Despite the threat of rain, some of the braver souls came out to see the fungal fruiting effects of all the recent wet weather. The woods were prolific! Some of the fungi we saw included:
ASCOMYCETES: Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Daldinia concentrica
BASIDIOMYCETES: Tremella mesenterica, Tremellodendron pallidum; Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus cinnabarinus, Cantharellus tubaeformis; Clavulinopsis fusiformis, Clavicorona pyxidata, Ramariopsis kunzei; Thelephora vialis; Laetiporus sulphureus, Tyromyces chioneus;
Agaricus abruptibulbus-silvicola complex; Amanita brunnescens, Amanita citrina, Amanita favoconia, Amanita fulva; Cortinarius iodes; Cortinarius sp.; Crepidotus applanatus, Crepidotus mollis;
Entoloma strictius; Hygrophorus cantharellus, Hygrophorus coccineus; Pluteus cervinus;
Lactarius corrugis, Lactarius deceptivus, Lactarius hygrophoroides, Lactarius lignyotus, Lactarius volemus; Russula spp., Russula brevipes, Russula compacta;
Pholiota; Clitocybe sp., Laccaria laccata; Mycena spp., Mycena subcaerulea, Marasmius spp., Xerula furfuracea, Panellus stipticus;
Boletus parasiticus, Boletus sensibilis, Leccinum scabrum
Lycoperdon perlatum, Scleroderma citrinum
MYXOMYCETES: Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

George Johanson also brought along a number of intersting mushrooms he found in his travels this week to show us including a huge specimen of Laetiporus cincinnatus, the tiny Crucibulum laeve, a number of Phallus ravenelii 'eggs' and the first confirmed Ganoderma lucidium I've ever seen.

Then after our walk, I stopped into see Esther Grun and her lovely daughter. Esther wanted me to see the large box of gorgeous mushrooms she found in the wood-chip mulch surrounding the plantings at the Pepsico Sculpture Gardens.

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