Click on images below to enlarge and learn a little more about these fungi from Colorado forests. (We are admirers, not experts, on this group. See “More Resources” below.)
- If it looks like a snake… sometimes it’s just a mushroom!
- A baby Amanita; cute but deadly
- Speaking of cute, did you ever see a sweeter button?
- John, this is abuse! Stop that!!
Here are a few imported from elsewhere, in this case Indiana!
- A small brown cup fungus (Ascomycete), deciduous woods near Bloomington, Indiana.
- This gelatinous mushroom was an exciting discovery!
- Turkey-tails, a colorful shelf fungus
More resources on fascinating fungi
By the way, Wikipedia has a nice page on Fungi with lots of information and links. Tom Volk’s Fungi is a definitive source. See also The Mushroom Expert for even more on this fascinating group of… NOT plants.