Mushrooms

Alpine Jelly Cone Guepiniopsis alpina Mar – Jun, Sep Tiny, bright orange, top-shaped jelly fungi that push out of cracks in bare conifer wood soon after the snow melts. Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae Jan, Mar – Nov A hard, hoof-shaped shelf fungus with a glossy orange-red band and a white rim, common on dead conifers, where it breaks wood… Spring Orange Peel Fungus Caloscypha fulgens Apr – Jul A bright orange cup fungus that appears in spring as snowbanks melt under conifers. Its cups stain blue-green as they age or… Veiled Polypore Cryptoporus volvatus Apr – Jun, Aug Small, round, cream to tan conks on recently dead conifers, with a sealed pouch underneath that beetles enter to spread the spores. West Coast Reishi Ganoderma oregonense Jul – Nov A large shelf fungus with a glossy, lacquered red-brown top that grows on dead conifers and slowly rots their wood.