leah_mycelia

04/02/2026

Hi! I've got mushroom education classes and hikes coming up in the next 2 weeks! I'd love to see you! Some of the classes are full already, but I know there is still room in the Hoyt Arboretum programs, so check them out!

Https://linktr.ee/Leah_mycelia

10/09/2025

Hi! I'm giving two educational programs this Sunday hosted by Hoyt Arboretum in Portland. One is learning the common fall mushrooms of the PNW, the other is general mushroom ID skills. Both include a walk in the Arboretum afterward to look for mushrooms together. The cost for each program is $40. I would love to see you there if you are interested!

https://www.hoytarboretum.org/events/mushrooms-look-alikes-10-12-25/

https://www.hoytarboretum.org/events/introduction-to-mushroom-id-10-12-25/

07/03/2024

Hey! I'll be at the Gorge Fungi Foray in early October in WA. I did this last year for the first time and it's a pretty great festival with incredible food, gorgeous foray locations, music and I will be giving a talk about mycoheterotrophic plants (non photosynthetic plants growing in association with fungi). Maybe see ya there?

There's more info at GorgeFungiForay.com

Rad friends and and others will be there! 🎉

11/11/2023

Ascocoryne, purple jelly disc

More common as the weather gets colder, check for it on log ends trailside

11/07/2023

Mycena purpureofusca, "purple edge bonnet", common on conifer wood in the PNW in the colder months. So named for its marginate purple edged gills

11/07/2023

Huge fruiting of Clavaria fragilis (white worm coral / fairy fingers) and Newell Creek Canyon Nature Park on Sunday, seen at mushroom hikes

11/07/2023

Helvella vespertina

11/06/2023

Went chanterelle hunting for my friend's birthday this year. Trying to make sure to schedule quality time with loved ones and not just mushroom "work" during mushroom season. An important lesson I am slowly getting better at (even if that quality time needs to be scheduled 3-4 months in advance 😁)

11/06/2023

Hypomyces sp. (could be H. chrysospermus on misc. boletes or H. microspermus on Xerocomellus)

11/06/2023

11/06/2023

Honey mushrooms, Armillaria
Edible for most people, cook well
White spores
Ring on stipe
Fibrils on cap top
Clustered to single to gregarious on wood or appearing terrestrial (but ultimately attached to tree roots)
Parasitic and/or saprotrophic