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Lingzhi or Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is an oriental fungus with a long history of use for promoting health and longevity in China, Japan, and other Asian countries. It is a large, dark mushroom with a glossy exterior and a woody texture. In China it is called lingzhi, whereas in Japan the name is reishi. It’s a red-colored species that grows on decaying hardwood trees.

Close-up of giant tree mushrooms, fungus grow on old dead tree in the woods.

female hiker standing close to big rock formation in drakensberg

Giant wolf's vesse (calvatia gigantea) in a meadow.

Intricate concentric texture in an old tree stump directly below the camera.

$Lactarius pubescens, commonly known as the downy milk cap, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is a medium to large agaric with a creamy-buff, hairy cap, whitish gills and short stout stem. The fungus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows solitarily or in scattered groups on sandy soil under or near birch. \nDescription:\nThe cap is 2.5–10 cm wide, obtuse to convex, becoming broadly convex with a depressed center. The margin (cap edge) is rolled inward and bearded with coarse white hairs when young. The cap surface is dry and fibrillose except for the center, which is sticky and smooth when fresh, azonate, white to cream, becoming reddish-orange to vinaceous (red wine-colored) on the disc with age. The gills are attached to slightly decurrent, crowded, seldom forked, whitish to pale yellow with pinkish tinges, slowly staining brownish ochraceous when bruised. The stem is 2–6.5 cm long, 6–13 mm thick, nearly equal or tapered downward, silky, becoming hollow with age, whitish when young, becoming ochraceous from the base up when older, apex usually tinged pinkish, often with a white basal mycelium. The flesh is firm, white; odor faintly like geraniums or sometimes pungent, taste acrid. The latex is white upon exposure, unchanging, not staining tissues, taste acrid. The spore print is cream with a pinkish tint. The edibility of Lactarius pubescens has been described as unknown, poisonous, and even edible.\nEdibility: Ambiguous and controversial. In Russia is consumed after prolonged boiling followed by a marinating process. However it is reported to have caused gastro-intestinal upsets. Therefore, its consumption should not be recommended and this species considered toxic (source Wikipedia).$

Pores of an Oak Mazegill Fungus aka Daedalea quercina, showing the labyrinthiform structure

Mushroom Scleroderma citrinum in the forest

The shiitake (shitake) Mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

Common earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) also called earthball, pigskin poison puffball, common earth ball - mushroom on green moss before white background

Giant puffballl mushrooms can be found in many areas, such as deciduous woodland, meadow and even lawns in autumn across southern Ontario, Canada.

At the Gräftiegelsperre and at the Goldisthal sub-basin in the Thuringian Forest

cauliflower mushroom or Krause Glucke - Sparassis crispa

A large white toadstool on an old stump in the forest in the shape of a ball. The subject of forest mushrooms and parasites and their growth in nature.

$Gymnopilus suberis? \nMushrooms in Holly oak forest, in Pre-Pyrenees, Catalonia. Beautiful tiny mushrooms in the ground.\nAutumn typical forest views.$

Mushrooms macrophotography. Forest environment. Delicious food. Healthy eating. Poisoning plants. Non-cultivated vegetables. Outdoors. Protein meal. Vegan and vegetarian nutrition. Summer scene. Fungi.

$Amanita phalloides (Fr.) Link in Willd. Death Cap, Amanite phalloide, Oronge ciquë vert, Grüner Knollenblätterpilz, Tignosa verdognola, Groene knolamaniet, Gyilkos galóca. Cap 6-15cm across, convex then flattened; variable in color but usually greenish or yellowish with an olivaceous disc and paler margin; also, paler and almost white caps do occur occasionally; smooth, slightly sticky when wet, with faint, radiating fibers often giving it a streaked appearance; occasionally white patches of volval remnants can be seen on cap. Gills free, close, broad; white. Stem 60-140 x 10-20mm, solid, sometimes becoming hollow, tapering slightly toward the top; white, sometimes flushed with cap color; smooth to slightly scaly; the ball-shaped basal bulb is encased in a large, white, lobed, saclike volva. Veil partial veil leaves skirt-like ring hanging near the top of the stem. Flesh firm, thicker on disc; white to pale yellowish green beneath cap cuticle. Odor sickly sweet becoming disagreeable. Spores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, amyloid, 8-10.5 x 7-9µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly or in small groups on the ground in mixed coniferous and deciduous woods. Quite common in Europe. This is the most deadly fungus known, and despite years of detailed research into the toxins it contains, no antidote exists against their effects on the human body. Poisoning by Amanita phalloides is characterized by a delay of between six and twenty-four hours from the time of ingestion to the onset of symptoms, during which time the cells of the liver and kidneys are attacked (source R. Phillips). \n\nThis deadly poisonous Species is quite common in the Dutch Woods.$

Bolete mushroom in nature, Thailand call Tap Tao mushrooms. Scientific name Thaeogyroporus porentosus (berk. ET. Broome )

Assorted fungi that sprouts up everywhere in the Pacific Northwest with the Autumn rain.

Dryad's Saddle (pheasant's Back) Growing in Woods By Chungies Organic Farms - growing on a broken and dying tree stump in swampy area of woods. By morel mushrooms

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