Mushrooms

The property owner told me he had found some chaga in a grove of birches. I asked him to show me, so we went for a short hike. This one was the largest and was about 4' off the ground. We harvested it and shared it among friends.

View the spoiler for my guess at what I think it might be, but please first come to your own conclusion before looking at mine — I don't want to bias your guess. My guessPsilocybe cyanescens

Explore the chromatic universe of fungi through the spectrum of colors naturally produced by dye mushrooms.

More pictures available if needed. I broke a few open that were in rougher shape and they are solid white and spongy all the way through. Found in open woods in West Kentucky.

Apparently edible, though not willing to chance it.

Unsure of species. Any ideas?

Not technically a mushroom I think, but could have fooled me.

“Noting that she had read studies about mushrooms growing around the Chernobyl nuclear plant, she came to understand further, through her work, that fungi are an extraordinarily resilient species of life that consume carbon, and even though petroleum products are toxic to plants, to mushrooms they are essentially a kind of carbon.

Found growing in a pot with a hibiscus plant, not entirely sure how it got there but the recent excessive rainfall has made it fruit.

More angles here:

'Geastrum triplex - Collard Earthstar' by victoria's photo gallery

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Has anyone used these kits before? are they worth it or just a fun thing to do with kids?

Never seen one that large if so

Found on flickr

Found on flickr

Found on flickr

Was walking through the woods today and saw these mushrooms growing on a fallen tree. I thought they looked very pretty.

Life under the trees.

Found on flickr

The violet pouch fungus (Cortinarius porphyroideus) is a truffle-like fungus found in the leaf litter of beech forests. Its spore-producing tissue is enclosed within its purple cap. Spores are released when the cap begins to disintegrate, or when insects and other small animals eat the tissue within the cap.

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Found on Blairskaith Muir.

Found on flickr

Lunchtime wander in the woods - and found some fungi. The sun even shone briefly.

Always a delight to spot colourful waxcaps and even better to capture underside shots. Where possible, I prefer not to pick them and use my Pentax point and shoot, pressed down into the substrate, but sometimes this is not possible.

Such green loveliness.

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I found this little fella (as well as a number of his friends) outside. It's cold and wet, so I brought them in where they can get warm and dry out. Remember folks, if you're cold they're cold.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/45350

Cubensis grow naturally where I live (brazilian countryside). Those are the ones that showed themselves to me today

Well. That’s lunch sorted

I’m late

And it’s getting bigger by the minute

The mushrooms shall march upon us

They’re cooking with gas

It’s all action at this end

Massive, I tell you