FRANK. CALIN--Do you think that any of them are edible? Thanks DONNA--Next time I go back there I will indeed keep my eye out for them. KM--I was pretty impressed with what I saw as well. I think that I was just lucky that I went the days that I went, I saw many that were already decomposing.
They are beautiful ... I am always fascinated with mushrooms. I have been wandering is there a full proof way of identifying which mushroom is safe to eat and which is not. When I was a kid I used to go wild mushroom picking with my grandma during the raining season in the rubber estate behind where we used to stay. Couldn't really remember the taste but I'm sure it was delicious because I had lots of it.
Wonderful variety. Left me wanting to see more. Recognize a few that are very similar to ones I have seen here. I always think it would be fun to join a mushrooming group to learn more. But I am sitting down to some Chantelle mushrooms bought at the grocery store. They are still on sale :-D
wow... those are beautiful... and fascinating. I love that last one... looks like a very fancy birdbath. Thanks for sharing these with us.
That first pic is great! I love crazy looking mushrooms like that one. I can't wait to see more of what's growing over there. I think pics 4 and 11 might be Amanita muscaria or some related species. You "can" eat them, however, you will probably end up seeing some crazy things, so I don't recommend it.
Hi KK--Thanks sor your comments. Childhood is always a time for discovery. It sounds like you have good memories of mushrooms. I have no idea haw one tell the diff between edible and inedible mushrooms. They are lovely, aren't they, JEWELL--A mushrooming club. What an interesting idea. CHERYL--Glad that you liked this posting. You are right, that last one does indeed look like a birdbath. Perhaps it will inspire you when you make your next batch of birdbaths. Thank you PHILIP-- Yes, I liked the looks redish-brown cinnamon roll-like mushrooms too...not exotic, but tasty.hahaha. Some of the mushrooms are indeed quite interesting-looking. FLOWERFREAK--Yes, the first foto was by far the most peculiar-looking mushroom of them all. Did you see the white form in Jewel's thread? Pics 4 and 11: I found the same Latin name as you for these. Lovely, but I shan't be eating them. I'll just admire them from a distance. chuckle.
Your 'shrooms and fungi are similar to ours. The first one is Calocera viscosa. I have no idea what the next one is, but the third one is the Amanita muscaria. Your cinnamon rolls look a lot like some sort of Pholiota squarrosa. The next one down might be some sort of ink cap mushroom, Coprinopsis atramentaria. The red, half-eaten one might be from the Russula family, but don't take my word for it. As for the tree fungi I have no idea what they are, but I really think they're cool.
