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Zooming in on a little pleated inkcap (Parasola plicatilis), from Thompson Park: #FungiFriday #Mushtodon #sporespondence #mushroom #fungi

Mushroom angel! This beautiful little mushroom (Russula sp.) was already broken off when we found it, but the way it broke gave it (I think) a rather angelic appearance: #MushroomMonday #mushroom #fungi #Russula #Mushtodon #sporespondence

Red-mouth bolete (Boletus subvelutipes), from the Wiley Trails: #FungiFriday #Mushtodon #sporespondence #boletes #mushrooms #fungi

Laetiporus cincinnatus https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Laetiporus_cincinnatus.html Ecology: Parasitic and saprobic on living and dead oaks; causing a brown rot of the butt and roots; growing alone or gregariously at the bases of oaks or on the ground nearby; late spring through fall; fairly widely distributed from the Great Plains eastward. The illustrated and described collections are from Illinois. Fruiting Body: Up to 45 cm across; usually consisting of several to many caps in a rosette but very rarely consisting of a shelving array near the base of the tree. Caps: 4-20 cm across; 6-20 cm deep; up to 2 cm thick; fan-shaped to semicircular, kidney-shaped, or irregularly lobed; smooth to wrinkled; finely suedelike; pale to bright pinkish orange, often with vague concentric bands of alternating shades of color; frequently fading in maturity and with direct sunlight; the margin often whitish. Pore Surface: Whitish; not bruising; with 2-3 circular to angular pores per mm; tubes to 5 mm deep. Stem: Usually absent; when present poorly defined, whitish, tough, more or less central. Flesh: Thick; soft and watery when young, becoming chalky and eventually crumbling easily; white; not changing when sliced. Dried Specimens: Cap surface and pore surface become dull pinkish orange to dull brownish orange and retain these shades for at least 20 years in the herbarium; they can often be distinguished from herbarium specimens of Laetiporus sulphureus, which are yellow to yellow-orange. Odor and Taste: Not distinctive. Chemical Reactions: KOH negative on cap surface and flesh. Spore Print: White. Microscopic Features: Spores 4-6 x 3-4 m; broadly ellipsoid; smooth; hyaline in KOH; inamyloid. Hymenial cystidia not found. Contextual hyphal system dimitic. Contextual binding hyphae 5-15 m wide; often branching; aseptate; smooth; walls 1-1.5 m thick; hyaline in KOH. Hymenial trama generative hyphae 4-7 m wide; tubular and unbranched; usually parallel; septate; smooth; thin-walled; hyaline in KOH. Clamp connections not found. #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #shrooms #mushtodon #sporespondence #floraspondence

I went for a lovely walk in my favorite park today. The sky was kind of hazy. I thought it was just cloudy. But this afternoon I took a deep breath and started coughing. Checked the air quality and realized maybe it wasn't the best day for being outside. Oh well, I saw some awesome mushrooms. #MushroomMonday #mushtodon #sporespondence

A trio of mushrooms (maybe pale brittlestem, Candolleomyces candolleanus) growing at the base of an old stump in Thompson Park: #FungiFriday #mushrooms #fungi #Mushtodon #sporespondence

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Brittlestem (Psathyrella candolleana) mushrooms in the backyard: #FungiFriday #Mushtodon #fungi #mushrooms #sporespondence