Bracket fungus growing by the Whiskey Boys Trail in the Kane Woods Nature Area, Scott Township.
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Bracket Fungus
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Mushrooms in a Lawn
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Mushrooms in Riverview Park
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Mushrooms in Schenley Park
To Father Pitt’s untrained eye they look like boletes of some sort. He will not attempt an exact identification, because he is not very well informed in fungal matters.
Camera: Canon PowerShot A590 IS (hacked).
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Mushrooms from Here and There
Mushrooms come in all colors, shapes, and sizes, and old Pa Pitt’s visitors seem to enjoy looking at them. For his part, Father Pitt enjoys finding them, so here are a few more pictures.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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Tiny Mushrooms
There are mushrooms that decompose whole tree stumps, and there are humbler mushrooms whose job is to decompose twigs. Somebody has to do it.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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Mushrooms on a Stump, Frick Park
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA Continuing our mission to document a season of flourishing mushrooms, we present Mushrooms on a Stump, part of an enormous colony growing on a stump in Frick Park.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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Still More Mushrooms
Taking advantage of the damp weather, mushrooms have popped up everywhere. Here are a few more from Mount Lebanon and Scott Township. Once again, Father Pitt makes no serious attempt to identify them, and welcomes identifications in the comments.
Cameras: Olympus E-20n, Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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Tree-Bark Ecosystem
An entire ecosystem depends on the bark of this one tree in Mount Lebanon: moss, lichens, a bug, and tiny mushrooms. How tiny are they? Below is a left index finger for scale.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3, showing off its impressive macro capability. These pictures came straight from the camera, with no cropping or editing. This is where old Pa Pitt mentions once again that he bought this camera for 99¢.
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Mushrooms
These look to Father Pitt like Porcini or Penny-Buns (Boletus edulis). But he is not a mushroom expert. If they turn out to be Death Caps or Doom Shrooms, you have only yourself to blame if you ignored his warning: Don’t eat mushrooms unless you know with absolute certainty that they don’t want to kill you.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
