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Leszek Piotrowski

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S. Ontario - Autumn's Close
« on: September 06, 2018, 08:20:09 pm »

Yes, Very warm and very humid,.. but our "Canada" cold will no doubt be upon me soon.
Found these ones awaiting the snow.

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Re: S. Ontario - Autumn's Close
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2018, 11:46:45 pm »

looks like Dryad's Saddle mushroom. Tough, but edible.
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Re: S. Ontario - Autumn's Close
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2018, 08:01:08 pm »

Thanks Les,.... I'm not very good at identifying mushrooms/fungi, but will look for some more info on this one.
cheers,
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Re: S. Ontario - Autumn's Close
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2018, 08:58:53 am »

It looks more like a bracket fungus rather than a Dryad’s Saddle. Maybe a Turkey Tail?
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Re: S. Ontario - Autumn's Close
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2018, 07:48:48 pm »

thanks for your reference to the identity as possibly "Turkey Tail". From Wikipedia looks to me as it might indeed be. There are a lot of colour variants.
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Re: S. Ontario - Autumn's Close
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2018, 05:37:54 pm »

There is a lot of variation. For your reference, here is a picture of some young Dryad’s Saddle. They were very common this summer in Ontario.
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Re: S. Ontario - Autumn's Close
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2018, 08:30:03 pm »

Bob-- thanks, will make note of this.
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