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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Amanita Jacksonii
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Pleurocybella Porrigens
Mushrooms recycle dead plants and return valuable nutrients into the ground. They are often used for degradation of dangerous substances such as oils, pesticides and industrial waste. Pleurocybella Porrigens is a species of fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. The species is widespread in temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere. The Pleurocybella Porrigens is known as the angel wing. It is a white-rot wood-decay fungus on conifer wood, particularly…
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Amanita Species
There are a few possibilities as to which Amanita species fungi this is, but without seeing the top of the cap and the base of the stem, it’s impossible to tell which one. Learn more about the mushrooms that we find around Coal Creek Farm.
Boletus Pallidus
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Marasmiellus 2
In some ways, mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants. Just like us, mushrooms take in oxygen for their digestion and metabolism and “exhale” carbon dioxide as a waste product. Marasmiellus is a genus of fungi in the family Omphalotaceae (synonym to Marasmiaceae). The widespread genus, circumscribed by American mycologist William Murrill in 1915, contains over 250 species. The name comes from the Greek marasmus meaning wasting….
