A Walk in the woods.

[moldylogic]

These are some mushrooms I've recently found growing.
Any help identifying them would be great.

Disclamer: No mushrooms were 'hurt' during this excursion.

1. The first mushroom was found growing right by the river side on an unknown dead tree. It was huge, and home to quite a few beatles.

2. Picture of the tree the first mushroom was found on.

3. The orange mushroom was found a bit higher up in elevation in the same general.

Both were polypores.

[Mermaidia]

Thanks for sharing!

[seymorebunz]

The orange one looks like reishi....someone will certainly let me know if I'm wrong.

[moldylogic]

Both of them were found in Hardiness Zone 6b - 7a

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[seymorebunz]

http://forums.mycotopia.net/showthre...ghlight=reishi

Check out Vinz's pictures of reishi.

thats a yellow form of reishi. very nice

how tough was the other polypore.....dense like rock or tough like leather?

[moldylogic]

The large mushroom I would describe as leathery. Although somewhat tuff, not near what I would describe as 'rock hard' such as Fomes fomentarius.(sp)

It is a perennial as I saw it last year and continues to grow. I apologize for the lack of details.

WOO! I thought the yellow/orange one looked a lot like a reishi but have never found one here before.

its the yellow form of reishi....not really sure if it has the same medicinal qualities as regular reishi. I know florists and taxidermists sometimes buy it for their respective projects.

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/ganoderma_applanatum.html

thats a link to ganoderma (fomes) applanatus. could be that or bondarzewia berkeleyi

nice pictures though- looks like a nice place to take a walk.

[moldylogic]

Is it reishi or could it be Ganoderma tsugae?
"G. tsugae is found on conifer wood especially on hemlock and has paler flesh;... otherwise it is virtually indistinguishable from Ganoderma lucidum, which has a Brownish flesh, and is rarely on conifers. "
Anyone know their tree bark? I would of guessed it looks like a hardwood stump with bark like that. But I dont know my trees too well. It was most definately a well mixed forrest.
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/ganoderma_tsugae.html
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/ganoderma_lucidum.html

you have reishi there i believe moldylogic , tsugae is more rose colored.....i think you have yellow variant of reishi.

[moldylogic]

A guide I have points out that young specimens of reishi have cream-white some what tender flesh. As they grow the flesh becomes brown and hardens up. I made it a point to pick a young specimen. We plan on doing a hot water extraction/tea this weekend. The smell is so... well medicinal. My animals are suspiciously attracted to it.

Even if it is not reishi(im almost 100% sure), the 1 possibile 'look alike' has supposedly the same general medicinal value.

Unfortunately my camera battery died soon after the discovery. There was a nice specimen that had fused with a twig, and a blade of grass that was still alive/growing. The older mushrooms had more of the traditional kidney shaped fruit.

Only thing left for me to do is identify the old tree stump of which it grows, and sample it.


On another note, this weekend I should have nice photos of a VERY rare (unfortunately dried) similar fungus Phellinus linteus.

[Hippie3]

that's different looking...

[Sunstar]

are the reishi common in your area? or where you took the pictures I mean

[imike24]

nice one.
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[moldylogic]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

that's different looking...

Different then the pictured mushroom, or in general? Its the same as pictured above. I was quite amazed at how quickly this mushroom dried out, even with the high humidity over here. The color change was dramatic.

Sunstar , I've never seen one growing wild myself.. not that I can remember anyways. Even in the right environment its supposedly somewhat rare. I made it a point to pick a young specimen and let the older ones take their course in life.

Wikipedia says In nature, Lingzhi grows at the base and stumps of deciduous trees, especially maple. "Only two or three out of 10,000 such aged trees will have Lingzhi growth, and therefore its wild form is generally rare." However It doesnt have a source for the info.

Im going back this weekend, and will hopefully find some other goodies.

[seymorebunz]

Could be an old teard