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 |