Wednesday, October 01, 2008

A Couple New Things

I've been out in the arboretum the last couple days and found some things I haven't seen there before.


This is from yesterday. It's a Hericium erinaceus. I have to admit that when I came back and looked at the picture I thought, that can't be a mushroom. Then today I took a closer look, smelled it, and decided it definitely was a mushroom after all. A little digging around on mushroomexpert.com resulted in a positive identification. The guidebooks say they are edible, and I have to admit it smelled very pleasant.


I found this today. My best guess is that it's a Pholiota limonella. I've found these before but never in the arb until today.

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