Album Fun with Fungus -- aka Mushroom Pictures

[TractorDoc]

They are not wildflowers. . . or trees. . . or animals. . . there are a few categories shrooms could fit in but thought I'd try giving them a place of their own.

Partial inspiration is one of the biggest stalked mushrooms I've ever seen. I was hauling sticks from a fallen tree and saw this across the pasture.



Plenty of room to get the camera underneath.



I'd like to get pictures with better light during the day but with my luck something will take a bite out of it overnight.

Autumn must be prime fungus weather because last week I noticed the opposite end of the spectrum -- some of the smallest mushrooms ever. Probably less than a half inch tall, I was expecting tiny gnomes to yell "get off my lawn" at any moment.

 

[tennistime99]

Alien blood sucker or rock drill bit... Not sure what this creepy mushroom is. Almost looks like a chanterelle underneath, but really weird on top.

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[tennistime99]

Oyster mushrooms close to home at a local State Park. Quite a few scattered around the park. We McGyver'd up a long stick with a small sickle duct taped to the end, sort of a Grim Reaper in training Scythe, to reach the higher ones.

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[TractorDoc]

Before leaving for work this morning I walked out to the giant mushroom to find it laying on its side with a chomp out of the top. Guessing the deer or another critter found it tempting.



I was able to use a smaller nearby mushroom to get the undershot/blue sky background I wanted.



A couple years ago I carved out a walking trail thru the trees/around the pond near my house. On a quick walk thru this afternoon I was surprised to find nearly a dozen different kinds of mushrooms growing. . . everywhere. Not wanting to be labeled "Mushroom Man" I will not share them all but here are a couple.

White with black speckles -- wish I could get a better angle on this one.



Tennis ball on a stick:



Red Clamshell:



Lastly I noticed this one up in a tree. Swapped lenses (300mm) rather than drag out the ladder. Looks Sea Anemone like to me.

 

[Nick]

I thought this was a whole different kind of "trip report" when I saw the thread title "fun with fungus".

 

[Dreamer]

Shrooms are so amazing, these sprouted out of the ice on top of a rock

 

[b.stark]

A spring tradition here is gathering this tasty kind of mushroom (this photo is from 2015)

 

[tennistime99]

Several fun guys to hang out with.

Coral fungus, no idea, morel, Sierran Puffball and some matsutakes.

Apparently I spend a lot of time searching these things out. =)

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[chandlerwest]

I am not sure of this first you, other than it IS a growth of some kind.

 

[tennistime99]

Lion's Mane

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[kwc]

some Adirondack fungi ...

 

[chandlerwest]

I uncovered this photo from a 2005 trip out to Pt. Sublime-Grand Canyon. @Scott Chandler and I were wondering what that road was like these days. It was quite sketchy back then.

 

[Venchka]

Beside the Middle Fork Conejos River Trail. South San Juan Wilderness, CO.
Can anyone identify this?
Thanks.

 

[Titans]

Beside the Middle Fork Conejos River Trail. South San Juan Wilderness, CO.
Can anyone identify this?
Thanks.

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we saw those close to Maroon Bells some years ago.

Maybe the first picture (fly agaric/ amanita muscaria):
http://www.cpr.org/news/story/six-kinds-mushrooms-you-might-find-colorado-year
I googled it, I know absolutely nothing about mushrooms....
There are many scary articles about that mushroom.

 

[Miya]

So fun to see these all! I usually miss mushrooms because I am racing through the trail, every now and then I manage to spot one. This is my favorite spotting so far.

 

[Perry]

This weekend I had temporarily lost the trail and was endeavoring to re-acquire when I stumbled onto this monster.




If there is any question of its size well...

 

[Udink]

So this weekend I had temporarily lost the trail and was endeavoring to re-acquire when I stumbled onto this monster.

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If there is any question of its size well...

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...and there's a zombie rising up who likes shrooms!

I found this bad boy in Miner's Basin in the La Sals after summiting Mount Waas.

Giant puffball

 

[TractorDoc]

Located a few more morels today.
Left the "big" camera at home so I could test out the new GoPro.







I left them to grow for another day or two. . . hopefully a neighbor or squirrel does not find them before I get back.

 

[TractorDoc]

Had a Fungi-Tastic weekend. Located another decent patch of morels. . . hopefully the pictures don't have attached GPS to give away my secret spots!

 

[b.stark]

All my morel spots are well known public land, I'm just willing to get there early and *carefully* pick the ones that come up out of the sand. We could really use some rain to help our season along here though... super dry right now.