11.5.26 Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL (part 1, mushrooms)

These photos are from Part 1 of my Oak Woods Cemetery photos from November 5th 2026. Part 1 is a downed ash log bearing many fascinating fungi, lichens, plants, and insects.


Crust Fungus in the family Irpicaceaea

Pores

Pores in rut in focus

Pores on ridge in focus

Mycelium of crust fungus

Crust fungus and its mycelium

Baby crust fruitbodies

Older fruiting bodies

Crust fungus

More bracket-like area

Pores

Pores

Crust fungus

Baby crust fungus fruiting bodies

Pores

Crust fungus

Crust fungus

Crust fungus, fruiting bodies and mycelium

Mycelium

Tremellales jelly fungi

Jelly fungi

Jelly fungi

Jelly fungi and algae.

Mycena corticola mushrooms. For the purpose of this post, I will call this species the Bark Bonnet. However, Mycena corticola shares the common name Bark Bonnet with Phloeomana speirea, so the use of the name Bark Bonnet outside of this post may cause confusion.

Extreme close-up

Bark Bonnets

Bark Bonnets

Mustard Yellow Polypore. These are done growing and thus lack the yellow growing edge of living Mustard Yellow Polypore fruiting bodies, so they aren't mustard yellow anymore.

Mustard Yellow Polypores

Rotten Mustard Yellow Polypores


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