Gallery: 20100712 Orange Felt Fungus
Unidentified fungus growing on a spruce log. This is at least the second time I’ve seen this species, but I do not know what it is.
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Dryad’s Saddle (Polyporus squamosus)
Its large size, scaled cap, pores, and a few other features make Dryad’s Saddle (Polyporus squamosus) fairly distinctive. Mushroom Expert describes this species as “widespread east of the Rocky Mountains”, and the Northwest Key Council indicates it is found occasionally in the Pacific Northwest. I found this mushroom growing on a standing dead Cottonwood near … Read more
Herring Cove Trail
A cloudy day hike up Herring Cove Trail
Polypore Growth
My brother recently posted about a polypore that had grown around an alder stick, speculating on how this may have happened, given alder’s normally rapid decay, and a polypore’s presumably slow growth. The post reminded me of a picture I took of a polypore growing on a Mt. Ash (Sorbus aucuparia) about a year ago, … Read more
Russula?
Pictures of a Russula (or possibly Lactarius) collected by a friend.