6.28.26 Marquette Park II, Chicago, IL

 


Unidentified Amanita mushroom, quite possibly a Blusher or Grisette

While Amantas are infamous for harboring the deadly deathcap and destroying angels, they also contain some mild hallucinogens and some gourmet mushrooms. It's best just not to eat Amanitas in general. I just appreciate them for their beauty and help to the environment

The largest one I saw next to my dad's 8-inch long hand

This one was shorter and had a cup-shaped cap full of dirt

Cool gills

A very small amanita

Beansprout Conecap. Weird name for a weird mushroom

Despite looking like a bean sprout that got thwacked by a wet, dead leaf, this is exactly how the mushroom should look like. it should also be a sad puddle of black goo when it's mature

Gill close-up

Possible Yellow Fielcap

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Unidentified Picture-winged fly above a possible common fieldcap

Weird lil' fly

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle on Compass Plant.

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle on Creeping Thistle.

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle mating.

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle on Culver's Root.

Common Eastern Firelfy

Tomentous Soldier Beetle. Tomentous sounds like a little kid trying to say tormentous, or something tomatoes

Hornworm Tachinid Fly

Margined Calligrapher

Black Firelfly

Milky-white Toothed Polypore

The name's Gus. Fun Gus


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