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October 8, 2006 : Fungus Diversity

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Fungus Diversity

After noticing her set of fungus photographs on Flickr, I have to admit to hoping that Monika (half of monika&manfred@Flickr) would submit a few for use on BPotD. Lo and behold! Monika created a mosaic of her images and (without me asking) submitted it to the BPotD group pool on Flickr (original image) Thank you again, Monika!

If you're curious as to the names of some the fungi featured in the mosaic, you'll have to visit the original image on Flickr (it would take me a long time to reproduce all the links to the original photographs!). You will note that not all of the fungi are identified – fungi can be as difficult to identify as lichens, if not more so. Spend a little bit of time on the fungus and lichen identification forum and you'll quickly learn what's necessary for sussing out the identity of a particular fungus: spore prints, substrate, mature (but not overly so) fruiting bodies, habitat and more.

Are you local to Vancouver? If so, you have access to a shortcut for IDing your fungus: the Vancouver Mycological Society is holding a mushroom show on Oct 22 from 11am to 4pm at VanDusen; in addition to visiting the displays and mushroom cooking demos, show attendees can bring in their mystery mushroom and VMS members will do their best at identifying the fungus.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at October 8, 2006 5:01 AM

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I love today's photo post, thanks. MM

Posted by: michael Martinez at October 8, 2006 7:46 AM

I'm trying to identify a fungi growing on my lawn. It grows about 5 inches high, it is orange in color (like a carrot), it is tube like that tappers to a point, it also has a brown ring about 1 inch long around it. It grows in clusters. I live in Rhode Island and it seems to come out in mid Oct. It gets morning sun.

Posted by: rich luto at October 20, 2006 12:20 PM

Rich, your question is better posted to the fungus and lichen identification forum linked to in the text of the entry.

Posted by: Daniel Mosquin Author Profile Page at October 24, 2006 2:16 PM

Please share your comments about the photograph(s) and accompanying write-up. Telling a story about the subject of the photograph(s) is also much appreciated! If you have a gardening question, the best place to ask is on the UBC Botanical Garden Forums. Thank you!

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