Hypomyces luteovirens, syn. Hypomyces tulasneanus
Hiding in the shadows
False Morel fungus
Small fungi growing among the mosses
The Sickener / Russula emetica?
Decorating the base of a tree
Colour among the mosses and lichens
Unidentified fungus
Treasures of the Ghost River forest - a little bi…
Fungus
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Fungi
Brown Cup & Golden Pluteus / Pluteus chrysophlebiu…
Hooded False Morel / Gyromitra infula – poisonous
Puffballs on a rotting log
Fungus
Growing amongst the mosses
Lichens and moss at Rock Glacier
False Morel fungus
Mushroom in a wonderfully lush setting
Cream and wine-coloured
A joy to behold
Treasures of the forest floor
Unidentified fungus
Treat of the day - Black Morel
A little fungi family
The forest is alive with fungi, lichens and mosses
Magical world of the forest
When I used to find fungi
Summer greens
Shapeless fungi
Flat Topped Coral / Clavariadelphus truncatus
Puffballs on a tree stump
Macro puffballs
Like a little flower
Beginning to crack
Coral fungus
Milk chocolate curls
An attractive little cluster
Keeping each other company
One of my forest finds
Sunlit moss
One lone mushroom
Beauty in the forest
Purple Club Coral / alloclavaria purpurea
Puffballs in the forest
Hiding in the moss
One busy log
Hiding in the moss
Forest display
Standing alone
Lactarius rufus
Hidden treasure
Bolete sp.
Pushing up through the mosses
Orange Peel Fungus / Aleuria aurantia
It takes a village to raise a child
Seating for four
Disintegration
Living in a green world
Back to the forest
Hydnellum scrobiculatum
Splash of colour in the forest
Surprise, surprise ... a shroom
White
Ready to catch the raindrops
A different colour
Brown-haired White Cup
What a colour
In mushroom paradise
Eyelash Cup fungus
Liverwort
Cladonia bellidiflora, 'Toy Soldiers'
Sheltered
Coscinodon calyptratus moss
Big .... small
A fancy fungus
Is this Clavulinopsis laeticolor?
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This photo was taken on 6 August 2016, when I went on a mushroom foray at Rod Handfield's acreage. Though this was a fungi day (well, morning), we also came across a few wildflower species, too.
I found the whole day physically and mentally exhausting (a mix of excitement and stress). It was a great day, too, thanks to friend, Sandy! She very kindly picked me up around 8:15 am and we drove SW of the city and SW of Millarville to Rod Handfield's acreage. For a number of years, this has been one of my favourite places to explore, as Rod's forest tends to be full of all sorts of beautiful treasures. It is one of the two best places that I know for mushrooms, the other being Brown-Lowery Provincial Park. This year turned out after all to be great for fungi, thanks to all the endless, torrential rain we had in the summer. This year has had such weird weather - a very mild, dry winter, a spring that was as dry and hot as a summer, and then a wet, thundery summer. Winter paid the city a visit all Thanksgiving weekend and again just a few days ago.
We met up with a group of other interested people, most of whom we didn't know, and we searched the land for fungi. Right at the start, I was telling Sandy that on the last visit there (or one of the last), maybe four years ago (17 August 2010, so six years ago - how time flies!), we had seen a beautiful Amanita muscaria / Fly agaric mushroom growing just a few feet from the start of the hike. Sure enough, there were several growing in exactly the same spot on this day, which was so exciting. Later in the walk, we saw two other patches of absolute beauties of this hallucinogenic, poisonous species, including ones that were at a younger stage. The rain was spitting during our walk, and the forest was so dark, but amazingly, some of my photos came out well enough - but not this one, lol! Thanks so much, Karel, for organizing and leading this trip and for sharing your knowledge with us!
I have to admit that I always find a walk like this rather frustrating. It doesn't work too well when you have people who are photographers and people who are interested in picking mushrooms to eat : ) The latter tend to always be ahead and by the time you catch up to them, you can't see what has already quickly been picked and of course it is usually difficult or impossible to get a photo. This was private land and some of us know the owner, Rod Handfield. In places like the national or provincial parks, one is not allowed to remove anything from the area - but some people still do. You see people with large baskets full of mushrooms picked for cooking! This is especially an east European 'thing'. They have grown up with this tradition and seem to know which fungi are edible or not. Some poisonous mushrooms can look very similar to edible ones, which is why the warning is to never, ever eat any kind of fungus unless you are an expert! As our local Naturalist always says: "All fungi are edible, some only once!"
Sandy and I left the group around lunchtime, to go looking at vehicles at one of the dealerships. In the last year and a half, I had to put far too much money into repairs for my poor old 17+ year old car and finally, I knew that I had no choice but to replace it. After a three-week wait for my new car to arrive, I was finally able to pick it up six or seven weeks ago. A huge learning curve when going from a 1999 car to a 2016 vehicle, but I am so thankful to have reliable transportation!
I found the whole day physically and mentally exhausting (a mix of excitement and stress). It was a great day, too, thanks to friend, Sandy! She very kindly picked me up around 8:15 am and we drove SW of the city and SW of Millarville to Rod Handfield's acreage. For a number of years, this has been one of my favourite places to explore, as Rod's forest tends to be full of all sorts of beautiful treasures. It is one of the two best places that I know for mushrooms, the other being Brown-Lowery Provincial Park. This year turned out after all to be great for fungi, thanks to all the endless, torrential rain we had in the summer. This year has had such weird weather - a very mild, dry winter, a spring that was as dry and hot as a summer, and then a wet, thundery summer. Winter paid the city a visit all Thanksgiving weekend and again just a few days ago.
We met up with a group of other interested people, most of whom we didn't know, and we searched the land for fungi. Right at the start, I was telling Sandy that on the last visit there (or one of the last), maybe four years ago (17 August 2010, so six years ago - how time flies!), we had seen a beautiful Amanita muscaria / Fly agaric mushroom growing just a few feet from the start of the hike. Sure enough, there were several growing in exactly the same spot on this day, which was so exciting. Later in the walk, we saw two other patches of absolute beauties of this hallucinogenic, poisonous species, including ones that were at a younger stage. The rain was spitting during our walk, and the forest was so dark, but amazingly, some of my photos came out well enough - but not this one, lol! Thanks so much, Karel, for organizing and leading this trip and for sharing your knowledge with us!
I have to admit that I always find a walk like this rather frustrating. It doesn't work too well when you have people who are photographers and people who are interested in picking mushrooms to eat : ) The latter tend to always be ahead and by the time you catch up to them, you can't see what has already quickly been picked and of course it is usually difficult or impossible to get a photo. This was private land and some of us know the owner, Rod Handfield. In places like the national or provincial parks, one is not allowed to remove anything from the area - but some people still do. You see people with large baskets full of mushrooms picked for cooking! This is especially an east European 'thing'. They have grown up with this tradition and seem to know which fungi are edible or not. Some poisonous mushrooms can look very similar to edible ones, which is why the warning is to never, ever eat any kind of fungus unless you are an expert! As our local Naturalist always says: "All fungi are edible, some only once!"
Sandy and I left the group around lunchtime, to go looking at vehicles at one of the dealerships. In the last year and a half, I had to put far too much money into repairs for my poor old 17+ year old car and finally, I knew that I had no choice but to replace it. After a three-week wait for my new car to arrive, I was finally able to pick it up six or seven weeks ago. A huge learning curve when going from a 1999 car to a 2016 vehicle, but I am so thankful to have reliable transportation!
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