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Hello everyone.

Back from the winter leave.

Just wanted to share some photos I took while winter hiking in southern Ontario.

cheers.

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My closest guess here is Ganoderma lucidum although the lack of white around the edges makes me doubt it. was about 30 cm wide.

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Quality is bad here sorry. Possibly Bankera Violascens?

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This is what happens to Velvet Stalk, Flammulia Velutipes, after a week of freezing :) picked this tree many times last year and will be back.

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morganella subincarnata?

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Frozen orange jelly

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Dryad's Saddle, Polporus Squamosus, was my guess. I was not able to tell if the darkening of the pores was maturation or degradation due to cold weather.

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unknown jelly type.

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That last jelly looks like one I found a great many of around here. I have a large sweet gum with some broken limbs covered in it and one dead willow with it I've moved to help it spread. I like to add it to brown jellys in chicken soup for contrast. Cooked up a pot of it for my ailing sister this pm.

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I think the last photo --yellow jelly-- may be a species of Dacromyces, maybe D. palmatus.

http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5675~gid~~source~gallerydefault.asp

Red polypore appears to be growing on a hardwood tree. G. lucidum makes sense to me. An over-wintered specimen?

RaffD, these seem like interesting finds to me. Polyporus squamosus is a mushroom I usually don't find here in Pennsylvania until early May. Also, the Flammulina velutipes usually doesn't come back until late April. Have you recently enjoyed a warm spell in southern Ontario?

I don't know the species Bankera violascens. But it appears the genus Bankera includes terrestrial "tooth" mushrooms. That is, mushrooms with fertile surface consisting of "teeth" or "spines", like with Hedgehog Mushrooms. Sometimes old polypores have tubes that elongate and take on a tooth-like appearance.

The frozen puffballs --almost certainly leftovers from last autumn-- are difficult to ID at this point... Lycoperdon, Morganella...?

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Thanks for the input Dave.

These are all remnants of last autumn to my knowledge.

the toothed specimen is also known as B. Carnosa

Although snow mold has begun popping up no sizable fungus is around.

very very cold winter with temperatures just above freezing for only a week now.

I'm guessing we will be picking by mid may this year in my area.

Massive ice storm decimated the trees here so there is a lot of dead wood around and exposed areas on trees.

Hopefully this will compensate for the late growing season.

Hunter, you mentioned edible jellys? I did not know this! what can I eat and how does it taste?

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Raff, I'm such a newbe you should take everything I say about mushrooms with the whole box of salt. That said, The common wood ear, aka tree ear, witches jelly, etc are edible but without a taste of their own, taking on the taste of whatever you marinate them in or cook them with. They are nutritious and lend an interesting texture. Google is your friend. Be safe.

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Raff, those Polyporus squamosus must have frozen late last autumn and remained like that for almost the entire winter. I don't recall ever seeing them at winter's end. However, I have seen overwintered Armillaria (Honey Muhsrooms) and Grifola (Hen of the Woods). I think the jellies may be more recent. Some of these types can sprout quickly during a thaw.

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Raff's post has me wondering about which mushrooms may remain frozen for an extended period and the appear to be fresh when thawed. I *think* that a jelly like Dacrymyces palmatus has the ability to put out new fruit bodies during a thaw. But now I'm wondering if these ones I found yesterday are newly formed or old/thawed.

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Here's another mushroom I find throughout the winter, during thaws, Panellus stipticus. I think the same question applies to this type. Mushroom Expert reports that it may dry out in situ, and then revive during a rainfall.

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