Freaky Fungus

At my family Farm, there was a Toadstool, when I was a Boy, opposite the side of our house. I was told that it was poisonous. Then I saw Toadstools on Kids' Shows.

Like Mr Frog saying, "Toadstools are for Toads! Not Pondles!"

These are the best picture that I have. The first is last month, the second is last year around the end of October 2023.

Have you read that merlin sheldrake book entangled life? Really, really eye opening. If there was on fungi on earth, there would be no 'us'. 

IndigoMandala said:

Top one is an oyster

Thank you.

Top one is an oyster  but unsure on the rest. 

Top one is chicken of the woods. It's edible and resembles chicken when fried apparently. 2nd one is Amanita muscarina......the santa shroom that gives reindeers their powers lol. Not reccomended for consumption.

thats ok. if any other members what to know what things are when they send photos I can help them aswell 

Thank you Zo.

That is very helpful

I can help. Im not 100 percent sure about the first one or the last one.  but what I can say with 100 percent certainty is that its bracket fungi. photos both above and below arnt allways nesacery  but it can help to have photos of both abouve and below sometimes.  fungi are very diverse.  

in case you might find it interesting.  

even though fungi have gills not all fungi have gills.

some do like your one in the first photo but some dont.  it depends on the species and family.

when they do have gills gills can also be differant colours so there not allways the same colour.  

the lack of  gills underneath fungi can help with identification aswell. 

 sometimes with some species of fungi they have spores on them aswell  and the spores can also be differant colours.

they can be visable in photos of the underneath of fungi sometimes when they do aswell 

you can still identify species of fungi  without it but it can help with identifciation with some  species of fungi. 

 the abouve of differant species of fungi arnt  allways the same colour as below and  the shape of fungi can also be a identification  feature in differant species of fungi aswell as texture. 

not all species need to be taken abouve and below and can be identified with just a picture of the whole organism without photos of abouve or below but it can be helpful sometimes.

with the second one it could be an inside out one so what your seeing is the under neath of the fungi.  with the 3rd the  species could  be jelly ears. it is called that cause they look like jelly ears. the 2nd photo could very well be the same organism as the 3rd photo. 

 im glad your enjoying  it like the  others. a fungi thread is a cool idea that youv come up with.  the brackets are Chicken of the woods on the top left on the first photo. the next two underneath is fly agaric 

the one on the bottom left might possibly be giant polypore or similar species to giant polypore. the one on the bottom right could be in the puffball family .yes. fungi can be very interesting. 

Nice, idea! I'll try to dig some out too in the next few days.

IntruderAlarmAbatis said:

Alien's Ear Hole

Excellent name

I love #2!  I could try and give a Latin name, but i'll simply go with Alien's Ear Hole.  It's nice though.

If anyone here knows their fungus, it would be great to get an ID of any.

IntruderAlarmAbatis said:

when I find one it's like bumping into a unicorn, beautiful, mysterious and unbelievable

Nicely put.

I will have to forage for any photos I have.

Thank you for starting this thread with your super photos.

We now have a fungus challenge.