#fungifact

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I found some mushrooms in my yard (as well as one in the nearby forest) I believe the silver egg-shaped ones are Shaggy Inkcaps (Coprinus comatus) and the black flat ones I thought were Common Inkcaps (Coprinopsis atramentaria) but after looking at some pics online I believe they are just Shaggy Inkcaps that are older and have self-decomposed a bit more. (I'm not even going to try to figure out what that small brown one is, there are a like a million species that look exactly like that)

[fungi-and-a-funguy]

Fungi Fact 193: The western varnished conk(Ganoderma oregonense) is an edible bracket fungus in the genus Ganoderma, which is unusual as most species in Ganoderma have a wood-like texture and flavor, and are inedible. The western varnished conk can be found on the Northwestern coast of North America.

[fungi-and-a-funguy]

Fungi Fact 191: Mycena is a genus of Fungi with approximately 500 species, a large amount of these species smell like chlorine or radishes. Mycena species are saprotrophic(decomposers).

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Fungi Fact 190: The Zambian slender Caesar(Amanita zambiana) is an edible mushroom found in Africa, when it is in season it significantly contributes to food security in Zimbabwe. The mushroom is mycorrhizal(forms symbiotic relationships with plants for food, usually mutualistic(++)), usually forming mycorrhizal networks with trees from the Brachystegia genus.

[fungi-and-a-funguy]

Fungi Fact 192: "North American species of Mycena." is a monograph(big book about 1 specific topic) about Mycena species in North America, it was written in 1947 by the mycologist Alexander H. Smith.

It is available online for free here: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/f/fung1tc/AGK0806.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext