Lichens & Fungi

Common Name	Scientific Name	Details	Photos
False Turkeytail	Stereum ostrea	Very thin multicolored bracket fungus with a smooth underside, common in park woods.
Common Green Shield Lichen	Flavoparmelia caperata	Common blue-green lichen on tree trunks throughout peabody park.
Crowded parchment	Stereum complicatum	Similar to False Turkey tail, but generally smaller and orange brown in color, common in the park woods.
Mushroom	Amanita sp.	Presence of potent toxins of various types has made this genus infamous but some taxa are considered edible. Ectomycorrhizal with gymnosperms and angiosperms or rarely apparently saprobic; on soil or litter.
Sapwood Rot	Porodaedalea pini	A Fungi that causes “red ring rot” within trees.	Photo by Austin Madison