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Mushrooms in Illinois Canyon
Mushrooms in Illinois Canyon
✦ Decomposing Magpie Inkcap ✦ "Deliquesce" to become liquid typically during decomposition.
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Indigo Milk Cap Mushroom
Lactarius indigo
These otherworldly deep indigo blue milkcaps contain a derivative of azulene. This pigment is also found in some species of soft corals throughout the oceans.
Edible (at your own risk). They have a mild taste to me and I prefer them sauteed.
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Lepiota sp.
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Sometimes it's the little things that make your day.
Tiny mushrooms, an acorn, and lichen amongst a blanket of moss covering the forest floor.
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Reddish brown bitter bolete
Tylopilus rubrobrunneus
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Amanita Sect. Validae
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Chanterelle species
Cantharellus tenuithrix
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Ravenel's Lepidella
Amanita ravenelii
Crawford County, Missouri, USA
Oct. 6th, 2023
Olivia R. Myers
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Lion's Mane Mushroom
Hericium erinaceus
A wonderful surprise awaited us while on a hike. Lion's Mane has a very mild flavor and contains bioactive compounds that have been proven to improve brain health. Remember to always forage respectfully and sustainably.
Crawford County, Missouri, USA
Oct. 6th, 2023
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Old Man of the Woods
Strobilomyces sp.
This shaggy, dusky mushroom is in the bolete family and can be hard to find because it often blends in with leaf litter or pinecones.
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Cinnabar Chanterelles
Cantharellus subg. Cinnabarinus
Like their larger bright yellow cousins, these small reddish orange chanterelles feature false gills which do not easily flake away; likewise, this characteristic helps distinguish them from poisonous lookalikes such as the jack o' lantern mushroom.
Edible (at your own risk). Always have a positive ID before trying any wild mushroom you forage.
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Deer mushroom
Pluteus sp.
Aug. 18th, 2023
Growing in old growth bottomland woods.
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Little Nest Polypore
Trametes conchifer Syn. Poronidulus conchifer
This adorable tiny polypore species was on a hardwood twig in old growth bottomland woods near the Meramec River.
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Aug. 18th, 2023
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Russula sp.
There are over 200 known species of russula in the United States. It's one of my favorite genera of fungi.
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Agaricus sp.
Shadowing the forest floor with its magnificent dark gills.
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Ruby Dapperling
Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Some kind of bolete mushroom
Boletales
This bolete featured unusually large, bright yellow pores.
There are over 150 described bolete species in the Midwestern United States alone, so sometimes it's a challenge to narrow them down to an exact species ID. It's not an ash tree bolete. I found this one while doing field research in an old growth forest near the Meramec River near swamp white oak, pin oak, cottonwood, silver maple, green ash, persimmon, and hackberry trees. I'm not sure which tree it was associated with.
Aug. 18th, 2023
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Amanita sect. Vaginatae
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline