Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Hike

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Hike,a beautiful warm afternoon for a hike in the woods.

 Could this be Tinder Conks, Fomes fomentarius? a perennial, adding a new layer each year.

 Is this Amanita muscaria var. guessowii? I found two of these in a warm spot near some oak trees.

 Could this be Chicken of the Woods, two species of chicken mushrooms. Laetiporus cincinnatus has a cream-colored underside, while Laetiporus sulphureus has a yellow underside and is also known as the Sulphur Shelf.

Could this be Pholiota squarrosa, commonly known as the shaggy scalycap, the shaggy Pholiota, or the scaly Pholiota, poisonous, especially if consumed in combination with alcohol. These last photos were getting too dark under the trees, I will have to start hiking earlier in the day.

 This is not a mushroom but must be the fruit of some plant that has lost its leaves.

White Baneberry, Actaea pachypoda Elliot, Baneberry plants are poisonous and the berries are considered especially poisonous, see site: http://www.friendsofeloisebutler.org/pages/plants/whitebaneberry.html