False Turkey Tail: Stereum ostrea.
Some excellent basidiomycete fungus nearby today. This is the false Turkey tail: Stereum ostrea.
▶ 2023
Pleated Inkcaps
Parasola plicatilis
Accidental Flower
This one just came up in a sandy and rocky part of the yard that is complexly neglected. That seems to make it extra special.
Another mushroom grove: probably Panaeolus sp.
Probably Panaeolus foenisecii or Panaeolus cinctulus.
New Mushrooms
Most likely Coprinopsis atramentaria or the common ink cap
▶ 2018
Fall
Not ‘the Fall’, just Fall – as in Autumn.
Chicken of the woods
Mushroom season is well under way and this weekend in the Middlesex Fells I came across the largest patch of ‘Chicken of the Woods’ mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus). See below: This lovely mushroom is apparently edible but I didn’t take any to try. Regretting that now. It should
Mushrooms in the Middlesex Fells – Identifications!
We recently had some warm weather often extremely frigid conditions between Christmas 2017 and the first week and a half of 2018. Well, it warmed up to about 13 °C / 55 °F on Saturday so I hit up the Middlesex Fells with the dog. Over Christmas I’ve been reading more and more abo
▶ 2017
A Walk In The Woods – The Silver Mine in Middlesex Fells
Today I went on a nice little walk in the woods, just me and dog – like I do most weekends. Our favourite haunt is the Middlesex Fells, situated in the northern suburbs area of Boston. We’ve been going for about a year, so I have seen all seasons in the park/forest and know most