Mycology

There were multiple of these growing on the bark of a... beech tree, I believe. In the Netherlands.

Here is another shot showing more members of the group:

At the time I thought it was some type of lichen, but now I think I might be either an Hypoxylon or an Annulohypoxylon from searching for similar images.

They were quite large too! Really pretty set.

Found these mushrooms growing in a clump of what is probably hare poop.

I think that it is a Deconica coprophila, or "dung-loving psilocybe". It used to be classified in the Psilocybe genus, but it does not show blue bruising and is non-hallucinogenic, and was moved into a different genus.

This even smaller mushroom was also growing in the same clump. I think it is the same species, but it might be a different one:

I thought this growth pattern was weird, and on inspection it seems like it pushed up past a tiny root that is now choking it.

I was thinking of going out his morning to cut the root out.

What do the pros think?

Country: The Netherlands.

According to an AI identification system this might be a Fistulina hepatica.

Looking into it, Fistulina hepatica has an asexual state that does resemble what I see here (Article: Confistulina: a rare and little-known state of Fistulina hepatica)

But I am still not sure. Fistulina hepatica prefers to grow in oak and chestnut. Unfortunately I did not pay close attention at whether the tree was an oak tree when I took the picture, and from the small piece of bark visible in the photo it is hard for me to tell.

Here is a close-up of the surface of this fungus:

Two parasol mushrooms at different stages of development.

Here is a closeup of the cap:

Found in a garden in Germany. Has gills. Here are some more angles.

White polypore in southern France?

Right now I’m in southern France. Seeing these fungi for the first time. Unfortunately I don’t have my books/equipment with me, so no chance for me to get an ID … Does anybody want to venture a guess of what they are? Growing right beneath a Pittosporum sp.

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Please add your favourite shops for gourmet and medicinal spawn, spores, liquid cultures, supplies ... especially interested in finding Cordyceps and heat-resistant strains.

I saw this on the side of the road next to a tree. It was pretty big and quite an unusual shape! There was a smaller one just behind it. I've never seen a fungus like this so thought I'd snap a pic.

Usualy we do not gather alikes. Anyway, probably unedible, not sure and didn't researched, left them as they are but liked the place.

Saw this community pop up on my feed and remembered these neat little guys that popped up in my yard a couple months back so I thought I'd share.

I was pretty sad when the guy who mows our lawn murdered them. They were pretty big! Seemed to practically pop up overnight too!

His girth is substantial.

Edit; The community seems to be really gone, here is a new one! /c/foraging

Title is really the question, I swear the Foraging community was more or less thriving the other week I checked it. What happened to it? Did it merge with this one or?

Some chrysocystidia of Friday's Pholiota squarrosa. (KOH squash mount)

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Found in Eastern Ohio. Not sure what type of tree it is, but there's lots of maple, oak, and black walnut around. There's also something dropping a cherry-like fruit (chokecherry?).

Here's a picture of the underside:

Edit: it wouldn't let me post the other picture, so I'll try doing it in a comment