Lobster Mushroom “Hypomyces lactifluorum” This is an oddity among mushrooms. It is a white mushroom with gills and it is infected by a parasitic mold. This results in a bright orange to red mushroom without gills. It is fairly common in our northwest forests and it is considered to be tasty. Photo: Near Drift Creek Falls East of Lincoln City, OR. 8/21/2010
Purple Coral Club “Clavaria pupurea” Purple, fragile and worm-like. Height 3-5″. Generally found on wet ground in coniferous woods. ”Edible but not considered to be choice”. Photo, Camp Magruder near Rockaway Beach, Or. 11/12/2007
The Annual Oregon Mycological Society Fall Show in Portland, Or. is in October. The displays are artistically done and very educational. There are experts at the ready, demonstrations and lots of books. The bottom photo is a succession of the developing Parasol Mushroom “Lepiota procera”. Photo: Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon 12/18/2009
Sulfur Shelf “Laetiporus sulphureus” growing on a log. Orange to salmon with sulphur yellow spores. Size up to 2′ in diameter and 1″ thick on live and dead deciduous and conifer trees. Also pictured is a Red Belted Polypore. Photo: Ho Rain Forest in S.W. Wa 8/31/2006
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Sulfur Shelf “Laetiporus sulphureus” growing on a dead tree. Orange to salmon with sulphur yellow spores. Size up to 2′ in diameter and 1″ thick on live and dead deciduous and conifer trees. Photo: Ho Rain Forest in S.W. Wa 8/31/2006
Deer Mushroom “Pluteus cervinus” Stalk approximately 5″ tall, cap about 6″ in diameter with a slightly raised center. Cap is light brown becoming darker with age. Gills white and turning pink with age. Spore print pinkish-brown. Found on decaying wood throughout North America. Reportedly edible but not choice. Photo: Near Rainier, Or 8/14/2009
Questionable Stropharia “Stropharia ambigua” (Psilocybe) Smooth cap slimy when moist & 1-5″ in diameter, 2-6″ tall, delicate white scales on stalks. Found under conifers, alders & other hardwoods. Spore prints dark purplish to black. “Tastes like old leaves”. Photo: Near Rainier, Or 10/23/07
Scaly Pholiota “Pholiota squarrosa” Cap 2-4″ diameter, Stalk 2-5″ tall, rusty-brown and scaly, gills rusty- brown, spore prints rusty-brown, grows on logs and trees. Edibility: not recommended. Photo: near Rainier, Or 10/09/2006
Parasol Mushroom “Lepiota procera” The stalk is 5- 15″ tall and the cap is 3-10″ in diameter. The cap is smooth and brown early on but is soon covered with shaggy scales. Gills white and not attached to stalk. A ” Veil” covers the gills initially but it eventually becomes a prominent double-edged ring on the stalk. Photo: Near Rainier,Or 10/10/2006
Snowbank Orange Peel Fungus “Caloscypha fulgens” Cup shaped when young becoming flatter and more irregular with age, 0.5 to 1.5″ across, bright yellow-orange to orange. Spring to early summer in damp areas under conifers shortly after the snow melts.
Photo: Cone Peak near Sweet Home, Or. 06/05/2007 © 2007 mkellar