North Country Mushrooms
 St. Lawrence County, NY

Identified Mushrooms

• Bear's Head Tooth Fungus
  - Hericium americanum -
• Blue Stain Fungus
  - Chlorociboria aeruginascens -
• Birch Maze-Gill
  - Lenzites betulina -
• Birch polypore - Razor Strop
  - Piptoporus betulinus -
• Collared Earthstar
  - Geastrum triplex -
• Coral Fungus
  - Ramaria formosa -
• Cottonroll Milkcap
  - Lactarius deceptivus -
• Eyelash Cup
  - Scutellinia scutellata -
• Nestcap - Mock Oyster
  - Phyllotopsis nidulans -
• Inky Cap
  - Coprinus atramentarius -
• Oak Maze Gill
  - Daedalea quercina -
• Pinwheel Mushroom
  - Marasmius rotula -
• Red Belt Fungus
  - Fomitopsis pinicola -
• Shaggy Mane - Inky Cap
  - Coprinus comatus -
• Shaggy Scalecap
  - Pholiota squarrosa -

Grows from the roots of trees and shrubs at their base - or from buried wood. These were found growing where wood was buried in sandy fill against a house foundation.

Caps are thin and fragile and dissolve into an inky mess as they age.

EDIBLE: when young - before they begin to dissolve - best to avoid them
CAUTION - mildly poisonous with, before and after drinking alcohol. (about 5 days)