Fungi Friday - Hunting for Mushrooms at Night

It has not rained here in a while so I had to dig into the archives to find some mushrooms to post for #fungifriday by @ewkaw

I found a folder where I had taken a walk at around 8pm and it had a lot of interesting finds in it all flash photos of course. This first one is Ductifera pululahuana aka white jelly roll. This one isn't poisonous but it's not edible either because its too gross lol. Though in Asia a relative called cloud fungus is eaten in soups.

It had rained heavily so this tiny polypore was expelling excess fluid in a process called guttation. I suspect this one might be the start of a giant polypore aka Meripilus giganteus. But then again it could be any number of polypores at this age.

Here is another unusual and somewhat rare find an Amanita abrupta. This one is not edible as it causes liver damage from a chemical in it. But it is unique looking for its spiked cap and huge bulbous root.

Here are some Mycena haematopus aka bleeding mycena. These are another inedible one as they haven't been tested for toxicity.

Here is a brittlegill with an orange cap possibly Russula aurea.

The toads seem to like them, maybe they hunt for flies that land on these mushrooms.

Here is another weird one, a stinking earth fan. I'm not sure of the exact name of this one but it is a really tough fungi that has a putrid smell to it to attract insects to spread the spores.

I'm not sure what kind of fungi this is. It kind of reminds me of dog vomit slime mold but it might be some other weird slime mold. The slugs seem to love it.

Here is a big pink bolete. I believe this is a violate bitter bolete aka Tylopilus violatinctus. I gave it a tiny taste test nibble and boy was it bitter, like eating a rotten pecan or walnut sort of taste. I've read that this can be used only if it is pickled then it sort of tastes like a bitter green olive that can be used with cocktails.

That's pretty much all I found on my night mushroom hunt. Happy #fungifriday :-)