Hidden treasures in Herring Run Park
The Natural History Society of Maryland had a recent meetup lead by biologist Nick Spero in Herring Run Park. They were searching for wild mushrooms, but with the warning not to eat any mushroom that you cannot identify. They found many like Pleurotus pulmonarius, also called oyster mushroom, Phellinus linteus, or black hoof mushroom, and Lenzites betulinus. I later returned on my own to see what visual treasures I could find hidden in the woods of Herring Run Park.
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- Stereum ostrea grows on a fallen red oak. The Natural History Society of Maryland has a meetup lead by biologist Nick Spero searching for mushrooms in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Moss covers wild mushrooms in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Fred Paraskevoudakis, Finksburg, a microbiology professor at Baltimore City Community College and president of the Maryland Entomological Society, takes a closer look at Phellinus linteus, a mushroom growing on a black locust tree. The Natural History Society of Maryland has a meetup lead by biologist Nick Spero searching for mushrooms in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Wild mushrooms grow on a fallen tree in Herring Run Park forming an interesting geometric pattern.. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Foreground, right, Stereum, and, background, Lenzites betulinus, wild mushrooms growing on a log in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Pieces of wild mushrooms on a fallen tree fall onto plants in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Close up of underside of mushrooms in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Wild mushrooms of different colors make for an interesting contrast as they grow on a tree in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Wild mushrooms grow in an erratic manner in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Biologist Nick Spero talks about Aminita muscaria, a hallucinaginic mushroom, as people gather for a Natural History Society of Maryland meetup to search for mushrooms in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Wild mushrooms grow on a tree branch that has fallen in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Wild mushrooms in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- A wild mushroom in Herring Run Park stands out from the muted colors of the bark and leaves of the forest floor. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- A colorful leaf rests on wild mushrooms in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- The underside of mushrooms in Herring Run Park make for an interesting shape as they grow off of a fallen tree. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Wild mushrooms in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- A very small wild mushroom finds space among fallen leaves in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Phellinus linteus, a mushroom growing on a black locust tree. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Ray Masoudi, Overlea, takes a look at Lenzites betulinus and Stereum, wild mushrooms growing on a log in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Lenzites betulinus and Stereum, wild mushrooms growing on a log in Herring Run Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Fred Paraskevoudakis, Finksburg, a microbiology professor at Baltimore City Community College and president of the Maryland Entomological Society, holds Pleurotus pulmonarius, also called oyster mushrooms. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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