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Archive for December, 2009
New Painting, New Post
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Progress
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pretty little mushroom holding out for late fall, Prospect Park
Climbing up the mushroom ladder to get to #1…
climbing up the mushroom ladder
mushroom ladder pushing through dead wood
i don't know what these are. Sulphur top? Velvet foot?
Lotsa Oysters and the Fall/Winter Holdouts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged artist's polypore, Ganoderma applanatum, Oyster mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus, polypores, Prospect Park, Purple tooth polypore, Trichaptum abietinum on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
underside of Pleurotus ostreatus, Oyster mushrooms, Prospect Park
Oyster mushrooms are busting out or crumbling apart come late fall and the hard polypores are holding on tight for the oncoming winter.
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- Pleurotus ostreatus, Oyster mushrooms, Prospect Park. From what I can tell, oyster mushrooms vary a bit don’t they? I get a little confused by the different shapes and colors that appear with what I think are oysters.
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- this polypore is everywhere in Prospect Park but I can’t figure out what it is. Anyone know? Small pores on the underside (next picture).
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- This is the underside of the mystery polypore (previous pic).
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- toothy spiny undersides. always exciting to see strange undersides of mushrooms.
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- more toothy spiny undersides. Prospect Park.
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- Purple tooth polypore? Trichaptum abietinum. Beautiful colors! Prospect Park.
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- Purple tooth polypore? Trichaptum abietinum? Prospect Park.
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- nice chunky good-looking polypore. I may have forgotten to take a pic of the undersides. Prospect Park.
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- underside of next picture. looks like an abalone shell
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- top side of previous picture.
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- artist’s polypore, I believe. Ganoderma applanatum. The underside is so unbelievable smooth but you can see the little pores and cracks. Lots of big ones in Prospect Park.
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- Undersides of artist’s polypore, I believe. Ganoderma applanatum
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- smooth underside of artist’s polypore, I believe. Ganoderma applanatum
Alien Pods
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Auricularia auricula, Common split gill, cramp balls, Orange Mock Oyster, Phyllotopsis nidulans, Schizophyllum commune, tree ear on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Phyllotopsis nidulans, Orange Mock Oyster, Prospect Park
cramp balls? mushrooms have the greatest names sometimes, Prospect Park
Auricularia auricula, tree ear, Inwood Park
Schizophyllum commune, Common split gill, Prospect Park
is this one of those cheese polypores?
the alien pod (cheese polypore?) has stuck itself under a fallen tree to escape detection from the resident humans
Slugs and Shrooms
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Inwood Park, Prospect Park, slugs on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Slugs and shrooms…
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- slug and shrooms, Prospect Park
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- slug and shrooms, Prospect Park
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- slug and shrooms, Prospect Park
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- slug and shrooms, Inwood Park
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- slug and shrooms, Inwood Park
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- slug and shrooms, Inwood Park
Deep Fall
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Crepidotus, Daedaleopsis quercina, polypore, Thick-maze oak polypore on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
an arrangement of Crepidotus makes a fine autumn composition. Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
It is late fall and though there’s less and less mushrooms that I can find, the ones I do find make some purty compositions with fall colors all complimenting each other and stuff. The deep reds, browns, oranges and yellows make me feel cozy.
Daedaleopsis quercina,Thick-maze oak polypore, named after Daedales the Greek labyrinth maker. something like that. i think this is the big old maze version? on NY Mycological Society walk at Inwood Park on Sunday. beautiful, fun to stare into.
top side of the Crepidotus above
some kind of conk, varnished, Reishi-looking like thing but I don't know for sure what it is. Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Reishi? Young version of the one above. Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
leaf perches lightly on this polypore in Brooklyn Botanic Garden
conk, Reishi? Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Orange Mock Oyster, or Phyllotopsis nidulans, Prospect Park
Residential Mushrooms
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Crown Heights, unidentified mushrooms on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mystery mushroom, Agaricus? Crown Heights lawn, fall 2009
It’s getting to be late fall so there’s and less mushrooms I’m finding in the park. But lo and behold, on a narrow median between the sidewalk and street in front of a big house on President Street in Crown Heights, there’s a whole nuclear family of mushrooms popping up. They’re stout with a rather boxy cap. Their gills are not exposed yet but I ask for permission from the home owner to pluck a few. But not before taking some photos of these intriguing things.
Mystery mushroom, Agaricus? Crown Heights lawn, fall 2009
someone takes a liking to this mystery mushroom. Crown Heights lawn, fall 2009
even the little ones emerge with a very stout base
the nuclear mystery mushroom family missed the school bus this morning
I brought some home but none of the gills were exposed for me to do a spore print. I hoped to visit the cluster daily so I could pick one that was open. But the next day, they were all gone. Not a trace. My guess is that the home owner either wanted to get rid of them all so no one else would come bothering her about it, or that she just thought they were bad news on her property. Who knows. People are scared of mushrooms sometimes, especially if they have kids or think someone is going to pick them, eat them, and perish.
I dreamt about these mushrooms though, that they were called “boxhead clubfoot mushrooms.” I googled that in the morning but nothing came up. Lemme know if you know what these (or any of these mushrooms on this blog) are. Thanks!!
Ravenel’s Stinkhorn
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Crown Heights, Phallus ravenelii, Prospect Park, Ravenel's stinkhorn on December 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ravenel’s stinkhorn, Phallus ravenelii, is popping up in Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and front yards of houses in Crown Heights in the fall. I hatch a Ravenel’s stinkhorn egg on the windowsill of our room. It fascinates me for days. Check out the slideshow to see pics from this endeavor.
Is it hot in here or what?! Here is a picture of a sliced open egg. Apparently, the Ravenel’s stinkhorn is all smushed in the egg as is. It pops and expands when it absorbs water. Weird! If you’ve smelled these, I’d be curious to hear what you think they smell like. I am too embarrassed to say.
Ravenel's stinkhorn, Phallus ravenelii egg sliced open
Prospect Park
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Calvatia gigantea, chicken of the woods, Coprinus micaceus, dog stinkhorn, Giant Puffball, Laetiporus sulphureus, Mica inky caps, Mutinus caninus, Prospect Park, puffballs, Sulfer Shelf on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Calvatia gigantea, Giant Puffball, Prospect Park.
We’re about a mile walk along Eastern Parkway, a lovely tree- and bench-lined path to all sorts of Brooklyn attractions, the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Library, and my favorite, the lovely Prospect Park. Off I go to root around and see what I find in the park. I’ve started to volunteer to do litter pickup in the forest too so I can see what’s out there. Sometimes I hafta remove some pretty nasty things (with my long-reaching tongs of course) to uncover some mushrooms. Ahhh, New York City!
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- Calvatia gigantea, Giant Puffball, Prospect Park.
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- Mutinus caninus, dog stinkhorns, in various stages of victory and defeat
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- Sulfer Shelf, chicken of the woods, Laetiporus sulphureus, Prospect Park
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- A stout Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus
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- Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus, catches the light just right.
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- a shriveled Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus by the end of the day
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- Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus in all stages of victory and defeat
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- puffballs!
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- puffball with a little mycelium
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- a puffball that is entirely solidly white inside is supposed to be good eatin’
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- mystery mushrooms in leaf litter
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- fuzzy white things
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- puffballs look like they’re tumbling out of a fall harvest basket
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- Coprinus micaceus, Mica inky caps clamoring for the camera
While doing litter pick up in Prospect Park, I thought this weird thing (picture below) was discarded styrofoam trash. It’s a giant puffball!! I tumbled it around and it had a little root like thing underneath. I couldn’t believe it. Apparently if it is solidly white inside, which it looks like it is, it’s good eating. But someone has gotten to it first it seems! I’ve seen at least 2 or 3 of these in Prospect Park. Really odd ball things.
Helloooooo Brooklyn
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Crown Heights, fall mushrooms on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
view from the kitchen, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
In September 2009, we moved into our new home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NYC. The pounding beat of the West Indian-American Day Parade (and Jouvert) is pumping just a few blocks away. We’re settling into our new home during the holiest weeks of the Jewish calendar and our neighborhood is punctuated by the sound of hammering (Sukkot building), singing, and all-night Lubavitcher bands performing on the street. Right now is the festival of lights.
The mushroom growth is waning as the weather is getting cold. There’s a few holdouts, those hard fungal shelves on trees. The next few posts are some mushroom finds in Brooklyn and the city of New York in general. Enjoy!
conks on a beech tree, Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY, fall 2009
