A Mycophiles Adventures In The PNW

My love for mushrooms, fungi, slime mold, and the like has grown immensely over the past few years. Please enjoy my photography! Follow me on Instagram: bean_mama 😘👌🏼

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Long time no see, Tumblr! Here’s some Stropharia ambigua from my walk in the woods today

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Hello Tumblr, it’s been a long time.

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Not my typical post but it's winter here in the PNW and the mushrooms are few and far between! Here's a beautiful bald eagle along the Nooksack River! Here for the salmon run!!!

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Snow topped Panellus Serotinus

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Stereum sanguinolentum aka bleeding conifer parchment is a fungi that causes "red heart rot" which is a red discoloration on conifers.

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So many coprinellus micaceus

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Haven't posted in a while

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Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis

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Fairies love pancakes and wine 🍴🍷

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Tea and cookies with the fairies ☕️🍪✨

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Every year for the last 3 years at this same exact time of September on the Excelsior Trail off of Mount Baker Highway we see Hydnellum peckii. It's my absolute favorite fungi. Also called "bleeding tooth fungus" or "Devils tooth" it exudes a bright red fluid that contains a pigment that has anticoagulant properties. It only looks like this for a short amount of time before turning brown. I always feel so lucky to see it like this.

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Mycena

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Oops I haven't posted in forever and a day. Sorry I forgot about you, Tumblr

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Big beautiful Aleuria aurantia

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Coral fungus

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I believe these are Kuehneromyces mutabilis

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