Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Mushroom Monday

Handily, or should we say footily, for field measurement, my boots are 12″ long.

Armillaria mellea.

Daldinia on tree stump.

Wine Cup/Stropharia rugosoannulata

The stem of one of these had a small slug eating their way through it. Another example why the urban foraging trend is such a bad idea: so many other lifeforms in our ecosystem depend on fungi.

Latte Bracket/Trametes lactinea on a stump.

Definitely more purple to the eye than to the camera. Phlebiopsis, perhaps?

Grifola frondosa.

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