We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.
Last week we had a cool cloudy day for the hike, again we had quite a few hikers that were interested in mushrooms, some wanting to pick more of their favourite edible ones, others just keen to learn more about them. We drove up to the Masyk Farm turnoff and parked, then carried on along the road checking in the woods for interesting fungi. We met up with a hunter who wanted to be sure that he and his friends knew where we would likely be going and clearly intended to hunt somewhere else — unusual in my experience, but much appreciated by us. We headed east into a logged off area that proved to be very windy, but I knew we would be out of the wind on the far side where we had lunch on the edge of some old growth forest.
My photo this week is of a mushroom we found that is related to some edible species that are called toothed fungi because they have very distinctive tiny teeth like projections on the underside of the cap. This one is called the Bleeding Tooth Fungus because of the drops of bright red liquid on the upperside of the cap when it's still young and otherwise vivid white. The one in my photo is older, and will eventually become black or grey or brown all over. It's not poisonous, it just tastes really bad I believe. Checkout the pictures on this site:—
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/plants/news-gruesome-bleeding-mushrooms
JD.
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