So happy to hear that you enjoyed this hub about the various mushrooms. While most of it may be unseen, it does the job of filtering needed nutrients and recycling them. Found in our garden this leathery almost ear shaped mushroom. A few pictures of ones that have shown up in our backyard on occasion are included here. They are on average no more than about two inches high and primarily show up in a rock garden area of our yard. This creates pressure throughout the organism, which eventually builds up enough to force liquid to the surface of the fungus" where it comes out through tiny pores, according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). If anyone reading this knows the answer, please use the comment section below to write the name of them. If you let a mushroom mature, spores will be released which can cause more mushrooms to grow. I am amazed at the abundance of the different kinds found in our very own yard and garden. Knock, knock. Mushrooms get their nutrients from dead and decaying organic matter. When I was a child growing up in the countryside of Wisconsin, there was a woods nearby. up, awesome and beautiful. It is edible, according to The Wildlife Trusts, but it's often mistaken for a poisonous mushroom with a similar appearance: the lilac fibrecap. A male duck nibbling crest of milkweed that goes up like a mushroom … Hopefully it will be a nice steady rain so as to avoid flooding. Have you tried matching it up online, or consulting a book featuring mushrooms? :) Voted up and interesting! Commonly known as the violet coral or magenta coral, the "antlers" are actually tubes that grow up to 4 inches tall. Some species of fungi are responsible for the creation of life-saving drugs such as penicillin and other antibiotics. Instead of earthy savoriness, the latticed stinkhorn earns its name with a scent of rotted meat, according to the Bay Area Mycological Society. Obviously we share the same opinion. People reading this article will get the benefit of seeing a much greater diversity of beautifully shaped and colored mushrooms than the ones merely appearing in our garden, thanks to Bill's photographic efforts and his willingness to share his pictures with others. I don't think we have all those types here in Fl. These mushrooms grow alone and in small groups. I'm a fungi!" 2patricias from Sussex by the Sea on September 17, 2011: This is a really interesting hub - so many photos, and all different. In many ways, fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants. Would you have any clues? Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on December 22, 2014: Thanks for putting a name to that mushroom which quite often sprouts up in our yard. false truffle – like a gasteromycete, however, but with a hypogeous (underground) fruiting body. I couldn't find any information on them, only a picture. Appreciate it! Mushroom of Carmel color from upside, and white from side. Look at the second photo on this Wikipedia site and see if you agree. Mushroom. They also thrive in moist and humid conditions. Flies and other insects are attracted by its smell and are responsible for spreading the spores. Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on April 12, 2018: I find mushrooms to be so interesting as well as tasty. It's nighttime when this bioluminescent mushroom shines, according to Cornell University. The mushroom has a flat tan top with yellow gills, do you know what it could be? To err on the side of safety, we do not eat any of them. I am no expert...far from it! Haha! They are a shiny burnished copper outside and purple on the inside. Today, I found a mushroom/fungi in my yard. Thanks for your votes, share and link back to your hub as well. I was wondering if you knew the name of the mushroom pictured growing on your redwood tree stump. Digging them out and removing their matted roots below the ground can help. They can grow to be quite large, up to a foot high with caps as big as diner plates," according to the University of Wisconsin. Mushrooms and fungi can certainly be beautiful. Most of the gourmet mushrooms that are offered up for sale and eaten each year are saprophytic in nature. Found these beauties in our yard one day. Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on July 06, 2012: Yes, mushrooms and fungi can be very beautiful. Hydnellum peckii, which grows in North America, Europe, Iran and South Korea, only oozes when it's young. If the ground is routinely moist that can help mushrooms grow so cut back on watering of your lawn to see if that helps. They would explode in a "puff" of smokiness...obviously the spores were widespread by us doing that. Each year that became a singular dining event when the morels were picked and eaten. You make me want a new camera... Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on July 02, 2012: Obviously you can tell from all the photos of wild mushrooms and fungi taken in our yard here in Houston...we have the perfect climate for their growth and generation. We live in San Diego CA. This is a Hub worth adding (link-a-dinking) to my own, I am so pleased to have found it; thank you very much Peggy! Above is a stunning array of different varieties of mushrooms showing distinctive forms, colors and textures. STIPE. Definitely not the most appetizing mushroom of the bunch, Hydnellum peckii looks like it's bleeding, which is why it's more commonly known as the bleeding tooth fungus. Any magic mushrooms at your place then Peggy? growing in my newly landscaped flower bed. Thanks for your comment, votes and share. Look up Mycorrhiza on Wikipedia to learn more. We also use mushrooms often in our cooking. Just assume that most of them are poisonous to be on the safe side. I live in the Bay Area of California. :))). However they still have some value. Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on July 20, 2014: I can't answer you as to what type of mushroom it is. And though it might be the perfect size to pick and pop in your mouth, this would-be home to Smurfette is not edible. Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on September 22, 2019: Some websites indicate you could take a photo of a mushroom and submit it for identification. pink and white 12 inches wide across in my yard beautiful what is this mushroom. Oyster mushrooms are an example. The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn. But I do remember coming across quite a lot of them when I lived in the humid and rainy Pacific Northwest. I would rather err on the side of safety. Morel mushrooms are delicious to eat. To this day I enjoy puttering around in our garden, growing plants for beauty and food. Grown on tree is edible. It has me smiling. Question: I found a mushroom growing in my yard. Found in our backyard in July, 2010 (Sorry. I would always err on the side of caution and never eat a wild mushroom unless you are 100% sure it is not poisonous. It is a natural process. Loved going over to San Antonio when my mother-in-law lived there. I have a fungus growing in a crack between my driveway and garage floor. Fortunately I have seen most of these up close and personal but there are a few that I am viewing for the first time right here on your page. Regarding eliminating them, that is also difficult. Voted up up and away shared and googe + and twitter and pinned to Awesome HubPages, Angels are on the way to you once again this evening ps. Good luck! So very happy to link it to this one about the wild mushrooms...some of which are also edible. That one mushroom that you said is small parasol shaped and translucent, I believe is the Japanese umbrella mushroom. Gas? Leah Lefler from Western New York on November 04, 2011: Great pictures, Peggy! Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on September 18, 2011: There is always next time! Answer: You may be pleased to know that your mushrooms may be helping to protect and nourish the roots of your tree. You seem to know your edible mushrooms. 10 Bleeding Tooth Fungus. They look like fancy tiny umbrellas only found in those classy fashion regions of Paris! They produce spores which are similar to seeds and are spread by wind or even other animals who have come in contact with them. So glad I found it today though. MOREL. donandjoan1963@att.net on October 09, 2018: i am trying to find out about a mushroom growing in my yard and i can't find a picture of it it gets big and it's brown on top and very black and smelly underneath it will turn the grass black and slimly and it stinks so bad it smell like a dead animal if you let it die it kills the grass and a nasty black mess is left .. when someone comes to visit they tell there is a dead animal around and when i tell them it's a mushroom they don't believe me ...can you PLEASE tell me about them and how i can get rid of them ??? They have pinkish grooves on the cap, which require an alternating wet and dry environment to fully develop, and short, pink gills underneath, according to Messiah College. Glad you enjoyed the photos and thanks for the shares. It's shell appears to be a mushroom cap and the rest of it's body looks like the stalk of a mushroom. It begins with cordyceps spores landing on the victim. I came across some today that are as big or bigger than my fist. I came back to the hub to check on a few fungi - great resource for gardeners and mushroom fans alike. It loses the white covering and takes on its interesting color and shape as it matures. It is amazing just how many different kinds of mushrooms and fungi exist in the wild. The fungi are now considered a separate kingdom, distinct from both plants and animals, from which they appear to have diverged around one billion years ago (around the start of the Neoproterozoic Era). Undoubtedly they were saprophytic mushrooms doing their job of speeding up the breakdown of that mulch. Like their ascomycete counterparts, these fungi are capable of creating truffle-like fruiting bodies. Clavaria zollingeri, which is a coral (or clavarioid) fungi, looks like "a tiny set of purple antlers, cast aside on a bed of moss under oaks and hickories in eastern North America," reports MushroomExpert.com. So if spores have been spread by a mushroom it may lie dormant until such a time as it can start its composting of some type of available material. :) Voted up and interesting! Did you feel safe enough to cook with it? I'd be afraid of eating any of them, though. Can anyone please look at some pictures on my facebook and give any insight? Since it appeared at Halloween, many of my friends thought I had planted it. I simply admire the various shapes, sizes and colors of wild mushrooms whenever I spot them. I would hesitate to give you a definite answer as to what type of mushroom you are describing. What lovely pictures, Peggy. When the sun hits them they rapidly seem to curl up and disappear back into the ground from which they sprung. This is a very attractive and very interesting article. They are fascinating and surprising! Fairly common throughout Australia, this stinky fungi likes to grow on mulch and in grassy areas where it attracts flies to help spread its spores. It's pretty obvious why this mushroom is more commonly known as the scarlet cup or scarlet elf cup: Sarcoscypha coccinea is shaped like a cup with a brilliant red interior. Fungus that looks like a mushroom (9) FUNGOIDAL. Can you help me in identifying them and how to get rid of them? The cordyceps fungus grows like a parasite from the brains of spiders and insects. According to Wikipedia "Despite its foul smell, it is not poisonous and immature mushrooms are consumed in parts of France and Germany." I will have to look that one up to see what it looks like. I've always been told the puff balls are poisonous. Answer: It might be a Cordyceps militaris type of fungus.
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