So much rain this summer in Southwest Virginia…it is a banner year for fruits and vegetables, and especially for wild mushrooms. Another mushroom foray around the Pandapas Pond area in Montgomery County produced the following fun assortment of wild fungi in our local woods. The best highlight for me was moose antlers !
What we found on July 18, 2013:
Flame-colored chantarelle Cantharellus ignicolor
Carnation Earth Fan Thelephora caryophyllea
Shiny Cinnamon Polypore Coltricia cinnamomea
Golden Chantarelle Cantharellus cibarius
Golden Fairy Spindle Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Jack O’Lantern Omphalotus illudens
Jelly Baby Leotia lubrica
Moose Antlers Wynnea americana
Old-Man-of-the-Woods Strobilomyces confusus
Peach Chanterelle Cantharellus persicinus
Scarlet Wax Cap Hygrocybe coccinea
The Blusher Amanita rubescens
The Grisette Amanita vaginata
Turkey Tail Trametes versicolor
White Elfin Saddle Helvella crispa
Vase Thelephora Thelephora vialis
White Worm Coral Clavaria fragilis
Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconia
Black Trumpets
Click on any photo to open a larger viewer. Please leave a comment if you think I’ve misidentified any of these characters.
VIRGINIA WILDFLOWERS 
I think it may be spelled Thelephora…and Galiella rufa may not be the Hairy Rubber Cup