Here are a few mushrooms I found after a monsoon downpour for #mushroommonday
I found a new mushroom this time. I'm not entirely sure it is Lactarius psammicola but it definitely resembles it.
The lactarius mushrooms produce milk when their gills are cut.
I gave it a tiny taste test nibble and it wasn't spicy like they peppery lactarius. In fact this one has basically no real taste at all.
Quite a few were growing in the dark forest that was drenched by the rain. I left them alone because I wasn't sure of their true ID though I did read Lactarius psammicola is eaten in Mexico, though they tend to also pick up heavy metals and radioactive metals from the ground if they are in a contaminated area.
Next I found a tiny red boletus.
This one's color has features of bicolor bolete.
I checked the gills and stem color. Bicolor boletes have a red stem, yellow pores and a red cap. There are a few lookalikes though and I never find enough of these bicolors for a meal, they always seem to grow in one offs.
Here are a few summer oysters that look like they dried too much before they got enough rain. Sadly not enough for a meal.
Last we have some tiny little delicate mushrooms Marasmius capillaris. These guys are easy to overlook because of their size and they mainly feed off of dead leaves. One of the tiniest mushrooms out there. I doubt anyone has ever tried eating them as they are way too small. Who knows they might be edible.
That's all for now, hopefully I can find a large harvest of something edible for #fungifriday...