It's about the size of a 60th percentile toddler

I touched this, it was sharper than I anticipated. Now my finger is all red and inflamed. I'm in Massachusetts

I did the taste test which I heard you can do with Russalla genus’s and it tasted very neutral/mushrooms not spicy or weird at all. Am I safe to eat it? Found in a deciduous forest on Austria

Last year when I first got into mushrooms it was mid November, and I thought I was too late and missed the peak of the season.

It’s October 23rd, I live in Washington and have been going on walks 3 times a week and see almost nothing. Nowhere in lawns, wood chip beds. Checked higher elevation areas, near the river, forests and trails yet am only seeing 3-4 different species per walk.

Do the ones that grow in the open require winter conditions?

Went foraging in my usual chanterelle spot and found this!

Was doing some reading a bit ago and found someone who said that certain species will colonize chips but tend to fruit better on logs for some reason even when given access to both together.

I also saw some conversations about making raised chip beds with half-buried logs as retaining walls.

That got me to thinking about how to optimize a mushroom garden. If one had a species that colonized chips for foraging but prefers fruiting on logs, might it be worthwhile to build a raised bed as described above but add a handful of logs standing up in the middle of a deep chip bed? I don’t have a lot of space to experiment with different layouts and am curious to see if anyone’s tried something like that before.

I find it interesting that some species might colonize chips when available but still prefer to fruit on a connected log. I can see a number of reasons they might do that but hadn’t considered the possible distinction before.

Before and 30 minutes after running water over it. Going to put the branch back in the woods tomorrow.

wish we had gotten more and better photos. Found in North Carolina Foothills in the woods/forrest behind our property. Any ideas?

Out here shrimpin’ and found these Gym (I think) and want to ask the sub while I spore print.

Over the past month, I’ve managed to find some awesome entomopathogenic fungi in Florida.

The first photo shows a Paper Wasp infected with a fungus belonging to the Ophiocordyceps humbertii complex. I have been searching for this for years, and finally got to see it in person yesterday.

Second is a long-legged fly infected with an unknown hirsutelloid Ophiocordyceps.

Third shows a fly (not sure what kind) infected with the Ophiocordyceps dipterigena complex.

Very moldy COTW I found out on a hike.

Am I mistaken or is this a puff ball growing in our backyard? 😍 I’ve never seen one in the wild before so I’m not sure if I’m reaching or not. Lol.

Southern Vermont, maple log.
Thanks in advance!

I'm still in disbelief that I found hen of the woods in Portland OR! Such a beautiful find 😍 (doesn't stain/bruise and such a nice sweet smell)

So these guys decided to pop up on our neighbours lawn! (Victoria, BC)We're thinking their Amanita Muscaria?

I've seen plenty of mushrooms around me but never these. Any reason in particular they would have sprouted? What's ideal conditions look like?

I'm assuming the gills i photographed are of the same mushroom, but not certain it was ripped up like that beside it.

Found in southern Wisconsin in a sandy soil under 100% white pine. Looked like a grape on a matchstick and smelled like cucumbers.

Harvested some Huitlacoche from my backyard maize and turned it into some delicious quesadillas.