Fungi Friday - Ramaria Forests
Here are a ton of different ramaria I found in Wisconsin for this #fungifriday by @ewkaw
Here is a slug munching on some pink ramaria.
This is Ramaria botrytis aka pink-tipped choral.
This is a unique coral fungi that has fat stems and tiny pink tips. This has a nice deep mushroom flavor with a firm texture. The key to identifying it is the fat base stems and the pink tips which is fairly unique to any other coral out there.
Here is another species of pink coral, though I don't have an ID on this one.
This is a slightly younger version of the same unidentified coral. Who knows... maybe it is edible but you have to be careful with ramaria fungi. Many species can cause stomach upset. Fortunately none are deadly.
Now for some bright yellow coral.
This one stood out from a mile away in the dried leaves.
These older specimens were still pretty bright on the forest floor.
There are around 200 species of ramaria and many are yellow. My best guess at this one's ID is Ramaria lorithamnus. I have no idea if its edible or not. Too bad cause I found loads of it.
Now for a strange yellow coral or dare I might say a possible example of cordyceps? This still remains a tiny mystery fungi for me.
Now for some drab tans.
This is probably ramaria formosa.
These are fairly common down in Illinois but I found tons of it in Wisconsin. There is more forest area for it to grow up there.
Sadly ramaria formosa is slightly toxic and causes gas and stomach aches. I did a taste test as well just to see if it had any culinary uses and it is pretty bland. So I would avoid eating this.
Now for a bit of halloween flair. Does this one resemble some creepy fingers coming out of the ground?
I have no idea what this coral is. It seems to just have straight tips an no branches like most corals have.
I'll call it the ugly duckling of the bunch lol.
Finally some snow white ramaria.
These ones have unique structure to them with rounded tips and they are really bright white. Sadly I have no ID on these ones either.
That's it for the ramaria forests, happy #fungifriday
In our forests there are also such individuals. And I know from reference books that some can be eaten. But I never raised my hand to pick them and put them in the basket with normal mushrooms...
The crown tipped and pink tipped are my favorite mushrooms for use with pasta as they have a texture that goes well with pasta dishes. Trouble is finding enough for a meal.
maybe. It looks like broccoli, only pink
Tastes like a typical crimini x2 with a firmish texture.
I've never seen pink in our area
I hope to find the purple ones someday.
Fantastic collection of coral mushrooms. Beautiful photos.
@sketch.and.jam
So many here I've never seen in the wild.
The pink ramaria and bright yellow coral I would to find.
I think I found some crown tipped coral in rough shape.
Most amazing how they look just like the corals in the ocean.
The crown tipped is one of my favs, ut typically grows early spring out of dead logs that are really decayed. Tye trick with crown tipped coral is to get it early otherwise it turns bitter. By the time the tips are orangy brownish its already bitter.
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The ones I found were growing on and in large old dead log deep in the woods.
The tips looked fried :-(
Maybe they aren't the crowned. I found them mid- Summer.
Ah go back there late march early april and they'll be growing there again.
Beauties! All of them!
I might have to move to Wisconsin to see these guys more often. There are even purple ones up there I have yet to find.
Super!!!!!
This is the first time I've seen such mushrooms.
I have corals, I even compared them with some of your photos :-)
Indeed, some of them are very similar to corals.
Although this similarity can be seen without comparison :-)
There's a large aquarium store near me that sells coral and many of them look like these mushrooms.
I used earlier to have 3 aquariums
Saltwater tanks are alot of work. Did you put any fish in there with the coral?
No, my corals are not in the aquarium, they are already petrified.
Someday I'll show them a phot
o! I will be happy to watch your coral collection - in my youth days was obsessed with them a lot, too.
Really does look like coral indeed. I grew up in southern Indiana, and I can't honestly remember ever seeing any fungi like this, or if I did I didn't take the time to appreciate it. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah this type of fungi likes the north more. I bet there were lots of morels in southern Indiana though. I always see people getting huge hauls of them from down there.
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