August 25th. 2012. We’d had quite a bit of rain
over the weeks preceding this visit to the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in
Jones County, Georgia. We were leaving the NWR and driving northeast on Sugar
Hill Road. Much of this road is shaded and has high embankments that stay moist
with other areas in the refuge. The conditions had been perfect for mushrooms
to grow. Besides the mushrooms, we found a variety of coral fungi
This coral fungus – probably
Ramaria botrytis - was growing within a few inches of the emerging Amanita jacksonii mushroom
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This fungus, growing on a south-facing
embankment, was still developing. We don’t know what it finally looked like
although the last photo in the set gives a clue.
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White Worm Coral (Clavaria vermicularis) growing on a north-facing embankment.
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Another fungus, on a north-facing embankment,
in the process of maturing into a coral fungus. I wonder if this is a
developing Crested Coral Fungus (Clavulina cristata)?
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Another developing White Worm Coral (Clavaria
vermicularis). The fungus has barely differentiated to form the coral (above)
with mature coral (below)
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