January 13, 2006

At the Douglas State Forest I found what looked like a live Polypore triplet.  I have not tried identifying it.  I just found it interesting. From the outer edge of the top mushroom to the bottom of the lower mushroom is about a foot.

It was growing on top of a rotten oak stump.
Bill Yule thinks this one is Daedalea quercina

Here is the underside.

At Prescott Park in Shrewsbury I looked at about 500 birch trees but saw no sign of Chaga.

A surprising splash of color in the winter landscape!  On a fallen, rotten, broken birch I found this orange mushroom growing in many places.

Top

That top one is about 4" wide.

Here is a view of the gills of one.

It looks like a work of art!  It normally fruits September through October.
Bill Yule makes this one to be Phyllotopsis nidulans

Here is a picture of a birch that is larger then 2 feet at the base.  Looks like it was weakened by fungi and broke in a wind about 6" up from the ground.

Here is a close-up of the mushrooms growing on it.  Hairy little things with what at first glance looked like teeth.

Close-up of the top of one, or two of them.

Bill Neill thinks could be Cerrena unicolor
Bill Yule says that those are not teeth but split pores.  They get that way with age.  Here are close-up.

I got this the next day when it was raining.  Those are drops of water.  Part of the pore wall raises to a point.  To the naked eye this looks like teeth.

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