Candidate For Observation Of The Month - New York Mycological Society's Journal

The OOTW for this week is by Bill May in Cunningham Park, NY, US, on November 28, 2021 . His iNaturalist ID is williammay1972 and the Observation can be seen here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102099543

More about Helicogloea compressa:

https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/14273/helicogloea_compressa.html
https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/10364
https://www.fungikingdom.net/fungi-photos--descriptions/basidiomycota/atratiellales/phleogenaceae/helicogloea-compressa.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicogloea
https://www.texasmushrooms.org/en/helicogloea_compressa.htm
https://mushroomobserver.org/19861
https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/name/Helicogloea%20compressa
https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/978546-Helicogloea-compressa
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ascomycete/comments/df9ucj/slimy_bumps_on_a_log_helicogloea_compressa/
https://mycomap.com/mo-observations/247459-leucogloea-compressa-r250119

Don't forget to follow him at:
iNaturalist: williammay1972
Twitter: masonbee
Facebook: Bill May
Instagram: kakapox

The OOTW for this week is by Misha Zitser in Cunningham Park, NY, US, on December 14, 2021 . His iNaturalist ID is zitserm and the Observation can be seen here:

Without further study it is apparently difficult to discern the difference between S. complicated and S. hirsutum - they're not easy to separate.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103048780

More about Stereum complicatum:

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/stereum_complicatum.html
https://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/crust%20and%20parchment/species%20pages/Stereum%20complicatum.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereum
https://wpamushroomclub.org/product/stereum-complicatum/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=5645
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1063180/Stereum_complicatum
https://driftlessprairies.org/bio-inventory/fungi-inventory/stereum-complicatum-crowded-parchment/
https://www.gbif.org/species/2553087
https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/name/Stereum%20complicatum
https://florafinder.org/Species/Stereum_complicatum.php

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iNaturalist: zitserm
Instagram: oumuamua123