Peach mushroom

Wrinkled peach mushrooms, Southern Ontario, Canada. Photo: Alison Wawrzyniak.

Wrinkled Peach mushroom (Rhodotus palmatus) ~ By Dan Molter

Giulia Colombo on Instagram: "Week 4 of #funguary, the wrinkled peach mushroom. 🧡 I made two versions and since I couldn't choose which one I liked best ... I put both ;) . . .side note: Drawing when the worst things happen in the world is "strange" and (at least for me), sometimes I almost wonder if it is right to do it so "normally"; but I think that everyone needs a bit of mental rest from all the darkness that surrounds us and if that can help anyone, I am genuinely happy. I hope I have…

Nuts About Macro on Instagram: "Presents N U T S A B O U T M A C R O 🔍 Photographer: @jamie_hall_definitive_imaging C O N T E N T: Wrinkled Peach Mushroom 🍄 I N F O: At its best the Wrinkled Peach is a strong contender for the title 'Most Beautiful British Mushroom'. Until the major outbreak of Dutch elm disease in the second half of the 20th century, this was a rare mushroom, but then for a decade or two its food source, rotting elm wood, became commonplace. L O C A T I O N: London…

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Photographed at RSPB Swell Woods with Max and Ben. These fruiting bodies appear every year on part of a fallen Elm, providing a wonderful photo opportunity. Wrinkled Peach are particularly photogenic; the older specimens showing off their structural gilled underside, and the young ones bleed red liquid from their stipe.