Here are some fungi finds from northern Michigan for this #fungifriday
Look at this bright young purple mushroom.
Here is a bit of an older batch that is less bright but still has quite a bit of purple in it. There is also some other corticoid maroon and yellow fungi growing next to it.
As it turns out this is violet toothed polypore aka Trichaptum biforme. This is a turkeytail lookalike because it mostly resembles turkeytail other than the top being mostly white and the bottom having thicker, purple teeth.
I peeled off a piece to check the purple. I can see where it gets the common name violet toothed polypore.
This log is covered in smaller ones that still have some purple rings on the top.
From the other side you can see quite a bit of their purple and orange color.
In terms of size they are fairly small barely the size of a quarter.
Sadly these guys don't have the medicinal properties of turkeytail but they aren't poisonous if you accidentally harvest them for tea or tinctures.
I found a white bolete with a rough stem in a boggy area covered in moss.
I thought maybe it is a Suillus placidus but those have yellow pores underneath. Perhaps this is a birch bolete that hasn't turned brown yet as the stem looks quite similar along with the pores under the cap. They are said to be a nice edible, I would have taken a little taste test to see if it was bitter but decided not to mess it up.
The last mushroom is a red waxycap with a Latin name of Hygrocybe coccinea. Usually when I come up here there are many of these around but this time I missed the rainy season and only found this one. Technically these are edible but are only used as a garnish because if you cook them to eat they lose their color.
That's all for now, happy #fungifriday :-)