Fungus

Tree Dwellers

Published January 30, 2015 | By Bill

It was a banner year for mushrooms in northeast Wisconsin. An abundance of rainfall seemed to keep them sprouting up to, and even beyond, the first frosts.

I thought it was unusual to see so many mushrooms growing on a tree trunk. These healthy specimens were found in the woods of northeast Wisconsin.

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Coral Fungi

Published October 5, 2013 | By Bill

This is unusual stuff. It’s a fresh bunch of coral fungi growing among the decaying mater on a N.E. Wisconsin forest floor.

Coral fungi is also commonly called club fungi. A more accurate name is clavarioid fungi. This type of fungi typically has erect, simple or branched basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the ground, on decaying vegetation, or on dead wood.

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Fiery Fungi

Published September 30, 2013 | By Bill

This was a great find on the forest floor at Potawatomi State Park, near Sturgeon Bay on Wisconsin’s Door County peninsula. I don’t know what kind of mushroom this is, but it sure stood out among the dead pine needles and other decaying matter.

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