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slothpowerDescription
My first thought was oak bracket, but it’s not on oak. See the leaves in the last two photos.
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Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)Observer
robingoodfellowDescription
On a Maple tree that appears to be mostly-dead
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Dryad's Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus)Observer
lil_sluggerDescription
Found on a piece of driftwood on the beach. I guess the color was washed away somehow?
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Bear's Head Tooth (Hericium americanum)Observer
aldendirksDescription
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Oct. 1, 2018.
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Genus TylopilusObserver
themushroomman74Description
First mushroom I ever tasted to help with ID. Very bitter.
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Wood Ear Mushroom (Auricularia polytricha)Observer
lil_sluggerDescription
Old, dried "jelly/butter" fungus with black edges and a deep amber center when in the light.
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Oyster Mushrooms (Genus Pleurotus)Observer
khstewartDescription
Not sure what these are but similar ones pop up a few yards away every August!
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Fly Death Fungi (Complex Entomophthora muscae)Observer
jenniferhartwellDescription
My eyes literally did not know what I was looking at. So bizarre.
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Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)Observer
megveitchDescription
Budgerigar, flock had 9 total counted
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Domestic Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus domesticus)Observer
riccardomarchingiglioDescription
An eye-catching "ugly duckling"
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Chicago Chanterelle (Cantharellus chicagoensis)Observer
tkripleanDescription
Yellow stipe, orange cap distinguish this chanterelle from others I found more abundantly today. Growing in oak/hickory woodland
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Deer Mushrooms (Genus Pluteus)Observer
jreckDescription
cap 4cm wide x 3cm tall. Gills crowded. What struck me about this one was how well it blended visually with the rotted stump it emerged from.
