Check out this dense solid mushroom covered in a soft marshmallowy membrane. This is the #Coccora #Amanitacalyptoderma this is a mycorrhizal mushroom that associates with madrone and conifers, fruiting in fall-early winter. Like many Amanitas, it is extremely solid and makes for great tapping and peeling ASMR. .It is edible, but has deadly toxic look alikes (the Death Cap). You can distinguish this species (and other edible Amanitas) by paying very close attention to the striations in the edge o

Foraging for Coral Tooth Fungus (Hericium coralloides) in the Hills of Napa