184 Month: December 2020 (page 5 of 7)

Tall Mushroom in soil

I found this mushroom at a park in Chilliwack. It was growing next to the walking trail in the soil near trees and dead leaves. It has gills…

Rust on a Log

This rusty fungus was found growing on a decaying log in Pacific Spirit. The front has a dark orange center, with a gradient that becomes lighter as you…

They’re tougher than they look

These overlapping blobs that were found growing on a lovely coniferous tree look friendly and soft enough, but upon touching/tapping them they appear to be as tough as…

Mushroom growing on a Tree

I found this mushroom at a local park growing on a tree. As you can see in the photo, there were lots growing together. This mushroom has gills,…

Majestic Turkey Tails

This shelf fungus was found on yet another fallen log on the Pacific Spirit trail. The anterior grows in rings of varying shades of brown and the posterior…

Blob on a Log

This blob was found growing on a fallen log by the Capilano Canyon trail. Its features do not fall into any of the characteristics we reviewed in the…

Mica Cap Mushroom

I found this mushroom at a park in Chilliwack. It was growing in the soil next to some rotting trees, and was found clustered as seen in the…

Yellow Brain Fungus

This jelly-like fungus was found growing on the wooden railing of a trail in North Van. It does not fall into any of the features covered in the…

Mushroom on a log

I found this mushroom at local park, growing on a log. It appears to have gills and a convex cap shape. Its gills are adnate, cap is smooth…

White Inocybe Mushroom

This mushroom was found at a park in my neighborhood. It was growing in the soil of the trail beside the trees. It is gilled and has a…

Little Tiny Boys

Where was it? Found growing in forest soil in Burnaby Characteristics? Very small mushrooms with a toasted looking cap Cap shape: convex umbonate Cap margin: split Cap surface…

Small Purple Mushrooms

Where was it? Found in a wooded area in Burnaby growing on a dead and rotting log Characteristics? Pinkish/purplish to white caps, very small and thin stemmed. Cap…

Interesting Orange Mushrooms

These were found in a ravine near my house growing on some dead trees. The caps appears umbonate. The cap margin looks sulcate. The cap surface looks smooth…

Little Orange Jellies

Where was it? Found on a fallen stick in a small forested park after heavy winds in Burnaby Characteristics? A slime mold found as a bright orange cluster…

Front Yard Brown Mushrooms

These orange mushrooms were in my front yard. The cap appears slightly umbonate with an even cap margin. The cap is smooth with no partial veil. The gills…

Red and white mushroom

This is a mushroom with a red cap with white warts on it that was found growing in the ground next to the base of a tree. The…

Small White Mushrooms

These are small white mushrooms from my friend’s kitchen. The cap is convex, smooth and has an even cap margin. They do not appear to have a partial…

Little Potato

Where was it? In the grass near a sidewalk in a Burnaby alley Characteristics? Looks like a little potato, but when opened up has lots of black tissue….

Tiny brown mushroom growing on wood

These are tiny brown mushrooms growing in crack within a wooden pole. The caps are conic with striate margins and rugose surface. There is no partial veil, and…

Little Mushrooms on a Log

These were found on a dead log in a ravine near my house. It does not appear to be branching and looks different than the average mushroom. They…

Lots of yellow mushrooms

Where was it? This fungus was found on a rotting log in a city forest. There were very large clusters and it was numerous all over the log….

Cluster of light brown mushrooms

These are a cluster of light brown mushrooms found growing on a log off the side of a hiking trail. The cap is convex but also kind of…

Red Mushroom

These mushrooms were found when I was on a walk near my house off the sidewalk near some trees. The brown one appears much older because it no…

A brown coloured mushroom

This mushroom was also found from a grocery store. Some of its characteristics involves: a cap shape that is convex (evenly rounded), the margin is Crenate, cap surface…

Big polypore

Found growing on a fallen log off the trail by a creek. The cap shape is conchate. The cap margin is undulating, The cap surface is uneven. No…

White gilled mushroom

This is a white gilled mushroom that I also found off the side of the sidewalk growing in the grass/dirt. This one has a small mushroom next to…

Brownish white cap mushroom

Found growing on the soil near a creek. The cap shape is depressed. The cap margin is sulcate. The cap surface is virgate. The partial veil is N/A….

Cream coloured mushroom

This is a cream/beige coloured mushroom found off the side of the sidewalk near my house. There were other mushrooms in the same area but there didn’t seem…

White coloured mushroom

This mushroom was found from a grocery store. However it is a bit old (the colour changed from all white to some brown spots on top). Some of…

Mushroom growing on a log!

I found this mushroom growing on a log in a forest. There was a large colony of them that were growing like shelves on top of another. The…