Wine caps coming up in hardwood chips in a grow bag

The first wine caps of spring! Growing in a three layer bed of dirt , chips, and topped with straw. These almost got away from me before I found them. I usually harvest them as buttons

Perhaps a different kind of #gardening but a couple years ago I dedicated a planting bed and several grow bags to growing wine cap mushrooms and it’s been an overwhelming success. So much so that in season, spring and fall, I’m able to treat my #FungiFriends to fresh mushrooms!

Light tan/gold mushroom with a split cap that is lighter on the edge growing in wood chips

A photo of a younger mushroom, light tan/ gold, possibly Leratiomyces percevalii

An older specimen with edges curved inward. Growing in wood chips at the edge of a parking area. This one is making me doubt the identification.

There were a lot of of them in all stages of growth! Photo shows several light colored mushrooms growing in sparse grass.

How about some mulch maids? Possibly Leratiomyces percevalii. Of unknown edibility.
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New Zealand's famous blue mushroom. Three in a cluster with moss in the background.

My favourite photo of the day. #fungifriends

Large cluster of tan mushrooms with distinctive cracking on the caps. Found growing in a field near where there were still the remains of a rotting tree stump

Close up of a smaller cluster of Agrocybe praecox nearby with a dandelion bloom.

Photo showing ring on the stype of the fully mature mushroom and the more convex cap of a less mature specimen.

Today’s find was a large clump of spring field caps, Agrocybe praecox.
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A Brown Argonaut (Argonauta hians) riding a translucent jellyfish. The argonaut has a spiral "shell" (actually an egg case) that is it wearing, and its mantle is in the egg case, and its arms are reaching back into the "shell." The shell has a wavy series of edges. The parts of the arms that are exposed have their suckers sticking out. Its mantle is sticking out on the left side. The argonaut has round silvery eyes, its body is white with purple chromatophores, and a beige shell. The jellyfish is clear and has frilly edges. The background is dark.

"Onward, my noble steed!"

🐙📷Melissa Foo (www.inaturalist.ca/observations...)

An amazing abundance of mica caps growing at the back of a dead tree. I couldn’t get them all in one shot!

There were even more little sparking golden caps bursting out of the of the ground. There were so many, it dislodged a clump of earth.

Another closeup of the mica caps growing out of the ground next to the dead tree stump.

I have never ever EVER found so many mica caps, Coprinellus micaceus in one place. It was too bad it was in a nature park and I had to walk away with just pictures. They are one of my favorites to eat!

Big yawn from Kiki a silver tabby Maine Coon kitty

#caturday is almost over, but Kiki says there’s still time for one more nap.

Branch poking through a shelf fungus or a shelf fungus growing around a new branch. It’s hard to tell.

Pale tan underside of the shelf fungus showing closeup of the base of the branch poking through on the right

Another closeup of the “contest”

I’m not sure who’s winning, but it’s a fascinating contest. #FungiFriends

The Splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune) on an up-ended log from above.

Closeup of Splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune) from above.

The Splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune) from below

The Splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune) from above and below. Location is a log that was left, end up, after the tree was cut down, to serve as a place for people to rest. #FungiFriends

Small fully opened tan mushroom next to a Douglas fir cone with moss

Found on a stroll yesterday. Unidentified, but this little cutie definitely a predictor of good fungi times to come. #FungiFriends

Photo of a round tuft of fluffy looking white lichen living among boulders. The lichen is actually soft when wet but hard and brittle when dry.

A beautiful tuft of caribou #lichen (Cladonia sp). #Newfoundland, Canada. Tuft is about one foot (30cm) in diameter.
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This early??!!!

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Tan stripped polypore brackets growing on the side of a tree with moss lichen and a very small weevil.

Close up of underside of polypore. Small weevil crawling along the edge away from the camera

Close in photo trying to get better details on the weevil but him’s too smol :)

“See no weevil”
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This blows my mind, I only knew of them from fossils and thought they were little static creatures like corals, not swimming around looking like lofted dandelion seeds!

A photo of the Hoh River. The sun is about to set behind a mountain. There are also evergreen trees along the river bank.

Sunset at the Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic National Park.
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Tan bracket fungus growing on a tree with moss. View from below showing the lighter colored pore production surface underneath.

Tan bracket fungus growing on a tree with moss and lichens. Another view from below showing the lighter colored pore production structure underneath.

Tan bracket fungus growing on a tree with moss. View from above showing subtle striations in coloring.

Unknown polypore, but not unappreciated.
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Trametes hirsuta, commonly known as hairy turkey tail or hairy bracket growing on the roots of a fallen hardwood tree. #fungifriends

Even more ironic that the name, Kiki, means “Double happiness” lol

Don’t forget us please!

Close up of white “Cat’s tongue” fungus

“Cat’s tongue” fungus

Close up of white “Cat’s tongue” fungus

Cat got your tongue?
They do look like little cats’ tongues. I hear you can make gummies out of them, but I’ve never found enough all at once to try.

A lone tiny pale tangerine mushroom peaking out of the moss on an early December afternoon.

Close up a line tiny mushroom in the moss

Tiny unknown species found on walk today. So magical. #fungifriends

Unidentified pale fist sized polypore with guttation droplets

No clue, but so interesting! I hope to go back soon and see if it has developed further. Any ideas? #FungiFriends

Maybe someday then. I love your content; it’s so sweet and creative

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I had no idea kodama were so small ;)

A pair of elfin saddles in conifer duff.

A pair of mature “elfin saddles” helvella lacunosa, looking surreal as always.
#fungifriends #mushrooms

Splitgill fungus (Schizophyllum commune) used medicinally for its potent immune-boosting, anti-inflammatory, and anti-tumor properties, primarily due to the polysaccharide schizophylland. Besides, it’s just so dang cute!
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Looks like it.