Mushrooms and more at Hammond Pond Reservation

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Last Sunday was a great day for a walk in the woods. Besides the treehopper and carbon balls (previous posts) we saw a lot of mushrooms and other living things. These mushrooms are probably in the Mycena group.




I didn't recognize this forest wildflower. Do you?


I consulted mycologist David Fischer on some identifications, and he said this one was "an Amanita, probably close to A. flavoconia."


Another Amanita, knocked over by a dog, but clearly showing warts, annulus, and bulblike volva, characteristics of the genus.


The woods are close enough to the city that graffiti artists feel compelled to paint on the rocks.


Another group of probably Mycenas.


I thought the gill structure of this mushroom was distinctive, but Fischer said "From the photo the gills appear somewhat crossveined, but the full-length gills appear to be collapsed against one another, so i think that's a red herring. This is almost certainly an Amanita in the A. vaginata group (Amanita section Vaginatae)."


This orange coral fungus is probably a Ramaria, though it seems like this group of fungi are going to go through some taxonomic upheaval before they're totally figured out.


I just like them because they are beautiful.


Another "probably a Mycena," and Fischer pointed out that without seeing the color of the gills or spores an identification was impossible.


These were on the same log and may have been more mature mushrooms of the same species.


Just before leaving I almost stumbled over this little hen-of-the-woods.


Beautiful AND delicious.