Cup Shaped Mushrooms
I think these are Peziza repanda fungus
Growing on the ground next to the chicken yard and the brooder is a couple masses of these cup shaped mushrooms. We have a few varieties that grow on the farm, it IS the Pacific Northwest after all, just not the rain forest of the west side. It is interesting to flip through my National Audubon Society Field Guide To Mushrooms and read about the cup shaped fungus, almost all of them reference growing in this state or area.
The Pine needle gives a good size representation since the needle is about 8 inches long. Each of the cups is only 1/4 inch to an inch across. The flesh is kind of brittle and the color is pretty even across the mass.
This is a much larger cup fungus that is sitting a foot from the main mass. It has had more space to grow to a normal full size. The color is darker due to it being a more mature mushroom and having spores developed.
In order to more accurately identify the fungus I have a few sites that I use for reference. The most applicable to my area is:
Pictorial Key to Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
This picture is from their site and is the Peziza repanda fungus.
I am fairly comfortable in my general identification of the fungus. Without the microscope to see the spores, the best I can get is appearances for id.
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Those are very interesting. Looked it up to see if edible..big no go. Btw are you a member of the Military Veterans of Steemit Discord?
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Did you touch them? :D
They look like they could feel like some kind of silicon. What a cool shape :)
The texture is kind of like a slightly brittle rubber. They break apart pretty easily.