Dead Man's Fingers aka Xylaria polymorpha (lemmy.world)
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Auricularia auricula-judas is now called wood ear or black wood ear and is edible....
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Central Florida, so probably not oyster. Also, definitely not an oyster based on that stem. And it was only an inch and half tall.
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Photo by Steve Axford, but link is broken.
Photographed by James A. Christensen. Here’s his website: primevalnature.photoshelter.com
For the visually impaired: a cluster of rather ordinary looking mushrooms under a hollybush with the exception that they are completely purple.
For the visually impaired: an unusually shaped mushroom. No mushroom head and the trunk splits into many trunks like a tree or a form of coral. Completely purple....
For the visually impaired. Standard issue mushroom, but completely purple. Perspective of the photo makes it look huge, but this species is typically only around 6 inches wide.
Captain Obvious says, “Don’t eat it unless you’re 100% sure.”...
In the Meudon forest near Paris, France.
helvella dryophilaHelvella dryophila...
A sp. of Phallaceae. Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia....
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cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/653677...
Only recently started learning about mushrooms and this is the first mushroom I’ve been able to identify in the wild!
I can’t find the original. AI possibly? IDK.
A friend got me Frank Hyman’s How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying, which I like alot because it has some nice clear photos and it’s small enough to pack in my bag easily....
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Image of tall, translucent blue mushrooms clustered in lake water in a deciduous forest....
Image of a mushroom on log with pine needle cover. Blurry green background. The mushroom is tan colored and made of many layers like a flaky biscuit....