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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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…
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….
Cortinarius Iodes
We believe these are Cortinarius Iodes, though they could also be Cortinarius Iodeiodes. The two can be differentiated by whether the taste of the slime on the cap is bitter and/or by spore size. Most collections found on the Cumberland Plateau by myself and the Cumberland Mycological Society have been C. Iodes rather than C….
Amanita species
People must be careful with all mushrooms – especially white ones like this. Some can be deadly! Check out some of the other mushrooms we see at Coal Creek.
