outdoors,  travel

The Rain Brings out the Mushrooms

September 1, 2021 /

Last week, my brother and I visited the nearby Indian Mounds and I couldn’t believe the number and variety of mushrooms we saw. I started taking pictures and then decided it would be fun to share those pictures.

I used my google feature to identify the mushrooms so hopefully it is fairly accurate. These are Lepiota, a gilled ground dwelling saprotrophs that enjoy rich, calcareous soils.

Here is another shot of them. It was interesting to me to see where the mushrooms chose to propagate as there were some species at the base of trees, some in piles of mulch. and of course in the middle of decomposing piles of leaves.

It appears that these mushrooms are a type of Chanterelle mushrroms (Cantharellus). So if they are, they would be edible but I won’t be trying them! I will leave the picking and eating to the experts.

These fluted bird’s nest fungus have a widespread distribution and can be found in most temperate regions of the world. It gets its name because it resembles a small nest with miniature eggs. They can be found growing on dead wood as well as woodchip mulch.

I think these are mushrooms known as jelly fungus, false hedgehog mushroom, cat’s tongue or white jelly mushroom. These were very delicate and pretty.

The giant leucopax or giant funnel can become quite large. The one at the bottom was longer than my foot! It is typically found growing in groups in grassy pasture, roadside hedges or woodland clearings. They made me think of giant marshmallows that were half roasted and melted.

If you are a mushroom expert, you might correct me on my identifications! I just found it really interesting how the rain really got all the mushrooms growing and propagating. It was fun to point them out to my youngest.

A bientôt!

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