814 Month: November 2020 (page 1 of 28)

mushrooms destroyed by an animal

These mushrooms were found off of a sidewalk near my house while on a walk. They appeared to be torn up by an animal. The cap appears to…

worm infested mushrooms

This mushroom was found on the grass off of a walking trail near a school in Surrey. There is a worm visible in the top right corner. These…

mushroom that resembles stones

This mushroom was found on the grass just off a sidewalk while walking my dog near my house. The cap is parabolic shaped, with an even margin. The…

Possible Inocybe species

This mushroom was found near my house on some grass beside a sidewalk while walking my dog. The cap shape looks campanulate, the cap margin appears even, with…

Silky Surface Looking Mushroom

I found this mushroom outside of my house in the lawn growing between colourful (green/purple) leaves/plants and grass. They were quite “stuck” into the soil that I had…

Probably Angel Wings

I found this mushroom while hiking in Lynn Valley, on a log fairly close to the river. It was pure white, with a sort of involute cap with…

Green Kidney Bean

-This fungi was isolated from a purple onion which was in my kitchen fridge. This fungi was labelled 3. -This fungi is a lighter green than it looks…

Green Frisby

-This fungi was an air sample isolated from one of the washrooms in my house. This fungi was labelled 7. -This fungi was among the first to appear…

Lookin’ Like A Butterfly

-This fungi was isolated from an onion root, from a white onion that I found in my kitchen. The one I will be describing is the brown fungi….

I See Blue, Do you?

-This fungi was isolated from dirty rainwater which I found in a puddle outside. The puddle included dirty rainwater, mud, and rocks but I made sure to get…

IT’S SO FLUFFY!

-This fungi was isolated from a rotting leaf from an unknown large tree in my neighborhood. This rotting leaf was half brown and half green, with some bumpy/rough…

Adorable Tiny Mushroom

This mushroom was found growing from soil in Lynn Valley, a fair distance away from the river and a couple hundred feet higher. It had an ovoid cap…

Probably Turkey Tail

I found this fungus while hiking in Lynn Valley area, growing on a log near the river. It was quite hard, and had no hairs on the top…

Single Big White Mushroom

This is a gilled mushroom growing in my backyard. It was a “lonely” mushroom growing in the grass of my backyard with a bunch of dead leaves surrounding…

Possible Lawnmowner’s Mushroom

Found growing from the ground in a lawn. Hygrophanous, campanulate, even, smooth cap. No partial veil observed. Broad, average crowded,even gills. Cenral, posibly flexuous stem. Dark brown spore…

Possible Sulfur Tuft

Found Growing on dead log on coniferous forest in thick, abundant clusters. Umbonate, even, sericeous cap. Partial veil not observed. Narrow, average crowded, possible even gills. central, possibly…

Possible angel wings

Growing on dead coniferous log in mossy area of coniferous forest. white, smooth flabelliform, undulating cap. no partial veil present. long decurrent, narrow, average, close, even to crisped…

Coral mushroom

Growing from dead coniferous wood in mossy area of coniferous forest. white, smooth branched fruiting body. spikey tips although most characteristics are not on the key distinct morphology…

Cantharellus sp.

Growing from ground on mossy area of coniferous forest. Arched, smooth undulating cap. partial veil absent. branched,decurrent, narrow,thick,subsident,even gills. eccentric, radicating stem. consistent with Cantharellus sp. possibly golden…

Mushroom that looks like an inside-out umbrella at base of tree

This mushroom was found growing in the dirt at the base of a tree. It looks very similar to the Amanita muscaria, except its cap has very different…

Fly Agaric growing in grass near some trees

This mushroom was found growing on the grass near some trees. This mushroom is the easiest to identify out of the ones I have found. It has an…

Fungus growing on dead tree stump

This fungus was found growing on a dead tree stump. Just from looking at it I recognize it from what we went over in class. It seems to…

Mushrooms growing in grass in backyard

These mushrooms were found growing in the grass in my backyard and are dark in colour and gilled. They have a smooth cap that is campanulate with no…

Mushrooms growing in mossy grass

These mushrooms were found growing in some moss and grass in my backyard. In this image there are two mushrooms; one lighter mushroom and one darker mushroom with…

Fairy Ring Clusters

Found growing in the lawn of my parents backyard. Umbonate, even cap with a smooth texture. No veil. Close gill attachment. Braid thick gills with subdistant spacing. Even…

Brown Bolete

Growing in corse gravel this was found on a path near a forested area. Bolete Mushroom. Shallow convex cap. Undulating margin. Smooth texture. Veil absent. Has pores. Stem…

Thick Bark Fungi

Found growing on the side of a birch tree in a forested park. None of the features in the visual key in lab really apply to this fungi….

Big Mushrooms Around Tree Trunk

These mushrooms were found growing around a huge tree trunk where the ground/soil was covered with dead leaves, grass, moss and other little green plants. This is a…

Tiny Cute Mushroom

This mushroom was found on the sidewalk growing between weed/small plants and other greenery (with other dead leaves). This mushroom was a gilled mushroom and the other morphological…

Mushrooms on a dead tree

These mushrooms were found on a dead tree in Mundy park. Most of the larger caps appeared depressed in shape, but some were somewhat convex. The cap margins…