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Old Man of the Woods
Strobilomyces sp.
This shaggy, dusky mushroom is in the bolete family and can be hard to find because it often blends in with leaf litter or pinecones.
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Cinnabar Chanterelles
Cantharellus subg. Cinnabarinus
Like their larger bright yellow cousins, these small reddish orange chanterelles feature false gills which do not easily flake away; likewise, this characteristic helps distinguish them from poisonous lookalikes such as the jack o' lantern mushroom.
Edible (at your own risk). Always have a positive ID before trying any wild mushroom you forage.
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Deer mushroom
Pluteus sp.
Aug. 18th, 2023
Growing in old growth bottomland woods.
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Little Nest Polypore
Trametes conchifer Syn. Poronidulus conchifer
This adorable tiny polypore species was on a hardwood twig in old growth bottomland woods near the Meramec River.
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Aug. 18th, 2023
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Russula sp.
There are over 200 known species of russula in the United States. It's one of my favorite genera of fungi.
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Agaricus sp.
Shadowing the forest floor with its magnificent dark gills.
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Yellow Corydalis
Corydalis flavula
March 31st, 2023
Wildwood, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
This native, white bleeding heart plant blooms throughout the eastern United States during early spring.
March 31st, 2023
Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
March 31st, 2023
Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Pale Jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
Native to much of eastern North America, pale jewelweed prefers wet soils in bottomland forests, along streams, etc... Jewelweed is also an old remedy for poison ivy rashes. Hummingbirds love the flowers as well. The pictured plants were growing en masse in a bottomland forest next to the Big River.
Sept. 1st, 2021
Washington County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
These gorgeous spring ephemerals are usually found in woods with rich, somewhat alkaline, well drained-soils across eastern North America. Their flowers can vary in color and petal count. The hepatica plants pictured were growing on wooded hillsides featuring dolomite rock outcrops.
March 30th, 2023
St. Francois County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Largeflower Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
Also known as Merrybells, this stunning spring ephemeral in the lily family is found in woods throughout central and eastern North America. Native Americans traditionally used this species as a remedy for certain skin conditions.
April 12th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Ruby Dapperling
Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Drooping Trillium
Trillium flexipes
April 12th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Squirrel Corn
Dicentra canadensis
This spring ephemeral is scattered throughout the eastern United States, but it is somewhat rare in Missouri.
April 17th, 2023
Washington County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
April 12th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Violet Wood Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
This beautiful oxalis violacea with showy, soft violet blooms is a perennial species native to the eastern and central United States.
May 12th, 2023
Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Some kind of bolete mushroom
Boletales
This bolete featured unusually large, bright yellow pores.
There are over 150 described bolete species in the Midwestern United States alone, so sometimes it's a challenge to narrow them down to an exact species ID. It's not an ash tree bolete. I found this one while doing field research in an old growth forest near the Meramec River near swamp white oak, pin oak, cottonwood, silver maple, green ash, persimmon, and hackberry trees. I'm not sure which tree it was associated with.
Aug. 18th, 2023
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Amanita sect. Vaginatae
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Small-Funnel Veil Amanita
Amanita multisquamosa
Amanita ser. Pantherinae
Also known as the White Panther Amanita, this species is found in forests east of the Great Plains in the United States. It has a mycorrhizal association with oaks and can sometimes be found near conifers as well. Likely psychoactive and presumed toxic. ☠️
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline