Here are some fungi finds from northern Michigan for this #fungifriday
Look at this bright young purple mushroom.
Here is a bit of an older batch that is less bright but still has quite a bit of purple in it. There is also some other corticoid maroon and yellow fungi growing next to it.
As it turns out this is violet toothed polypore aka Trichaptum biforme. This is a turkeytail lookalike because it mostly resembles turkeytail other than the top being mostly white and the bottom having thicker, purple teeth.
I peeled off a piece to check the purple. I can see where it gets the common name violet toothed polypore.
This log is covered in smaller ones that still have some purple rings on the top.
From the other side you can see quite a bit of their purple and orange color.
In terms of size they are fairly small barely the size of a quarter.
Sadly these guys don't have the medicinal properties of turkeytail but they aren't poisonous if you accidentally harvest them for tea or tinctures.
I found a white bolete with a rough stem in a boggy area covered in moss.
I thought maybe it is a Suillus placidus but those have yellow pores underneath. Perhaps this is a birch bolete that hasn't turned brown yet as the stem looks quite similar along with the pores under the cap. They are said to be a nice edible, I would have taken a little taste test to see if it was bitter but decided not to mess it up.
The last mushroom is a red waxycap with a Latin name of Hygrocybe coccinea. Usually when I come up here there are many of these around but this time I missed the rainy season and only found this one. Technically these are edible but are only used as a garnish because if you cook them to eat they lose their color.
That's all for now, happy #fungifriday :-)
😍 love those purple ones! Nice photos on the bolette and waxycap 👍 Happy #fungifriday 🙂
They are fairly common, I bet you have some in your area too. I notice them growing out of dead birch and other white bark trees mostly.
Very nice mushrooms and they cluster a lot in there. From the color, it is also very interesting for us to see and it is very entertainment like this when we see it
Yeah these will fill up entire trees and dead logs after a while, then other types of mushrooms start growing out of them after a while.
Yes friend. Indeed, mushrooms are very fertile growing on rotten wood or dead wood
Never saw purple mushrooms before! Very beautiful.
Hopefully now that its fall the edible Laccaria ochropurpurea will be growing soon. They are another mushroom that is purple underneath with a really nice taste to them.
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Thanks @jasonmunapasee :-)
the type of mushroom that is red is quite impressive,,, the white one that grows among the grass is also no less interesting,, the way it is taken is quite professional in my opinion, but what makes me repeatedly see it is the purple one in the first picture at the top. You show,, the purple color is really charming,, honestly.... I have never found a type of mushroom that is colored like that,, if I find something like that, I will definitely let you know,, what you show this time it all becomes inspiration for me or knowledge for myself,,, thank you very much for sharing,,, hope you are always healthy....
The purple color is a bit rare for mushrooms. Soon there will be another type that will grow this fall that is edible.