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These are all Mushroom Monday newsletters archived for reference from its inception in 2020. To sign up for current MMs, head over to the Newsletter tab.

Dryad's Saddle/Pheasant's Back - Cerioporus squamosus

May 2, 2021

2021

Dryad's Saddle/Pheasant's Back - Cerioporus squamosus

Good afternoon team. This week's mushroom is Cerioporus squamosus, commonly known as the dryad's saddle or pheasant's back. Dryad's...

Apr 25, 2021

2021

Mica Cap - Coprinellus micaceus

Good afternoon team. This week's mushroom is Coprinellus micaceus, commonly known as the Mica Cap. I've found these mushrooms fruiting...

Juniper-Apple Rust - Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae

Apr 18, 2021

2021

Juniper-Apple Rust - Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae

Good afternoon team. This week's mushroom is Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, commonly known as Juniper-Apple Rust. This is a plant...

Apr 11, 2021

2021

Oyster - Pleurotus ostreatus

Good afternoon team. This week’s mushroom is Pleurotus ostreatus, the Oyster Mushroom. You may know it from the grocery store but it is...

Orange Jelly Spot - Dacrymyces chrysospermus

Apr 5, 2021

2021

Orange Jelly Spot - Dacrymyces chrysospermus

Good afternoon team. This week's mushroom is Dacrymyces chrysospermus (or Dacrymyces palmatus), commonly known as the Orange Jelly Spot....

Mar 29, 2021

2021

Trametes conchifer

Good morning team, this week's mushroom is Trametes conchifer. Eric found it this Friday, 3/26/2021, and I have a couple pictures of the...

Orange Hobnail Canker - Melogramma gyrosum

Mar 21, 2021

2021

Orange Hobnail Canker - Melogramma gyrosum

Good afternoon team. This week's mushroom is Melogramma gyrosum, formerly known as endothia radicalis, and commonly known as the orange...

Thin-walled Maze Polypore - Daedaleopsis confragosa

Mar 14, 2021

2021

Thin-walled Maze Polypore - Daedaleopsis confragosa

Good morning team. This week's mushroom is Daedaleopsis confragosa (day-dally-opsis) aka the Thin-walled Maze Polypore. This polypore...

Ceramic Parchment - Xylobolus frustulatus

Mar 8, 2021

2021

Ceramic Parchment - Xylobolus frustulatus

Good morning team. This week's mushroom is Xylobolus frustulatus, commonly known as ceramic parchment. This mushroom was found on...

Mar 1, 2021

2021

Camillea punctulata

Good afternoon team. The mushroom of the week, the first week of March, is Camillea punctulata. This mushroom is growing on the same...

Feb 22, 2021

2021

Black Trumpet - Craterellus fallax

Good morning team. I feel like we've had enough tree pathogens the last few weeks so I'm going to reach back to last summer for this...

Feb 15, 2021

2021

Biscogniauxia marginata

Happy Presidents' Day team. We're staying in the same genus for this week's mushroom which is Biscogniauxia marginata (formerly known as...

Feb 8, 2021

2021

Biscogniauxia atropunctata

Good morning team. This week's mushroom is a mouthful: Biscogniauxia atropunctata. Phonetically it sounds like Bis-cog-nox-eeya. Carlos...

Feb 1, 2021

2021

Trametes lactinea

Good evening team. This week’s mushroom is Trametes lactinea. Another white/grey Trametes species not only to honor the snowfall but to...

Jan 25, 2021

2021

Giraffe Spots - Peniophora albobadia

Good morning team, this week's mushroom is Peniophora albobadia. It is commonly known as giraffe spots. This is a fairly common crust...

Common Split Gill - Schizophyllum commune

Jan 18, 2021

2021

Common Split Gill - Schizophyllum commune

Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day team. This week's mushroom is Schizophyllum commune, the common split gill. It was found growing on a...

Jan 11, 2021

2021

Brittle Cinder - Kretzschmaria deusta

Good afternoon team. I could feel everyone chomping at the bit this morning for their weekly mushroom, and I appreciate you bearing with...

Jan 4, 2021

2021

Trametes gibbosa

Let me be the first to wish you a happy Mushroom Monday on the first Mushroom Monday in the calendar year 2021.

Dec 28, 2020

2020

Wood Ear Fungi - Auricularia

Good morning team. Last Mushroom Monday of the calendar year 2020. Let's sprint through the proverbial finish line. This week's mushroom...

Dec 21, 2020

2020

Witch's Butter - Tremella mesenterica

Happy winter solstice, team! Today's mushroom is Tremella mesenterica, or witch's butter. Quite a fun common name. This jelly fungus was...

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