FungiJoJofromCanada
@fungijojo.bsky.social
Mushroom Lover + Grower - Gardener - Nature Nut - Dog + Cat Lover - Retired - Mother - Wife
Sharing my forest adventure's and the wonderful world of fungi.
All photo's are my own.
Mid Western Ontario
Sharing my forest adventure's and the wonderful world of fungi.
All photo's are my own.
Mid Western Ontario
Pinned
Apricot Jelly (Guepinia helvelloides) is a salmon-pink, ear-shaped, gelatinous fungus and always reminds me of rose petals. Rubbery in texture, is edible, and may be eaten raw with salads, pickled, or candied. Fruit in the late Summer and usually after a heavy rain.
#fungifriends #photography
#fungifriends #photography
Our grandpuupy was over yesterday for a dog sitting adventure. Happy to announce he is now one year old as of Wednesday the 11th. Our son and DIL + friends had fun tubbing down some hills hours away from home. He is still a full time job. Always on the ball and never stops. Xoxo
February 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Our grandpuupy was over yesterday for a dog sitting adventure. Happy to announce he is now one year old as of Wednesday the 11th. Our son and DIL + friends had fun tubbing down some hills hours away from home. He is still a full time job. Always on the ball and never stops. Xoxo
Yellow staining milkcaps - Lactarius vinaceorufescens (I think) as they were found in a conifer forests and have a cinnamon coloured cap. White latex turns yellow immediately when exposed to air and considered poisonous.
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February 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Yellow staining milkcaps - Lactarius vinaceorufescens (I think) as they were found in a conifer forests and have a cinnamon coloured cap. White latex turns yellow immediately when exposed to air and considered poisonous.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
Happy Valentine's Day and Family Day long weekend to fellow Canadian's. I love an extra holiday esp. in February to break up the long Winter.
February 14, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Happy Valentine's Day and Family Day long weekend to fellow Canadian's. I love an extra holiday esp. in February to break up the long Winter.
I have never found Maitake but have eaten it and "yep" it's delish. On my bucket list and eventually I hope to find it. Not lack of trying trust me as we have driven hours to look for it. Often found at the base of oak trees in autumn. In our area we don't have many oaks.
Hen-of-the-woods, Maitake. Grifola frondosa. Choice edible.
#mushrooms #myshrooms #fungifriends #fridayfungi
#mushrooms #myshrooms #fungifriends #fridayfungi
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I have never found Maitake but have eaten it and "yep" it's delish. On my bucket list and eventually I hope to find it. Not lack of trying trust me as we have driven hours to look for it. Often found at the base of oak trees in autumn. In our area we don't have many oaks.
For #throwbackthursday my grandpuupy in May 2025 smelling the wonderful #morels I found. Lol 😂 smell but no bite. Morels are toxic raw. I can hardly wait for May!!!!
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#fungifriends
February 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
For #throwbackthursday my grandpuupy in May 2025 smelling the wonderful #morels I found. Lol 😂 smell but no bite. Morels are toxic raw. I can hardly wait for May!!!!
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
Parasol mushrooms often form fairy rings/circles and is a forager favourite. It’s enormous, delicious, and often appears in great numbers. Because of the potential for a mix-up (the vomiter) a toxic lookalike, this mushroom is best for intermediate foragers.
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#fungifriends #photography
February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Parasol mushrooms often form fairy rings/circles and is a forager favourite. It’s enormous, delicious, and often appears in great numbers. Because of the potential for a mix-up (the vomiter) a toxic lookalike, this mushroom is best for intermediate foragers.
#fungifriends #photography
#fungifriends #photography
It's been bitter cold in mid-western ON for the past 3 weeks ranging from -29c to -13c for a high mid day. My son got me this book a few years back that I forgot about. So as I'm waiting for morel season I might as well learn more about plants. Right now it's +1c and I'm loving it!
#ontario
#ontario
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
It's been bitter cold in mid-western ON for the past 3 weeks ranging from -29c to -13c for a high mid day. My son got me this book a few years back that I forgot about. So as I'm waiting for morel season I might as well learn more about plants. Right now it's +1c and I'm loving it!
#ontario
#ontario
Lovely cluster of black footed polypore. When young the cap is light coloured, but always with that distinctive darker middle.
As the polypore matures, the dark centre gets darker and starts to spread to the rest of the cap. 👇
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As the polypore matures, the dark centre gets darker and starts to spread to the rest of the cap. 👇
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February 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Lovely cluster of black footed polypore. When young the cap is light coloured, but always with that distinctive darker middle.
As the polypore matures, the dark centre gets darker and starts to spread to the rest of the cap. 👇
#fungifriends
As the polypore matures, the dark centre gets darker and starts to spread to the rest of the cap. 👇
#fungifriends
The snow on my arbour looks like the humongous elm oyster I found this fall. The snow scalloped so pretty - just like the cap on the mushroom. Lol getting cabin fever I suppose.
#fungifriday #fungifriends
#fungifriday #fungifriends
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The snow on my arbour looks like the humongous elm oyster I found this fall. The snow scalloped so pretty - just like the cap on the mushroom. Lol getting cabin fever I suppose.
#fungifriday #fungifriends
#fungifriday #fungifriends
Ouch I got bit by a mushroom 😅
Bleeding fairy helmet - Mycena haematopus bleeds a red latex when damaged. A small but enchanting common fungus which grows on soft or hardwood. Super 😎 cool!!
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Bleeding fairy helmet - Mycena haematopus bleeds a red latex when damaged. A small but enchanting common fungus which grows on soft or hardwood. Super 😎 cool!!
#fungifriends
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Ouch I got bit by a mushroom 😅
Bleeding fairy helmet - Mycena haematopus bleeds a red latex when damaged. A small but enchanting common fungus which grows on soft or hardwood. Super 😎 cool!!
#fungifriends
Bleeding fairy helmet - Mycena haematopus bleeds a red latex when damaged. A small but enchanting common fungus which grows on soft or hardwood. Super 😎 cool!!
#fungifriends
I made some tin can/wax/ cardboard emergency heat/cooking source last week. OMG they burned too well and I had to move outside as I didn't want my house burning down. Good for outdoors - burned for almost three hours! Live and learn. Used leftover wax from bad candles.
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I made some tin can/wax/ cardboard emergency heat/cooking source last week. OMG they burned too well and I had to move outside as I didn't want my house burning down. Good for outdoors - burned for almost three hours! Live and learn. Used leftover wax from bad candles.
Volunteers from my mush yard spreading to my flower gardens. I must of put some substrate or some butt samples in with the wood chips, I honestly can't remember? Nice surprise anyhow under some hostas. Large yummy wine caps.
#fungifriends #mycology
#fungifriends #mycology
February 2, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Volunteers from my mush yard spreading to my flower gardens. I must of put some substrate or some butt samples in with the wood chips, I honestly can't remember? Nice surprise anyhow under some hostas. Large yummy wine caps.
#fungifriends #mycology
#fungifriends #mycology
A platter full of yummys. Homegrown shiitake, velvet shanks, and wood blewits. I leave them in the sun for 3-5 hours to raise the vitamin D - gill side up.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
February 1, 2026 at 10:58 AM
A platter full of yummys. Homegrown shiitake, velvet shanks, and wood blewits. I leave them in the sun for 3-5 hours to raise the vitamin D - gill side up.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
Homegrown nameko - Pholiota microspora from my mush yard. A slippery, gelatinous small mushroom - prized in Japan, falling just behind shiitake. They're a cold triggered mushroom that typically fruits in the fall months.
#mycology #fungifriends
#mycology #fungifriends
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Homegrown nameko - Pholiota microspora from my mush yard. A slippery, gelatinous small mushroom - prized in Japan, falling just behind shiitake. They're a cold triggered mushroom that typically fruits in the fall months.
#mycology #fungifriends
#mycology #fungifriends
Stinkhorns - Phallus impudicus are astonishing, immodest and shameless 😂 They arise from an "egg" that results from the immature mushroom's universal veil, quickly breaking the "shell" and thrusting themselves up to heights of nearly 10 inches in a matter of hours!
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Stinkhorns - Phallus impudicus are astonishing, immodest and shameless 😂 They arise from an "egg" that results from the immature mushroom's universal veil, quickly breaking the "shell" and thrusting themselves up to heights of nearly 10 inches in a matter of hours!
Sunny day today - still freezing. My fridge has been running loud + thumps/cracks. It is older (13 years) which isn't that old as I have one downstairs that's almost 45 and works like a charm. I usually clean both once a year. Did a thorough clean even the hard to reach fan which was disgusting. 👇
January 29, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Sunny day today - still freezing. My fridge has been running loud + thumps/cracks. It is older (13 years) which isn't that old as I have one downstairs that's almost 45 and works like a charm. I usually clean both once a year. Did a thorough clean even the hard to reach fan which was disgusting. 👇
Made some chaga tea yesterday and grabbed the rest from the fridge to make a hot drink. Extraction of the fungus chunks simmered in water until the dark colour is present. I re-use the chunks until they release no more dark colour. Chaga is a #medicinalmushroom . Added honey and a bit of lemon 🍋
January 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Made some chaga tea yesterday and grabbed the rest from the fridge to make a hot drink. Extraction of the fungus chunks simmered in water until the dark colour is present. I re-use the chunks until they release no more dark colour. Chaga is a #medicinalmushroom . Added honey and a bit of lemon 🍋
Another freezing day and snowed in so I'm staying inside again 😒 Got started early this morning making chicken noodle soup to freeze. Dehydrated reishi from the fall along with my other ingredients - slowly simmer for a few hours before adding the main. Extra added immunity ❤️
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Another freezing day and snowed in so I'm staying inside again 😒 Got started early this morning making chicken noodle soup to freeze. Dehydrated reishi from the fall along with my other ingredients - slowly simmer for a few hours before adding the main. Extra added immunity ❤️
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Made 12 bagels today and the cheese ones turned out great, the jalapeno one's not so much? Lots of steps making them but it was a learning experience. I need a hug from bonhomme (the whole needs one) like Carney. A good natured man bonhomme stands for.
January 24, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Made 12 bagels today and the cheese ones turned out great, the jalapeno one's not so much? Lots of steps making them but it was a learning experience. I need a hug from bonhomme (the whole needs one) like Carney. A good natured man bonhomme stands for.
I told you guys the "mean girl post" he would do a few days back - that he would call our PM Governor Carney and hitting us with 100% tariffs. LOL what a twat! I thought the U.S didn't need anything from Canada?? I'm so proud of @mark-carney.bsky.social for not putting up with the deranged bully.
It’s posts like this that make Canada and other countries want to do deals with China and leave the United States all alone. This is the language of an abusive ex.
January 24, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I told you guys the "mean girl post" he would do a few days back - that he would call our PM Governor Carney and hitting us with 100% tariffs. LOL what a twat! I thought the U.S didn't need anything from Canada?? I'm so proud of @mark-carney.bsky.social for not putting up with the deranged bully.
It's -26 c right now and my house is cracking from the intense cold. Not much snow in my area but other's got hit bad. I am going to attempt to make homemade bagels today with hubby and keep the fire roaring throughout the day.
Lovely pic. of a family of wine caps from my mush yard.
Stay safe ❤️
Lovely pic. of a family of wine caps from my mush yard.
Stay safe ❤️
January 24, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It's -26 c right now and my house is cracking from the intense cold. Not much snow in my area but other's got hit bad. I am going to attempt to make homemade bagels today with hubby and keep the fire roaring throughout the day.
Lovely pic. of a family of wine caps from my mush yard.
Stay safe ❤️
Lovely pic. of a family of wine caps from my mush yard.
Stay safe ❤️
My fruiting chamber a few years back full of grey/pearl oysters and lions mane.
#throwbackthursday #fungifriends
#throwbackthursday #fungifriends
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
My fruiting chamber a few years back full of grey/pearl oysters and lions mane.
#throwbackthursday #fungifriends
#throwbackthursday #fungifriends
I'm so glad he is our PM. Level headed, calm, intelligent, humble etc. Mean orange girl post from dump --- incoming. 200% tariffs on Canada maybe? Quicker invasion? Maybe call him Governor of Canada?
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I'm so glad he is our PM. Level headed, calm, intelligent, humble etc. Mean orange girl post from dump --- incoming. 200% tariffs on Canada maybe? Quicker invasion? Maybe call him Governor of Canada?
For #throwbackthursday our walk in the fall looking for hen of the woods as this forest has hundreds of oaks. No luck, but found the biggest coral #fungus ever - absolutely massive!!! Size of a beach ball. What a fantastic day! First picture Is when I spotted it.
#photography
#photography
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
For #throwbackthursday our walk in the fall looking for hen of the woods as this forest has hundreds of oaks. No luck, but found the biggest coral #fungus ever - absolutely massive!!! Size of a beach ball. What a fantastic day! First picture Is when I spotted it.
#photography
#photography