Category: Fungi and Mushrooms

Dryad’s Saddle Fungus

On our regular walks in the springtime, we look for the fungi growing on this old stump. When we first see them they are firm and very nice looking. I believe they are called Dryad’s Saddle Fungi, according to several websites I looked at. When they grow on trunks, they often look like saddles, but […]

Fungus

One of the tree stumps on our road has some fungi growing on it. I looked up some information about fungi and found some interesting facts. I have no idea what kind of fungus this is. there are thousands of types of fungus the word “fungus” comes from the Latin word meaning “mushroom” “fungi” is […]