Comments on: A Fungus Among Us

By: Miss Mary

Miss Mary — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:56:00 +0000

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

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:07:40 +0000

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?

By: BobMarche

BobMarche — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:27:50 +0000

Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting

By: Miss Mary

Miss Mary — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:40:25 +0000

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*

By: Miss Mary

Miss Mary — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:36:36 +0000

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…