Here are some #fungifriday finds that are left over from peak mushroom season.
These three little guys are Crepidotus variabilis. A beginner might confuse them with oyster mushrooms at first.
But these guys are very tough and small compared to edible mushrooms. Sadly they aren't edible or medicinal.
Here is a left over giant puffball Calvatia gigantea. I often look for edible mushroom leftovers in the off season so I can take note where they grow and look for them later next year when they are in peak edibility.
Here is some orange crust fungi called Stereum complicatum. They don't have any medicinal use but they look cool in the gloomy winter environment.
This is what old chicken of the woods looks like. Normally at peak edibility this is bright orange and soft but by now it is white and tough like a sponge. Now I know it was growing here I'll look here again starting in the early summer to fall for more growth during its edible phase.
Here is a turkeytail lookalike called Phlebia incarnata. The pink fleshy and softness of this fungi are the key differentiators of it compared to tough turkeytail.
It also appears to be growing mixed in between true turkeytail. The turkeytail is the thin stuff that is more brown.
Here is another variant of turkeytail that is a bit more orange and brown. Turkeytail comes in many colors and is a good medicinal. You can make tinctures with alcohol out of it or powder it and soak it as a tea for vitamin D. Fortunately the turkeytail lookalikes aren't poisonous but they don't have the medicinal benefits of turkeytail.
This racoon den is covered in turkeytail. I think this whole tree is dead and will soon fall over and be completely covered in turkeytail.
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)
Raccons that live inside when tree falls
Running towards the nearest trash can to raid.
You had a such looooooooong season - thats exciting!
Mostly just the polypores that never end.
Beautiful finds, there are so many species, cute and striking, but you have to know which ones are edible and which ones are not. Greetings.
I learn the poisonous ones first to know what to avoid.
Very nice photos of strange looking fungi.
The pink one is pretty weird and kind of feels like skin.