Thank You for Making the Fall Fungi Bio-Blitz a Success!

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the Fall Fungi & Lichen Bio-Blitz on Thetis Island! Together, we made 297 observations and identified over 100 different species - an amazing snapshot of the island’s fungal diversity. Every observation you shared contributes to community (citizen) science, helping researchers, conservationists, and naturalists better understand the ecosystems that make Thetis Island so unique. 

Bio-Blitz Winners:

• Most Observations: Alina Ensminger with an impressive 60 observations

• Coolest Find: Fruiting body of Usnea (Old Man’s Beard lichen) by klcoutside

• Best Photo: Deceiver mushroom by Athenia Willowbrook

Enjoy a selection of photos from our forest finds!

Please note that ID is NOT 100%

Best Photo - Deceivers (Genus Laccaria) by Athenia Willowbrook

Coolest Find - Fruiting body of Old Man’s Beard lichen by klcoutside

Western Painted Suillus (Suillus lakei) by klcoutside

Western Grisette (Amanita pachycolea) by Grace and Florence Terry

Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) by Amelia Ensminger

Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia) by klcoutside

Fir-Cone Mushroom (Strobilurus trullisatus) by Camille

Mica Cap (Coprinellus micaceus) by klcoutside

Golden Pholiota (Pholiota aurivella) by Amelia Ensminger

Cucumber Cap (Macrocystidia cucumis) by Riley Murphy

Family Xeromphalinaceae by Alina Ensminger

Wood Woolly-Foot (Collybiopsis peronata) by Charlotte Fesnoux

Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) by Charlotte Fesnoux

White Coral Fungus (Clavulina coralloides) by Athenia Willowbrook

Blackening Slime Spike (Gomphidius oregonensis) by Riley Murphy

Angel's Wings (Pleurocybella porrigens) by Ava Kerr

Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies Order Agaricales by klcoutside

Western Jumbo Gym (Gymnopilus ventricosus) by Grace and Florence Terry