I went out looking for morels emerging for spring but I think I am still a bit too early for the season. Instead I found lots of turkeytail (trametes versicolor).Here is a bunch of turkeytail for this #mushroommonday
Quite a few dead logs were completely covered in turkeytail. With so many carpeting this dead log it has a fractal pattern that tricks the eye. This would look extra trippy if you had just eaten a psilocybin mushroom...
Against the leaves they look quite camouflage but the pattern is too similar and bold compared to the leaves.
Around here this is a very common mushroom that also has medicinal uses. I like to boil it for a few hours then mix the boiled water with herbal tea to get the anticancer and vitamin D benefits.
This chipmunk house is starting to get infested by turkeytail. I'm sure they help serve as little steps for the chipmunks and squirrels to scurry into safety quickly.
This batch is a slightly different color that's why their Latin name is Trametes versicolor, they vary in color quite a bit.
Here is a more tan and orange version with a bit of false turkeytail crumbles on the edge of the log.
This version has some blue coloring in it and coppery stripes.
As turkeytail gets older it starts getting infested by algae and moss and usually starts turning white.
I found some super ancient turkeytail as well. This stuff has turned black and crumbles into dust if you touch it. This dark crust version of turkeytail almost reminds me of what happens to a birch polypore when it gets infested by chaga fungi. Maybe after a mycologist researches it perhaps this ancient form of turkeytail might have all the medicinal properties of both chaga and turkeytail.
That's all for now, hopefully I'll be able to find some morels this year... Thanks for looking :-)
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Love the complex patterns of the first two pics. And of course the chipmunk house is adorable. Since we started foraging some last fall, my interest in mushrooms quickly exceeded my knowledge. Do turkeytails live through the winter and start growing again in spring? Or is the growth from last year just strong enough to survive the ice and snow so it hangs around then different, new mushrooms grow in the spring?
Turkeytail lasts quite a few years they grow slowly over time. I usually harvest only the fresh looking ones not the pale colorless ones or the ones with algae all over them. I went out looking for dryad's saddle and morels but I didn't see any this time, hopefully I didn't miss them again this year.
Wow, this is a very extraordinary mushroom nest.
Cool.
I just need a shot of a chipmunk poking its head out of the nest.
Yeah, you have to be patient to wait.
And very old ones, interesting.They are beautiful @sketch.and.jam and you found so many... 😊
Just imagine being the poor tree covered in all those things. Fortunately they don't grow on humans lol.
Yes, I wouldn’t want to be that poor tree. 😞
Even one is bad for it.
Luckily they don’t grow on humans 😋
Have a great day @sketch.and.jam
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It would be quite a chewy pizza, perhaps they could be powdered then snuck into the flour in the dough.
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wonderfull depth here 😀 Looks beautiful! ❤️
The textures they create are a bit dizzying, I hope I can find some more of the blue colored ones soon.
very beautiful and interesting mushrooms
Thanks, they are quite common here.
Such a beautiful mushroom
Mushrooms are so awesome