Calostoma Cinnabarinum
Calostoma Cinnabarinum produces this weird jelly.
See more of the mushrooms we find on and near Coal Creek Farm.
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We have a wide variety of wild mushrooms on our farm, but you could grow your own. People do! Craterellus Ignicoloris is characterized by its small size, its fairly well developed false gills, which often develop pinkish shades with maturity, and its yellow-orange cap, which develops a perforation in its center and becomes vase-shaped. Some…
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Phellinus Robiniae
Dr. Brian Douglas of The Lost and Found Fungi Project says fungi are as beautiful as orchids and just as important to protect. “I think we need to teach people, and invite people in to admire fungi.” The beautiful Phellinus Robiniae can be found wherever black locust and closely related trees are common. It is a tough, perennial mushroom that…
