Conifer Mazegill is a fungi that grows on dead wood and lumber, such as the treated post in this photo. While its preferred wood is conifers, it will grow on other kinds of wood.
Conifer Mazegill
Tag Archives: Fungi
The Numbers Game #55
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 176. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Green-spored Parasol Mushroom
I was driving home from my afternoon walk at Upolu, when I saw this mushroom by the side of the road. It was hard to miss, though I apparently managed that on my way down. I had to stop and spend a little time on hands and knees, getting photos.
While I was doing that, the rusty little wheels in my head started grinding and it occurred to me that the mushroom must be around seven inches in diameter. So I got my tape measure from the car, and it turned out to be exactly that.
It’s a Green-spored Parasol Mushroom (Chlorophyllum molybdites), and goes by several other names including Vomiter! Wikipedia calls it ‘the most commonly misidentified poisonous mushroom in North America,’ because its similar to some edible mushrooms.
Even the rusty little wheels knew chopping it into my next scramble wasn’t a great idea.
Posted for Becky’s Squares: Seven. See more responses here.
Orange fungi
When I went to get a haircut recently, my hairdresser was busy with another client, so I took the opportunity to have a walk through her garden as I do sometimes. I found these splendid fungi growing from the stump of an old tree.
Posted for Becky’s Squares theme of “Walking” (See more responses here).
Tree fungi
I’m not sure what these tree fungi are, but I liked the stair step effect in the photo to the left.
Graham's Island 