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These are all Mushroom Monday newsletters archived for reference from its inception in 2020. Sign up for current MMs on Substack.
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Tinder Conk - Fomes excavatus
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom goes by a variety of common names: the tinder conk, the hoof fungus, and the ice man fungus...
Feb 27, 2023


Northern Red Belt - Fomitopsis mounceae
Good evening, friends, and happy President's Day. This week's mushroom is the Northern Red Belt (Fomitopsis mounceae). I found this...
Feb 20, 2023


Orange Peel Fungus - Aleuria aurantia
Good evening, friends, This week we're dipping into the fall fungus archive to look at the Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia). I...
Feb 13, 2023


Milk-white Toothed Polypore - Irpex lacteus
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is one of the more common winter mushrooms you'll find in Central Park and the surrounding...
Feb 6, 2023


Funeral Bell - Galerina marginata
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the ever-ominous Funeral Bell (Galerina marginata, formerly Galerina autumnalis). I'm...
Jan 30, 2023


Cracked Cap Polypore - Fulvifomes robiniae
Good evening, friends, and happy Lunar New Year. The year of the rabbit. This week's mushroom is the Cracked Cap Polypore (Fulvifomes...
Jan 23, 2023


Tolypocladium
Good evening, friends, and happy MLK Day. This week's mushroom is from the genus Tolypocladium (Toe-lip-oh-clay-dee-um). Ciara found this...
Jan 16, 2023


Wrinkled Crust - Phlebia radiata
Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the Wrinkled Crust (Phlebia radiata). I first found this mushroom up in Manitou on...
Jan 9, 2023


Trembling Crust - Phlebia tremellosa
Good evening, friends, This week's fungus is the Trembling Crust (Phlebia tremellosa - also known as Merulius tremellosus on iNaturalist...
Jan 2, 2023
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