There’s Fungus Among Us

Arizona’s monsoon rains in the mountains produce a summer crop of mushrooms, toadstools, slime molds and other delights.  Here are a few that have appeared already this 2014 season.  I don’t know enough about fungi to attempt to identify them for you.  Experts can determine if any are safe to eat, but many are deadly poison. Squirrels seem to eat some of them but I don’t know that is an indicator of human tolerance.I think they are fascinating to find.Coral Fungus Amarita Clusters Determined mushroom Earth Star, Astraeus hygrometricus fungus Squirrels seems to dig these up  Galerina Lycogala slime mold Lycogala terrestre slime mold More spikey ones Mushroom clumps Mushrooms around Aspen Mushrooms at base of tree Mushrooms Pinched face one Red Mushroom Spikey white mushroom Tan Mushroom coming thru pine needles Truly weird orange mushroom two stages same mushroom Yellow mushrooms Yellow slime mold