Show me your fungus. (Mushroom Photos)

Kara Ann wrote:Wow how fun to find a morel in Disneyland! Thanks for sharing that, Chance.
And thanks to Fred for the reminder about water kefir grains. I had a batch going for a few years, but then was traveling a lot and could not maintain it. I am looking forward to starting another batch this autumn!

Has anyone here tried to make a sparkling gingerbeer (mildly alcoholic) with water kefir? Maybe this is not the right forum for that topic... if not maybe one of you who are 'in the know' can redirect me?

Fermenters Club Water Kefir Booze

It gave me the idea that they need to have a botanical map, and botanical tours/activities at Disneyland. You could have the map on the app. You could have kids/families help plant spaces, learn propagation techniques and clone/graft a plant, sample the edible plants, etc...

We received 2" of rain two days ago and today I stumbled into these giant clusters of mushrooms near an old oak stump. Black-staining polypore?

Just published Portraits of Mushrooms – watercolors by phenomenal Alexander Viazmensky
https://www.shoptmora.org/portraits-of-mushrooms-exhibition-catalog.html

I came across this older discussion and wanted to add a bit. One cool tip is using a mushroom ID app on your phone to help identify any fungi you come across—super handy when exploring! Anyone else here has recent photos to share? Would love to see the diversity of fungi others have found or grown recently.

It’s hard to get a picture that captures all the weirdness. It’s growing in my garlic bed, and has encompassed a couple of the garlics and a bunch of weeds. I have no idea what it is beyond pretty cool and kind of hard-surfaced.

May Lotito wrote:We received 2" of rain two days ago and today I stumbled into these giant clusters of mushrooms near an old oak stump. Black-staining polypore?

May, I'm not familiar with the black-staining polypore (Meripilus sumstinei), but here is an excellent description from mushroomexpert.com to help with your identification:

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/meripilus_sumstinei.html

Here is the wikipedia entry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meripilus_sumstinei

Hope this helps!

Christopher Weeks wrote:It’s hard to get a picture that captures all the weirdness. It’s growing in my garlic bed, and has encompassed a couple of the garlics and a bunch of weeds. I have no idea what it is beyond pretty cool and kind of hard-surfaced.

That one looks a lot like the Dyer's Polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii), a common parasite on Douglas-fir in the Northwest. See what you think:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaeolus_schweinitzii

Mushroomexpert:

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/phaeolus_schweinitzii.html

I see the Dyer's polypore all the time. As the common name suggests, it is used to dye fabrics.

M.K. Dorje Sr. wrote:I see the Dyer's polypore all the time. As the common name suggests, it is used to dye fabrics.

Very cool! I bought my daughter a copy of this book on using mushroom pigments for her birthday last year so after you mentioned this, I passed it on, she looked it up, and we dismantled the whole thing. It's in the dehydrator now and we're going to dye a skein of undyed yarn with it and a tin mordant and she'll make the rest into watercolor which is her real interest.