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Armillaria mellea maschroom in the autumn forest on the tree stub .

$Hericium erinaceus Pers. Igel-Stachelbart, Szakállas süngomba, Hydne hérisson, Bearded Tooth. Fruit body a solid cushion giving rise to long pendulous crowded spines; whitish at first discolouring yellowish with age, spines up to 6cm long. Gloeocystidia present as elongated undulating organs with refractive contents. Spores subglobose, minutely warted, amyloid, 4–5.5 x 5–6.5um. Habitat growing from scars on living deciduous trees, especially beech. Season late summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible. Distribution, America and Europe (source R. Phillips).$

Close-up of a parasitic tree fungus on a tree trunk during the day in summer

This summer and autumn species is considerd to be inedible. Many authorities give this genus family status as Crepidotaceae, while others include the genus Crepidotus within the family Inocybaceae; this should be a warning that these little fungi are not for eating, as some Inocybe species are deadly poisonous.

This is a favourite amongst edible fungi that is often found growing on beech trees. This fine display is actually growing from a horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum). Oyster mushrooms can be grown in bags or on logs, and are best eaten when young.

a parasom mushroom with a big cap with vertical gills closeup in a grassland in a forest in autumn

Group of mushrooms called milking bonnet or Mycena galopus

Geastrum triplex is a fungus found in the detritus and leaf litter of hardwood forests around the world. It is commonly known as the collared earthstar, the saucered earthstar, or the triple earthstar

Burl on old oak tree with moss. Form of nature

closeup of composted wood, old log with wild mushrooms and fungi for beautiful autumn forest and soil still-life

$Fomitopsis pinicola (Swartz ex Fr.) Karsten. Fichtenporling Unguline marginee. Fruit body perennial; no stem. Up to 38cm across, 20cm wide, 15cm thick, convex to hoof-shaped, with a thickened, rounded margin; upper surface with a sticky reddish-brown resinous crust, then grayish to brown or black; hard, woody, smooth or glossy-looking. Tubes up to 6mm deep per season; cream to buff. Pores 5-6 per mm, circular; surface cream-colored. Flesh up to 12cm thick, corky, hard, woody; cream to buff, sometimes zoned. Spores cylindrical ellipsoid, smooth, 6-9 x 3.5-4.5µ. Deposit whitish. Hyphal structure trimitic; clamps present. Habitat on dead conifer stumps and logs and occasionally on living trees. Found throughout Europe and most of North America except the South from Texas eastward. Season all year. Not edible. Comment The most commonly collected polypore in North America. The cap colors are rather variable (source R. Phillips).\n\nThis beautiful Species is nowadays quite common in the Netherlands and growing on different Trees.$

Earthfan fungus Thelephora in Maliau Basin Conservatory Area Sabah Borneo, Malaysia

An array of fungi, wild mushrooms, Clitocybe Phyllophila, seemingly dancing in the autumn breeze with the backdrop of the bark of an English apple tree

Stock photo showing elevated view of plates of Trametes versicolor (Turkeytail bracket fungus) growing on a rotten tree trunk stump.

2015 08 08 Whiffin Spit-1016-2_Laetiporus Cincinnatus, Chicken of the Woods

wild mushroom at park of glasgow scotland england UK

Homemade mushrooms and mycelium, champignon. Mushrooms growing.

Wonderful mushroom photographed close up in the sunlight

Rotten melon. An abandoned field of watermelons and melons. Rotten watermelons. Remains of the harvest of melons. Rotting vegetables on the field

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