May 20th, 2017
It is the Victoria Day long weekend. I was really busy the last 10 days and I was out of town for part of last week. Nevertheless, I managed several walks through the woods, hoping to find some morels. I must admit almost total defeat. Altogether, I collected a handful of mushrooms.
They are beautiful, but obviously well-hidden, at least from me.
On the other hand, I encountered several different and beautiful specimens. I do not recall seeing them before and I did not have time to do some research to try to identify them. The first one looked superficially like a puffball, but when I cut into it (and it was quite tough), it seemed to be half empty.
This one was quite prolific and covered almost a whole log. Looks to me like the Pannelus stipticus, but I am not really sure.
This looks like some mushroom from the genus Schizophyllum, but I am not even remotely sure about that.
I noticed an absence of the Dryad's Saddle mushroom. Around this time of the year, they are expected to be quite a common find. The Reishi is right on schedule. I inserted in this post a small gallery containing beautiful Reishi buttons and young mushrooms. This mushroom winters on the hemlock trees and logs. Due to over-harvesting in my area, it is a real rarity to find mature specimen from last year's crop. There's a good example in the gallery.
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They are beautiful, but obviously well-hidden, at least from me.
On the other hand, I encountered several different and beautiful specimens. I do not recall seeing them before and I did not have time to do some research to try to identify them. The first one looked superficially like a puffball, but when I cut into it (and it was quite tough), it seemed to be half empty.
This one was quite prolific and covered almost a whole log. Looks to me like the Pannelus stipticus, but I am not really sure.
This looks like some mushroom from the genus Schizophyllum, but I am not even remotely sure about that.
I noticed an absence of the Dryad's Saddle mushroom. Around this time of the year, they are expected to be quite a common find. The Reishi is right on schedule. I inserted in this post a small gallery containing beautiful Reishi buttons and young mushrooms. This mushroom winters on the hemlock trees and logs. Due to over-harvesting in my area, it is a real rarity to find mature specimen from last year's crop. There's a good example in the gallery.
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