Oct 16, 2026, 10:45 PMI have these Eastern Jack-O-Lantern Mushrooms (Omphalotus illudens*) growing in my yard, begging for a picture, and their guardian apparently wanted their portrait taken too.(a Gray treefrog, or perhaps a “Cope’s Gray treefrog).
#fungi #frogs #fungiandfrogs #MushroomsOfMastodon
(* I think, it’s the best guess from a reverse image search and the fact they are growing out of a rotting oak stump)
Saw these in NY recently! Not with a nice frog, but I was still excited by their color. I wonder what their mycelium feeds on? Living wood? Dead wood? Other mushrooms? Something more exotic?
I also met a very friendly carpenter ant nearby and she was happy to rest on my hand and warm up for a bit.
Oct 17, 2026, 5:27 AM@futurebird @jayo Do they glow in the dark like the western ones are supposed to? (Never seen them myself. . .)
That frog is so cute.