Lawyer's Wigs

Mushrooms, Fungi, Lichens and Molds

Folder: Native Flora and Fauna

08 Jul 2010

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Jewel Lichens

I believe these are the Jewel Lichen or Elegant Orange Lichen, Xanthoria elegans. The photo was taken by my wife on the Snowbird Pass trail above Berg Lake in Mount Robson Park on one of our backpacking trips there.

09 Nov 2013

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Orange Peel Fungus

Here's another photo of the some of the Orange Peel Fungus we found while hiking Slide Mountain. The Orange Peel Fungus is Aleuria aurantia and these were growing in the area where we parked our car. From the information I've seen they prefer disturbed soil.

09 Nov 2013

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Rusty Gilled Polypore

Another photo and another fungi from our hike at Slide Mountain. It must be the right time of year but we saw more fungi and mushrooms than I have ever seen before on any one excursion.

09 Nov 2013

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Golden Jelly Fungus

I believe this is the Golden Jelly Fungus, Tremella mesenterica, and thanks to Ken Dies for the identificaiton. This is another find and photograph from our hike at Slide Mountain. We not only found an abundance of fossils but of fungi.

09 Nov 2013

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Panellus serotinus

These mushrooms were photographed near Racehorse falls on a log that appeared to have rolled. I believe, therefore, that these are the bottoms of mushrooms which I've tentatively identified as Panellus serotinus, the Late Fall Oyster Mushroom.

09 Nov 2013

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Lichens

These are tiny, only an inch or so tall. I believe they are the British Soldier Lichens, Cladonia cristatella. These were photographed on a boulder on Slide Mountain in Whatcom County, Washington.

09 Nov 2013

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Mock Oyster Mushrooms

My identifications of mushrooms are in most cases tentative at best and I appreciate any corrections. I believe this is the Mock Oyster, Phyllotopsis nidulans. It was found on Slide Mountain in Whatcom County on a fallen tree trunk.

09 Nov 2013

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10 comments

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Orange Peel Fungus

This is another photo from Saturday's visit to Slide Mountain and the fossil hunting trip there. As is always the case we found much more than fossils and these strange fungi were among the finds. This is the Orange Peel Fungus, Aleuria aurantia, very well-named. They were everywhere on the disturbed ground from the slide. This one is for Sue (Kigelia58) and for my wife, who like Sue, can't pass a nice fungus or mushroom without taking pictures.

20 Aug 2010

14 favorites

6 comments

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Red-banded Polypore

This shelf fungus, the Red-banded Polypore, Fomitopsis pinicola, is very common in our northwest forests, and when out on a summer morning we often find them "sweating" - covered with drops of moisture even though there has been no dew or rain. This example of a "sweating" Polypore was photographed on the Lake Serene trail.
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