יומן של Candidate For Observation Of The Month - New York Mycological Society

The OOTW for this week is by Sue Zucker-Scharff in Van Cortland Park, NY, US, on October 31, 2021 . Her iNaturalist ID is sazs and the Observation can be seen here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99890295

More about this observation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycogala_epidendrum
https://urbanmushrooms.com/index.php?id=73
http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Fungi_Miller_Stevens_Rumann/Pages/lycogala_epidendrum_page.html
https://ultimate-mushroom.com/poisonous/89-lycogala-epidendrum.html
https://www.gbif.org/species/3213482
https://www.flickr.com/photos/volvob12b/8725469848
https://www.mushrooms.su/en/lycogala_epidendrum.htm

Don't forget to follow her at:
iNaturalist: sazs

The OOTW for this week is by Misha Zitserm in Cunningham Park, NY, US, on November 10, 2021 . His iNaturalist ID is zitserm and the Observation can be seen here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100772249

The exact species cannot be determined without some microscopy, although this identification is probably correct.

More about various species of Pholiota:

https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/pholiota-squarrosa.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64076-Pholiota
https://inaturalist.nz/taxa/64076-Pholiota
https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/64076-Pholiota
https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_exp_for/priest_river/exp_for_priest_river_1968_smith.pdf
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/pholiota_squarrosa.html
https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/6865/shaggy_scalycap.html
https://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/Pholiota.htm
https://ultimate-mushroom.com/poisonous/219-pholiota-squarrosa.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/pholiota/

Don't forget to follow him at:
iNaturalist: zitserm
Instagram: oumuamua123