Mushroom Monday - More Winter Mushrooms

Here are a few winter finds for this #mushroommonday

I found some more Bisporella citrina which is nicknamed lemon disco fungi.

Lemon disco fungi is very tiny and hard like plastic. I don't know of any medicinal or culinary uses, at best you might pick one off and use it as a hat for a lego character.

I found some witch's butter. This is edible and good in soups, sadly I only found one little batch on this branch. Although it is edible it really doesn't have much taste or nutritional value. It just offers a good texture for a spicy soup.

I found some more Flammulina velutipes aka winter mushrooms. This year has been very mild so far and there has been plenty of rain so I may find quite a bit more of these. These are a good edible that has a nice mild taste and good texture.

Here is a strange turkeytail lookalike. I'm not sure what species of stereum this might be...

They resemble stereum ostrea aka false turkeytail but their fans are much too small. I'll have to go back here again after a rain to see if they might be Stereum gausapatum aka bleeding parchment fungi. As they expel water they create little red drops hence their common name bleeding parchment fungus.

I found some more phlebia incarnata again. Whenever there is stereum ostrea (false turkeytail) you have the chance of finding pink phlebia incarnata. It seems to grow in the winter as this is the only time I've ever found it.

It is quite bright pink compared to the drab winter landscape. This one has no medicinal or culinary uses. I just enjoy them for their strange bubblegum coloring.