I Think Red Slime Mold On A Rotting Birch



INaturalist thinks Oudemansiella, rooting shanks but i need to do more digging.


Don't know much about mushrooms except what I get from the grocery store and a white dude with dreds and a hacky sack. Been hiking up in the great lakes area and have come across a ton of different mushies the past few weeks. Gonna get some books and start trying to identify them. Until then I'll leave them be and just take pictures and let yall speculate on what I've seen.

Just the perfect place for a fruiting body.
https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/b6d05d5a-473b-4e11-8ed7-806f26bc9540.jpeg




I've recently realized I really enjoy searching for mushrooms on hikes. Been doing it for a few weeks now and have seen dozens of different kinds of mushrooms, it's been amazing! But a lot of the areas I'm in have no cell reception and am not able to upload photos to inaturalist for identification. Is there an offline app or should get some books on mushroom identification? Also is inaturalist the best app for online identification, and is a topside and underside image enough for an accurate identification? ... read full post

Size: approximately 15 cm tall

I did actually catch some reticulation on the stipe this time so maybe Boletus edulis clade? Not familiar enough at all to make the ID, though. I had found one similar in all respects, but the stipe was very smooth all the way up. Taste was not bitter. I always catch them when they're wormy, but this one was better than the others. ... read full post



That's all! mushroom/fungi are a big part of folklore and they often have fascinating and informative names.
So if you happen to know it, or happen to look up the Latin name, why not add the local name too?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/51932877
Mushrooms I found in a walk in central Florida.

I am not always the best with gymnopilus identification but pretty sure I have it right. These were found in northern Indiana if that is helpful.
Gill shot(did not have a pocket knife so sorry for being a brute): https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7bc7d157-8ac7-464c-b29f-acd42a0d6316.jpeg
Unsure what kind of wood it was growing on because it was submerged but a lot of deciduous got tilled under when they reworked the roadsides, probably some conifer too. Doesn't seem as green as the H. fasciculare I usually see, but who knows?

Just an old birch stump surrounded by raspberries and blackcurrants. Everyone is free to take whatever they like. I'm after Armillaria mellea.


Southern Finland.
It's growing on the stick. Roughly the size of an adult's fingertip.

The woods were absolutely full of these. Found at least 10 patches.