Ramaria Species
Believe it, or not, it’s not coral – it’s a mushroom!
Learn more about the mushrooms at Coal Creek Farm.
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Some mushrooms seem to repeat each year – We have seen this one at Coal Creek Farm before. Check out a list of all the mushrooms we have at Coal Creek.
Trametes Versicolor
Radiation-loving mushrooms were even used to clean up the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. Trametes Versicolor – also known as Coriolus Versicolor and Polyporus Versicolor – is a common polypore mushroom found throughout the world. Meaning ‘of several colors’, versicolor reliably describes this fungus that displays different colors. These colors are important in Trametes Versicolor identification. For example, because its shape and multiple colors are similar…
Lamaoa Pallidorosea
Fly Agaric mushrooms, which look like Super Mario Bros. mushrooms, contain a psychoactive chemical that can cause micropsia/macropsia, aka the illusion that objects around you are larger or smaller than they actually are. Is the Lamaoa Pallidorosea edible? Is the Lamaoa Pallidorosea safe? Those are two very common questions asked about this bicolored specimen. And…
Austroboletus Gracilis
Austroboletus Gracilis is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. There may be several distinct species hiding out in our current notion of Austroboletus Gracilis. It is highly variable in color (ranging from nearly brown to nearly yellow); its stem is sometimes reticulate and sometimes not; and chemical reactions vary fairly widely. Because of these chemical reactions, many…
Laetiporus Sulphureus
Beyond the discovery and the (possible) eating, mushrooms are kinda cool in their reproduction. (Send the children from the room.) Instead of using seeds to spread, mushrooms release spores from gills tucked beneath their caps. A single mushroom can release up to a billion spores in its short life. The Laetiporus Sulphureus mushroom is a species…
