Welcome to the December installment of Mushrooms of the Month. Frigid weather is upon us, but some fungi species can thrive quite well during these freezing months. So if you are out for a cold weather hike or enjoying a winter vacation, keep a keen eye to the forest floor as you never know what winter charms you may find!
In the meanwhile, we can enjoy some “fun” moments in fungi. Below are some experiences we have encountered while searching for delicious edibles in the woods these past years. And if you like these, there are many more to come in the next winter installments of mushrooms of the month. Stay warm, enjoy some CordyChi® hot chocolate, and thaw out some of those delicious edibles you harvested this past spring & summer!
Pleurotus ostreatus by Marita King
Wicket’s discovery by Alan McClelland
Morel Hunting with Bigfoot by Jerry Pepara
Fungiphile Love by Marita King
Laura frondosa by Laura & Bryan Wilson
The Mushroom Magician by Alan McClelland
A Prince promised! by Marita King
Pholiota shelter for the Chief of the Forest by Alan McClelland
Judge me by my size? by Alan McClelland
Hanging out by Alan McClelland
What we love to find in the spring by Alan McClelland
ATMus cyanoxantha by Alan McClelland
Tremella mesenterica by Dan Molter
Xylobolus frustulatus by Dan Molter
Daldinia concentrica by Dan Molter
Lycogala epidendrum by Dan Molter
Multiclavula mucid by Dan Molter
Phleogena faginea by Dan Molter
Pluteus umbrosus by Dan Molter
Cryptoporus volvatus by Walt Surgeon
Piptoporus betulinus by Walt Surgeon
Ganoderma applanatum by Walt Surgeon
Fomitopsis pinicola by Walt Surgeon
Fomes fomentarius by Walt Surgeon
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