Mushroom Monday - Cold Spring Finds

Here are a few cold spring finds for this #mushroommonday by @balticbadger and for the fungi lovers group by @qwerrie.

First off I found a couple more morels to add to my collection. I'll probably just dry them for use later.

I also learned that the morels that grow around here are not blonde morels. They are actually gray morels which tend to be smaller than the blonde morels. I'll have to look up the latin name of the gray morels vs blonde morels.

Here is a strange leaf fungus called leaf rust. It starts out in the roots and manifests in the leaf as a bright orange. This causes the plant to be withered looking. This is a May apple leaf.

I found some early blooming summer oysters. It has been unusually cold this year and it is a bit strange to see these oysters growing so early.

Here's what the oyster gills look like. They run down the stem and all oyster mushrooms always grow out of wood.

Since we have such a cold spring the wood ear is still out and abundant. Fortunately I can harvest them and dry them for later.

Here is a baby dryad's saddle just starting out. This will eventually turn into a huge shelf fungi.

Finally here is a tree that fell over while it had turkeytail growing on the side. Now it has to try and grow vertically.

Happy #mushroommonday