Photos / Sounds
What
Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing near the interface between wood chips and woodland duff in riparian area. Rhizomorphs present
Photos / Sounds
What
Wasp's Nest Slime Mold (Metatrichia vesparia)Observer
cbruegDescription
On dead elm stump in mixed oak/hickory woodland.
What
Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing among moss patch adjacent to large hardwood log, potentially Northern Red Oak in low mixed oak woodland.
Photos / Sounds
What
Chinese Forget-Me-Not (Cynoglossum amabile)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing on the edge of small wetland. Urbanized setting.
Photos / Sounds
What
Green-spored Parasol (Chlorophyllum molybdites)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing in lawn, found discarded in street.
Photos / Sounds
What
Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing on hardwood log in low mixed oak/hickory woodland.
What
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing on fallen hardwood branch in mixed oak/hickory woodland.
Photos / Sounds
What
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing on fallen hardwood branch in mixed oak/hickory woodland.
Photos / Sounds
What
Earthballs (Genus Scleroderma)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing from soil in mixed oak/hickory woodland.
Photos / Sounds
What
Sarcoscypha dudleyiObserver
cbruegDescription
Growing from submerged hardwood twig in mixed oak/hickory woodland.
Photos / Sounds
What
Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)Observer
cbruegDescription
On Ash tree on ridge top in mixed oak woodland. Woodpeckers chipped away bark revealing D-shaped boreholes.
Photos / Sounds
What
Earthballs (Genus Scleroderma)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing partially submerged in soil near Eastern Red Cedar and Large Pin Oak tree in urban setting.
Photos / Sounds
What
American Amber Jelly Fungus (Exidia crenata)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing on fallen hardwood branch (presumably bur oak) on edge of oak/hickory woodland.
Photos / Sounds
What
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Observer
cbruegDescription
Climbing tree in low open valley near small pond.
Photos / Sounds
What
Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus (Dacrymyces spathularia)Observer
cbruegDescription
On hardwood log in landscaping.
Photos / Sounds
What
Violet Domecap (Calocybe ionides)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing in low mixed oak/hickory woodland near creek. Rich soils.
Smell: faint
Taste: mild, but unique flavor.
Photos / Sounds
What
Reishi (Subgenus Ganoderma)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing at the base of planted elm.
Photos / Sounds
What
Inland Wood Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing along/in Bur Oak woodland draw surrounded by grassland.
Photos / Sounds
What
Oudemansiella Sect. Radicatae (Section Radicatae)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing in lawn by hardwood trees (potentially Prunus).
Photos / Sounds
What
Horned Passalus Beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus)Observer
cbruegDescription
ID based off of iNat suggestions
Found in mixed oak/hickory woodland.
Photos / Sounds
What
Mustard Yellow Polypore (Fuscoporia gilva)Observer
cbruegDescription
Growing on fallen Bur Oak limb in oak woodland draw.
Photos / Sounds
What
Wolf's Milk (Lycogala epidendrum)Observer
cbruegDescription
On cut stump in oak woodland draw.
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus XylariaObserver
cbruegDescription
Growing on fallen Bur Oak limb in oak woodland draw.