Tripping and Shrooms

If anyone is still wandering by this blog you might be expecting a long overdue race report from any of a number of races I've done since the last post went up so long ago I don't even remember when it was. Well, that isn't what you'll get today. Instead, Eva and I went hiking on the Ice Age trail in central Wisconsin last week and I thought it would be a fun game to take pictures of as many different mushrooms as possible, since they were many, varied, and quite photogenic. So I'm going to post those pictures here with some rough classification on a few of them. Also, a word of caution, you shouldn't eat any of these mushrooms because mushrooms are gross and will kill you. This applies to all mushrooms everywhere, but especially the unsavory characters displayed below.

 Suillus americanus

 This old guy (maybe a Cortinarius spp) looks like something took a poop on him. There was another one nearby with a yellow center that made it look like a fried egg.

Suillus luteus chatting it up with a friendly Cerenna Unicolor

This Stropharia rugosoannulata is wearing at turtle costume 

 Amanita Muscaria - Every one of these that I saw really made me want pancakes for some reason

 Ramaria Formosa - This coral mushroom Migrated from the great coral reef when ocean acidification started becoming a problem.

 Young Honey mushrooms - These were adopted by a kindly old pinecone who knew she would never have children of her own to raise.

 Cerenna Unicolor is a friendly fungus that will hang out with moss, leaves, or just about anyone really

 Lactarius Deliciosus

 Flammulina Velutipes - or velvet foot. These mushrooms like climbing trees to feel the wind in their gills.

 Calvatia Gigantea - As the name implies, this little marshmallow has a lot of room to grow

Scleoderma citrinum - otherwise known as the Pigskin poison earthball, this little guy is actually half hedgehog. 

 Ganoderma applanatum might look like great stairs for climbing up trees, but when you are a big fat fatty like I am they are never strong enough.

 Sulfur Shelf - This fungus has a symbiotic relationship with stumps. It makes it appear to passing hikers that the stump is on fire so they don't sit on it.

Pleurotus Ostreatus - This tree is playing the mushroom version of the chubby bunny game with these. He has about 20 in his mouth now, but remembers the time he fit 57 in there.