Cinnabar red chanterelles
There is a path I regularly walk at the Audubon sanctuary in Oaks, PA, USA. My gaze is normally on the path, to watch my footing, so much of the undergrowth went unnoticed for quite a while. Only after seeing a bloom of cinnabar red chanterelles did I take a closer look. Several species were visible in only a 60 meter stretch through the forest and included polypores (shelf like fungi), cup-like fungi, puffballs, coral fungi and several other species. There was also a slime mold and a parasitic flowering plant which has no chlorophyll.
These orange fellows, ranging from 1cm to only a few cm in height, appear to be cinnabar-red chanterelles (Cantharellus cinnabarinus). But don't stake your life on that assignment. This image is slightly overexposed - caps are a vibrant orange with no white.
Cinnabar red chanterelles
There is a path I regularly walk at the Audubon sanctuary in Oaks, PA, USA. My gaze is normally on the path, to watch my footing, so much of the undergrowth went unnoticed for quite a while. Only after seeing a bloom of cinnabar red chanterelles did I take a closer look. Several species were visible in only a 60 meter stretch through the forest and included polypores (shelf like fungi), cup-like fungi, puffballs, coral fungi and several other species. There was also a slime mold and a parasitic flowering plant which has no chlorophyll.
These orange fellows, ranging from 1cm to only a few cm in height, appear to be cinnabar-red chanterelles (Cantharellus cinnabarinus). But don't stake your life on that assignment. This image is slightly overexposed - caps are a vibrant orange with no white.