Tag: Fungi
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Puffball
Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea) is found in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests in late summer and autumn. The rapidly growing puffball is edible, but within weeks it starts to decompose and is toxic. The giant puffball is found throughout the world in temperate climates.
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Brown-toothed Crust Fungus
Brown-toothed Crust Fungus (Hydnoporia olivacea) is an olive-brown to reddish-brown leathery crust directly on wood surfaces, featuring a jagged, toothlike surface. It secrets chemicals to digest hardwood logs and branches.
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Violet-toothed Polypore
Violet-toothed Polypore (Trichaptum biforme) is an inedible common bracket fungus that is also known as violet-pored bracket fungus. It secrets chemicals to digest hardwood logs and stumps. Violet tooth is found in North America and other temperate climates.
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Oak Bracket
Oak Bracket (Pseudoinonotus dryadeus) is an inedible species of fungus often found growing at the base of oak trees. It is a parasite and primarily a root decay fungus, rotting the below-ground parts of roots. The blotches near the edges are secreted orange-brown liquid which weeps from tubes in its upper surface. Oak bracket is…
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Hare’s Foot Inkcap
Hare’s Foot Inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus) is a delicate and short-lived fungus, the fruit bodies lasting only a few hours before dissolving into a black ink – a process called deliquescence. This fungus was found on the loop trail path heading towards the pond. We had lots of rain in the last number of days.
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Yellowing Curtain Crust
Yellowing Curtain Crust (Stereum subtomentosum – Wikipedia) is a tough, leathery bracket fungus that grows on dead hardwood, identified by its velvety, zoned, often greenish-brown cap and a distinct yellow staining reaction on its smooth underside when bruised or cut. Found year-round, it commonly causes white rot on dead beech and oak wood.
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Crowded Parchment
Crowded Parchment (Stereum Complicatum – MushroomExpert) is a widespread, inedible saprobic fungus found on dead hardwood, particularly oak, in North America. It is characterized by small, orange-brown to cinnamon, velvety fan-shaped caps that grow in dense, overlapping, wavy clusters. These fungi cause white rot in wood and are known for being leathery when moist and brittle…
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Dryad’s Saddle
Dryad’s Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus) was seen on the Spring Unfolding 2023 event on Saturday May 13. This fungus is attached to a downed tree around the south side of the pond. Other shelves of Dryad’s Saddle were on the log. Wikipedia for Dryad’s Saddle Missouri Department of Conservation