The Daily Fungi Thread.

All mushrooms grow from fungi, but not all fungi grow mushrooms. All of the ones that I post are in mushroom books. Fungi produces mushrooms which are like the fruit of a plant. You pick the mushroom as you would other fruit. Look at this bit of info.
Mushroom v Fungi

 

We have another birds nest fungus today, I really like these although they are very small and not too easy to find. This one is, Cyathus striatus, the Fluted bird's nest fungi.


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Thank you for the info.

I really like most of them. They are beautiful.

 

I have three different species of birds nest fungi, this is the other. Nidula niveotomentosa, Woolly birdsnest.


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Today we have Dye Polypore, Phaeolus schweinitzii. Rather nice coloring. Can grow quite large.


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There are not to many black mushrooms so they are rather neat when you find one. This is Pseudoplectania melaena, and as you can see, it grows on fallen trees.


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Kildale, thanks for the link describing the difference between a mushroom & a fungus. I have always wondered why it was ok to harvest mushrooms, seemingly without worry of killing the plant. As I understand it, it is like harvesting fruit.

Is the common name for the last mushroom you posted a wood-ear?

 

The common name I have for it is rimmed cup, but yours sounds good.

 

I love the variety of the fungi. These photos will make our next forest walk more interesting.

 

I thank all those that are following this thread. Todays mushroom is the Club coral, Clavariadelphus truncatus. It is a nice find in the woods.


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