bolete | Mushroom Monday

Bi-Color Bolete (Baorangia bicolor)

Good afternoon, friends, and Happy Labor Day. This week we’re going to look at one of the more colorful mushrooms in the woods, the...

Ornate-stalked bolete (Retiboletus ornatipes)

Aug 18

Ornate-stalked bolete (Retiboletus ornatipes)

Good evening, friends, Wow. After a patient wait this summer we finally received all that the rain promises and more. There has been a...

Aug 5

Mycofest 2024 - Finds from the Weekend

Good evening, friends, I’ll be honest: this year going into Mycofest my stoke levels were lower than they had been in previous years....

Jun 16

Red-Cracking Bolete (Xerocomellus spp.)

Good evening, friends, This mushroom comes to us as a pleasant surprise. Saturday morning we went for a quick walk in the woods to find a...

Parasitic Bolete - Psuedoboletus parasiticus

Aug 20, 2023

Parasitic Bolete - Psuedoboletus parasiticus

Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Parasitic Bolete (Pseudoboletus parasiticus) which I found last Monday in Manitou....

Aug 6, 2023

Mycofest 2023

Good evening, friends, Whoa, what a weekend at Mycofest. This year the festival was at Rhoneymeade Arboretum in Centre Hall, PA. What...

Hygrophorus Milk Cap - Lactifluus hygrophoroides

Jul 24, 2023

Hygrophorus Milk Cap - Lactifluus hygrophoroides

Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Hygrophorus Milk Cap (Lactifluus hygrophoroides). A mouthful in both name and dinner,...

Jul 10, 2023

Peanut Butter Cup - Galiella rufa

Good evening, friends. Well, we got all that rain I’ve been asking for and then some. The preserve got somewhere between 8-10 inches of...

Oct 2, 2022

Rooting Polypore - Polyporus radicatus

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the rooting polypore (Polyporus radicatus). I found this mushroom on Wednesday at the base...

Ash-tree Bolete - Boletinellus merulioides

Sep 11, 2022

Ash-tree Bolete - Boletinellus merulioides

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the ash-tree bolete (Boletinellus merulioides). We found this mushroom Saturday during...

Peppery Milkcap/Blancaccio - Lactifluus piperatus

Jul 24, 2022

Peppery Milkcap/Blancaccio - Lactifluus piperatus

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is Lactifluus piperatus, commonly known as the peppery milkcap or, by a much more suave...

Velvet-footed Pax/Velvet Rollrim - Tapinella atrotomentosa

Jul 17, 2022

Velvet-footed Pax/Velvet Rollrim - Tapinella atrotomentosa

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is Tapinella atrotomentosa, commonly known as the velvet-footed pax or the velvet rollrim....

Rochester Area Mycological Association's Both Bolete Foray

Jul 10, 2022

Rochester Area Mycological Association's Both Bolete Foray

Good evening, friends, This weekend I trekked across the state to Letchworth State Park and participated in the Rochester Area...

Jun 12, 2022

Orange Moss Agaric - Rickenella fibula

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is Rickenella fibula, commonly known as the orange moss agaric, and formerly known as...

Feb 21, 2022

Beveled-Cap Bolete - Tylopilus badiceps

Good evening friends, and happy Presidents' Day, This week's mushroom is Tylopilus badiceps, commonly known as the beveled-cap bolete....

Feb 14, 2022