Not that I am aware of. The reason that I choose to cut them rather than pick them is so that I can minimize the amount of dirt that ends up in my bag with the mushroom once they are picked. As they jostle

Oops. I clearly published this a day early on accident. Enjoy the early access, and happy Friday haha

Great to know! Thanks for the link as well. I find tons of crown-tipped coral fungus throughout the year here, but have never tried it. Any dishes you particularly like using them in?

Cool! I had no idea that Ramarias were even edible. The only edible coral fungus I'm aware of is crown-tipped coral fungus.

I've personally never tried one, but I am planning on giving them a try once I have found a few that are in better condition than the one that I found this last week. If last year is any indicator for

Thanks for facilitating the contest! Happy to join!

Here is my entry to this round of the contest: Yellow Warbler Chicks

I'm not sure what you mean by making/spreading mushrooms our in nature, but if you are asking about collecting spores to grow mushrooms at home, it is fairly simple. You can collect spores from most cap

Sneaks up on you sometimes!

Here is my entry to this round on the competition: Canada Goose Gosling:

Thank you, and welcome to Hive!

My entry - Blue-Eyed Fawn:

I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

Here is my entry for this round of the Show Me A Photo contest: Downy Woodpecker

It looks like this: It's like pepper spray but stronger. It's meant to deter large predators like bears.

Great point. There are some mountain lions and black bears that live in the area. They are fairly rare to fun into unless you are well off the beaten path, but I do bring bear mace with me on my longer

Happy to help!

I think you are right. They look like brick caps to me! You do typically see a similar brick-red color as shown in the center of the cap becoming more and more pronounced on the stem as you move from the

Here is my entry for this week's challenge: I feel foolish that I forgot to post a link in the comments to my entry last week, so I will include it here as well for anyone that is interested! Last week's

As far as I'm aware, the names 'Bisporella citrina' and 'Calycina citrina' are synonyms for the same species of fungi (source: