Sunday, December 26, 2010

Oak-Loving Fungi

After the first rains of November,  outlandish growths suddenly appeared on this old oak.

Tentative identification: Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus gilbertsonii)


I pass this tree every day and the yellow fungus sprouted overnight.


After several weeks it browned and withered.

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Fast forward to late December, at the base of the same tree...

Tentative identification: some kind of Chanterelle


Chanterelle favors soil around (or in the nooks and crannies of) oak.


People actually collect and sell this beauty.

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