Fungi Friday - Catching Up On Spore Photography

Happy Fungi Friday! It's been a few weeks since I last posted, but I am back with new spore photography from various fungal species found in Michigan, USA. Little to nothing has been growing as of late due to the snow and cold temperatures, but my newly found free time, which would have otherwise been dedicated to searching the local woods, can now be redirected to catching up on the many spore prints I have collected over the previous several months.

When I come across a particularly fresh mushroom, or one that I have never encountered before, I will do my best to carefully transport one or two samples back to my home to take spore prints. While in the past I have done my best to collect, prepare, and image the spores within the first couple of days after collecting them, the last few months have proved to be too busy for me to get around to imaging most of my collections. Now that winter has fallen on my region of the world, I have plenty of time to go through my collections and begin the arduous task of catching up on my spore photography.

While I am sad to say that many of my samples seem to have gone bad in the time between collection and imaging (perhaps I stored them in too humid an environment causing the spores to lyse?), there are still plenty of viable samples to be imaged. Below are a few new images that I was able to collect over the previous few days.

Happy Fungi Friday!

Orchard Toothcrust (Sarcodontia crocea):

Bear Lentinus (Lentinellus ursinus):

Sandy Laccaria (Laccaria trullisata):

Boletus variipes:

Chicken Fat Mushroom (Suillus americanus):

Purple-and-White Deceiver (Laccaria ochropurpurea):

Sour Gold-pored Bolete (Aureoboletus auriporus):

Shiny Cinnamon Polypore (Coltricia cinnamomea):

Black-staining Polypore (Meripilus sumstinei):

Field and Button Mushrooms (Genus Agaricus):

Brittlegills (Genus Russula):

Webcaps (Genus Cortinarius):

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