Mushroom Monday - Upper Peninsula Mushrooms

Here are a few upper peninsula mushrooms from the state of Michigan a true mushroom paradise for range of species and scenery.

First we start out with a UFO (unidentified fungal organism). It appears to be a polypore that blooms out in really large ringed clumps from dead wood.

They have very tiny pores and a black stem. The black stem has given me a clue I suspect this might be a bay polypore aka Polyporus durus.

Here is a golden waxycap.

The Latin name is Hygrocybe flavescens and from what I have read is they are "potentially" edible. Some people use them as garnishes to decorate a plate but they are pretty bland and tasteless and if you cook them they lose their color. I suspect eating these raw may cause some sort of stomach ache.

Here is what I believe is a pinning lion's mane aka Hericium erinaceus.

Here is a strange scaly capped pholiota of some kind. I suspect it might be Leucopholiota decorosa or it could be Pholiota squarrosa.

Here is a strange lichen with the Latin name Peltigera praetextata. They have big leafy lobes with an interesting orange bloom at the top.

I think this might be an amanita of some kind, though it lacks a ring on the stem so it might be something else... I have found quite a few of these long stemmed mushrooms with a tough stem and an almost glassy cap. Someday I might find the ID, next time I see one I'll take the cap home to do a spore print.

That's all for #mushroommonday happy hunting :-)