urbpan | Stony Brook mushrooms (Reply)

On August 19th, I took a walk around the Stony Brook Reservation. The previous days had been wet enough that not only were there mushrooms, but many of them had fungus of their own. This Russula has been colonized by a mold.

This bolete appears to have succumbed to Hypomyces infection.

Not all the mushrooms were moldy. This handsome beast impressed me on his own.

On their own. Gendered pronouns make no sense for mushrooms--they don't have sex organs, they ARE sex organs.

Same mushroom, with my tiny hand for scale.

And then this one the most exciting for me! I really like when I come across something I've never seen before but I recognize from the field guides. This one is the ochre jelly club Leotia lubrica.