A Fungus Among Us
A bright orange fungus, growing along Creek Road in Upper Darby, PA.
Bright Orange Fungus
I really need a better camera, and a tripod would come in handy. I love macro photography. All I have at present is a dinky Kodak Easy Share.
My found mushroom is the Sulphur Shelf Mushroom. I have been tempted to harvest it, but it’s a little too close to the side of the road. Three roads converge at that point, and when it rains, all of the fertilizer, gas, oil, and other street funk pours down the road and soaks the area where this mushroom is growing.
http://americanmushrooms.com/edibles4.htm
http://mushroom-collecting.com/mushroomchickens.html
http://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/?p=52
I wonder if there is a way for me to transport the thing–log and all-to my place. It’s only a matter of time before one of the local idiot children find it and destroy it.
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I think it might be Sulphur shelf (Laetiporous sulphureous), which is apparently known as the “chicken of the woods”.
I’d love to know for sure…
Well, it was bound to happen. This lovely specimen was destroyed by the neighborhood kids. Walked by it today on my way home to discover that it incurred the wrath of the mutants, who smashed it to bits with large rocks found at the scene.
*sigh*
Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
Hi, I live in tinicum, and a very similar fugus is growing in my backyard, but it’s not on a log or tree, as the Sulphur Shelf is a bracket fungus which grows on wood, but it’s just rooted out of the ground; what is it?
Hi Kevin, sorry for the tardy response–and you being a “neighbor”. I can’t say what your fungus is–I’m not an expert, but I have found useful information on the Cornel Mushroom Blog at http://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/ .
Were you able to take a picture?
We’ve all had so much rain in the Delaware valley this summer that it seems as if the only thing growing in my garden this year are mushrooms and toadstools. As long as they keep out of the basement, we’re good