Last weekend we took a trip to Maine. As always, we spent a lot of our time outdoors and we found quite a lot of mushrooms.
For context here is a shot of a trail we walked: hemlock, birch, and pine trees predominated along with lots of fern and moss cover.
There were many Russula sp. around the forest floor. Here is a very large red one that I found, clearly eaten by slugs or squirrels(?):
Here is another Russula from the top. This one had a moldy green cap, white stipe, white gills:
There were many different coral fungi around the forest. I am not confident in their ID yet, perhaps a Ramaria species? This one was quite large.
We found two different species of Leccinum, or "scaberstalk" boletes.
If anyone has an idea of what they are please let me know.
Under the pines we found a Painted Suillius. It is a bolete with a red cracking cap and it forms ectomycorhizal associations with White Pine trees. In the west, there is a similar species (S. lakei) that forms associations with the Douglas Fir pines.
There was also plenty of lichen. Three Cladonia species are below. They are commonly referred to as Pixie-cup lichens because they form cup-like structures or trumpets that a fairy could presumably sit in.
This third one is called Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia arbuscula), and it has a different morphology but still has the long branches just wound in a circular ball shape. It was my first time seeing this species as it prefers the cooler, wetter climates of Maine.
More shrooms:
Perhaps an Entoloma sp?
Milkcap, Lactarius sp?
Waxcap?
I hope to hone my mushroom ID in order to create more informative posts in the future. For the mean time, thanks for taking a look!
