Cambridge Area 20121006

The Orange Milky (Lactarius deliciousus) is abundant and grows everywhere under hemlock.

 Cold days stimulated someBlewits (Lepista nuda, or lately classified as Clitocybe nuda).

 Linda was busy picking them up.....

 Some gorgeous samples of Agaricus silvicola. Maybe a little too mature for actual pickung, but they look majestic at the background of dark needles.

 This year there is really great numbers of Lepista irina. Found numerous partial fairy rings> Too bad this is not a good edible,

Also, some tricholomas came out in forcel a lot of fairy rings of Tricholoma vaccinum:

Edge of the Escapement - Paddy green Road 20120928

Still great numbers of Honey Mushrooms.No wander they are confusing for the beginners;several examples, all found within 0.5 km:

Some bunches of what I am pretty sure is Hypholoma capnoides, but the characteristics are too near Sulfur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) for comfort.

 The whole fields of Aborted Entelomas:

 This looks like Enteloma clypeatum (somewhat over mature stage though), but not too sure.

 The amanitas are coming up again.

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Some impressive slime mold.

 Found one big beech tree with several bunches of Lentinellus cochleatus around it. Pretty good edible, somewhat chewy if the lower stalk is not removed.

Christie Lake Conservation Area 20120929

Dalibor (my son) picking blewits (Lepista nuda). The are showing up, mainly under conifers at this point in time, together with tricholomas and cortinariuses.

 The Shaggy Parasol (Macrolepiota rachodes) covers the whole areas under Norway spruce and Hemlock mixture. Really abundant this year:

As usual, the King Bolete is alone......

Cambridge Area 20120925

Blewits (Lepista nuda) started pretty strong in this area. Very good edible, common and easy to recognized  Color may vary greatly, from almost whiteish to tan-brown, but to me the smell is most characteristic. They can be in coniferous or deciduous woods, but always buried in debrief (leafs, needles)

 Several Pestle shaped puffballs (Calvatia excipuliformis)

 This looks to me like Pholiota destruens (Destructive Pholiota); I'll try and check later phase, when cap is more distinctive.

 The whole fields of Mica cap (Coprinellus micaceus)

 Unususal number of Enteloma abortivum in unaborted form (charcteristic pink spore print is visible on some of the lower caps)

 IIchoderma resinosum (Late Fall Polypore) going strong, although it is not late fall by any standard yet. On the spots it was heavily picked.

 Still some Hericium americanum around.

Some HUGE tooth fungi, but I ma not sure what it actually is. The candidate size- and color-wise is Scarodum scabrosus (Bitter Tooth), but literature claims that it grows under conifers - this one was under beech

 Another strange tooth fungus, this one on the dead log ?????

 As expected at this time of the year, abundance of Honey mushrooms.

 Agaricus Silvicola, but little over the prime.

Still some Lactarius deliciousus around, but pretty dry and very buggy.