RHH's photos with the keyword: fungi

I believe (thanks to J. Gafarot) that this is Polyporus squamosus or Dryad's Saddle, a Bracket Fungus. It was photographed in Dowagiac Woods in Michigan and is an example here of guttation, mushrooms and plants producing beads of "sweat". Dowagiac Woods is in southern Michigan and an area where some of the original forest has been preserved.

This is an example of guttation in fungi and other plants, the exudation of drops of "sweat", a process by which a plant rids itself of excess moisture. The mushroom is Polyporus squamosus or Dryad's Saddle.

I believe that this is a fungus called Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus squamosus). It is exhibiting a strange phenomenon called guttation, the exudation of drops of moisture.

This, if I am not mistaken, is a fungus known as Dryad's Saddle, Polyporus squamosus. It is exhibiting a phenomenon known as guttation, the exudation of drops of moisture.

Another photo from the Mossman Gorge area of the Daintree Rainforest. I have no idea which mushrooms these are.

After meeting up with other family members in Port Douglas, we spent part of Monday, June 13th, exploring the Mossman Gorge area of the Daintree Rainforest. We hiked the trails there and though it was a wet and overcast day had a wonderful time together. These unidentified fungi were photographed near Rex Creek in the Mossman Gorge.

These are more mushrooms from Wallace Falls State Park and an autumn hike there. This, I believe, is Pholiota squarrosoides, the Scaly Pholiota. Once thought to be edible, it is now considered poisonous, especially if consumed with alcohol.

This is a small fungus, Lichenomphalia umbellifera, the Mushroom Lichen or Greenpea Mushroom Lichen, photographed in Washington Park. If I understand, this is the fruiting body of a lichen, a lichen being a fungus and an algae growing in a symbiotic relationship. In this case the fungus is associated with the green scale-like film on the surface of the rotting log.

Amanita mushrooms are often called "Death Caps" because of their toxicity. Thanks for the id to: David W. Fischer Mycologist, Author, Photographer, Musician AmericanMushrooms.com Author, Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America (1992, Univ. of Texas Press) Coauthor, Mushrooms of Northeastern North America (1997, Syracuse Univ. Press)

Taken with a Minolta SR-T201 with a 55 mm lens with a +1 close-up filter on Kodachrome 64 slide film. Thanks for the identification of this mushroom to: David W. Fischer Mycologist, Author, Photographer, Musician AmericanMushrooms.com Author, Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America (1992, Univ. of Texas Press) Coauthor, Mushrooms of Northeastern North America (1997, Syracuse Univ. Press)

Thanks for the identification of this mushroom to David W. Fischer Mycologist, Author, Photographer, Musician AmericanMushrooms.com Author, Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America (1992, Univ. of Texas Press) Coauthor, Mushrooms of Northeastern North America (1997, Syracuse Univ. Press)

This is one of the shelf fungi often found growing on dead trees or fallen trees.

This photo was taken on our recent field trip with the Washington Native orchid Society - the forest was very dry at the time, there was no dew or moisture on any of the plants except this immature shelf fungus. When we returned the next day we found the same thing and can only guess that the temperature of the fungus was cooler than the temperature of the air, causing the drops of water to form.

We found these mushrooms near Racehorse Falls in the North Cascades on a very wet and rainy day. We'd never seen anything like them and had no "eye"dea what kind of mushrooms they were, but thanks to mdv_graupe and Upupa4me we now know they are earth stars (Geastrum saccatum). Other pictures of the falls and the areas we visited that day can be found at: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2010/09/nooksack-fa... .

When hiking the Chiwaukum Creek trail in the spring we always keep an eye open for morels, one of the best of the edible fungi. This year we found a number of them which we had for our supper in the evening. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2011/07/chiwaukum-c...