10.3.26 El Porvenir (mushrooms, mammals), NM

From 9.29.26-10.5.26 my father, sister and I drove from Chicago, IL to Las Vegas, NM and back. This is part of Day 7.

See all of the New Mexico trip posts at New Mexico 2026. 


Stinking Orange Oyster mushrooms

Cool gills

Very orange. Didn't think to smell them, though. Silly me. (Actually I think smelling fungi is good practice. Good for identification, and fungi make many interesting smells)

Unidentified very orange mushroom

Cool

Tassel-eared Squirrel (aka Abert's Squirrel)

Hop!

Zoom!!!!!!!!

Unidentified crust fungus

So cool

Lots of crust

Weird moldy stuff

Another Tassel-eared Squirrel

GIANT FLUFFY TAIL!!!!!!!!

Unidentified mushrooms on a charred pine log

Unidentified puffball

Unidentified mushroom growing from dead pine roots and through rock

Unidentified mushroom

Unidentified mushrooms

Unidentified mushroom

Unidentified mushrooms

Unidentified mushroom

Unidentified species of Barometer Earthstar (Astraeus sp.)


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