Today is that day. For the longest time, I had wanted to make my first post here in the Fungi Lovers community. In fact, I had these photos sitting in my folder of pics to be used for Hive posts - forever!
For as long as I have taken photos (NB a long time!) I always took the time to stop when I was out and about hiking or walking. Looking around, listening to the sounds of nature, and then possibly snapping a photo or two. Many years later and I still do the same thing.
Oftentimes the subject of my photo will be some kind of fungi (or leaf or bark or flower etc. etc.). They are quite fascinating and more often than not weird-looking. Both are a plus in my books when I take photos.
And these ones here are no exception. According to my camera's timestamp, I took these in July, but as you can see, they grew in a forested area with speckled light filtering through the trees' leaves. I wish I had put a dime or quarter next to the little fungi to show you better how small these brightly orange fungi were. They were tiny!
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On that same walk and in the same area, I spotted this brightly colored fellow just a little bit later. Also still very small but this one wanted to grow, I am sure. Doesn't the red look pretty against the green moss?
I have no idea what these fungi are if they're edible or not, I certainly didn't touch any of them, but took my photos and walked away.
When I was a child I remember my family going on Sunday morning walks in the local forest to collect fungi. Back then and there I knew exactly which ones were good or bad and we had many yummy fungi stir-fries. Then Tchernobyl happened and it was no longer safe to collect fungi, even in Germany. I would think that has changed by now, but I don't know. And I moved on.
But the good memories are still with me.
Cheers,
(Ocean)Bee
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The bright orange ones look like Cantharellus cinnabarinus the red one reminds me of a red russula.
You might be right I googled it and if they are they are actually edible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharellus_cinnabarinus - though I wonder if there is an 'imposter' species that looks like it. Thank you!
If you look at the gill pattern and they run down the stem a bit and at the edge of the cap they break out in a branch pattern its a type of chanterelle. In the third photo I can see the gills and they definitely look like chanterelles. Also their general shape and form is typical of a chanterelle. They are one of my favorite mushrooms to forage for. If you pick one and smell it, they kind of has a sweet almost flowery smell to them.
This is really great advice! I know once summer comes around again (thinks 'dreaded winter!') I will now be on the lookout specifically for these next year.
Thanks a lot!