 Pore surface of a brown polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma(?) on a fallen spruce(?) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Underside of a brown polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma(?) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Polypore mushrooms Phellinus chrysoloma on a spruce log in Lindulovskaya Larch Grove near Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 4, 2024
 Caps of polypore mushrooms Phellinus chrysoloma on a spruce log in Lindulovskaya Larch Grove near Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 4, 2024
 Polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Cap texture of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Margin of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Texture of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Pores of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Underside of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Caps of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Mossy cap of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Mossy caps of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Close-up of margin of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Pore surface of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Resupinate form of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Mossy upper side of polypore mushroom Phellinus chrysoloma on dry branches of a thick fallen spruce in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Some web-like fungus on rotting wood in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Mature orange spruce bolete mushroom (Boletus piceinus, Leccinum piceinum)(?) in moss near a lake 2 miles west from Kannelyarvi, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2012
 Spruce bolete mushroom (Leccinum piceinum, Boletus piceinus)(?) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 11, 2017
 Spruce bolete mushroom (Leccinum piceinum, Boletus piceinus) in moss in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 11, 2017
 Yellow polypore mushroom Flaviporus citrinellus (Antrodiella citrinella) on underside of a fallen spruce and on a rotten red-belted bracket mushroom near Chornoe Lake north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
 Close up of polypore mushroom Flaviporus citrinellus (Antrodiella citrinella) on underside of a fallen spruce on a rotten red-belted bracket mushroom near Chornoe Lake north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
 Yellow polypore mushroom Flaviporus citrinellus (Antrodiella citrinella) on underside of a fallen spruce on a rotten red-belted bracket mushroom near Chornoe Lake north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
 Polypore mushroom Antrodia(?) on wood in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2019
 Brown-beret lichen (Baeomyces rufus) with apothecia in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Polypore mushroom Flaviporus citrinellus (Antrodiella citrinella) on underside of a fallen spruce near Chornoe Lake north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
 Details of yellow polypore mushroom Flaviporus citrinellus (Antrodiella citrinella) on underside of a fallen spruce and on a rotten red-belted bracket mushroom near Chornoe Lake north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
 Spreading yellow polypore mushroom Flaviporus citrinellus (Antrodiella citrinella) on underside of a fallen spruce and on a rotten red-belted bracket mushroom near Chornoe Lake north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
 Spruce bolete mushroom (Leccinum piceinum, Boletus piceinus) on a slope of Istok Lake in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 11, 2017
 Mature orange spruce bolete mushroom (Boletus piceinus, Leccinum piceinum)(?) in moss west from Kannelyarvi, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2012
 Orange spruce bolete mushroom (Boletus piceinus, Leccinum piceinum)(?) on a mossy slope west from Kannelyarvi, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2012
 Pale brown webcap mushroom (Cortinarius) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 11, 2017
 Iceland moss lichen (Cetraria islandica) turning reddish-brown in a wet forest in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Resupinate polypore mushroom rusty porecrust Fuscoporia ferruginosa (Phellinus ferruginosus)(?) a spruce log in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
 Brown-beret lichen (Baeomyces rufus) on exposed soil on a side of a sandy road in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019
 Brown liverwort Tree Fringewort (Ptilidium pulcherrimum) on a rotting wood post near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2019
 Brown-rot fungus Rhodonia placenta on underside of a fallen spruce and on attached dry grass north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
 Brown-rot fungus Rhodonia placenta on underside of a fallen spruce near Chornoe Lake north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
 False morel mushroom (Gyromitra esculenta) on a bonfire site in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Pore surface of red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Close up of brown-rot fungus Rhodonia placenta on underside of a fallen spruce near Chornoe Lake north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
 Sporangia of slime mold Physarum album under bark on a spruce log in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 12, 2017
 Fuligo cinerea slime mold at the base of a spruce tree in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 11, 2017
 Very young sheathed woodtuft mushrooms (Kuehneromyces mutabilis) under bark on a spruce log in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 12, 2017
 Some brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
 Brown resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Mustard yellow polypore mushroom (Phellinus gilvus)(?) on rotting wood in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, June 23, 2021
 Resupinate polypore mushroom Rhodonia placenta on underside of a fallen spruce in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
 Resupinate polypore mushroom covering large area on a fallen spruce in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
 Pink polypore mushroom Rhodonia placenta on underside of a fallen spruce in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
 Tinder (bracket, shelf, or hoof) fungus (Polypore mushroom Red-Belt Conk, Fomitopsis pinicola, Russian name Trutovik) west from Kannelyarvi, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2012
 Brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 11, 2017
 Large group of red brittlegill mushrooms Russula paludosa (Russian name Syroezhka) on a slope in a spruce forest west from Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 31, 2018
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom covering large area on a fallen spruce in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom covering large area on a fallen spruce in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
 Margin of resupinate polypore mushroom covering large area on a fallen spruce in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom Rhodonia placenta on underside of a fallen spruce in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Rhodonia placenta on underside of a fallen spruce in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
 Palm shaped glittering wood-moss (Hylocomium splendens) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 21, 2013
 Brown brittlegill mushrooms (Russula) west from Kannelyarvi, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2012
 Brown sporangia of slime mold Stemonitis fusca on a log in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 12, 2017
 Reindeer lichen (Cladonia) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Pale brown fleshy webcap mushrooms Cortinarius esculentus in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 11, 2017
 Buellia(?) lichen on a boulder in a forest in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiferina in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Buellia(?) lichen on a stone in a forest in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Species of reindeer lichen (Cladonia) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Thorn lichen Cladonia uncialis in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Sieve lichen (Cladonia multiformis) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Some fruticose lichen on a fallen twig in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Trumpet like lichen Cladonia in moss in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiferina(?) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Thorn lichen Cladonia uncialis in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Bitter bracket polypore mushroom (Postia stiptica)(?) on a fallen spruce(?) in Lindulovskaya Larch Grove, near Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 31, 2017
 Prostrate form of Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) on a spruce log near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
 Red-belted bracket mushrooms (Fomitopsis pinicola) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Species of reindeer lichen (Cladonia) in moss in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Reindeer lichens (Cladonia) in a pine forest in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Cetraria and Cladonia lichens in a pine forest in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Trumpet like lichen Cladonia in a pine forest in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Close up of reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiferina in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Texture of thorn lichen Cladonia uncialis in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Close up of thorn lichen Cladonia uncialis in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Iceland moss lichen (Cetraria islandica) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Iceland moss lichen (Cetraria islandica) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Dragon cup lichen (Cladonia squamosa) on the ground in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Forest succession on the Karelian Isthmus, likely following a "sanitary clear-cut" (sanitarnaya rubka) due to a spruce bark beetle infestation. Notice the numerous grey, skeletal trees with no needles or only sparse, brown branches. This "standing deadwood" (sukhostoy) is the signature of the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), which has devastated monoculture spruce forests in the Leningrad Region over the last decade. The visible path or track through the center suggests this area is used by locals, likely from the nearby SNT "Rodnik," for mushroom hunting or walking. The distinct line between the tall forest and the clearing creates a "forest edge" habitat that is often rich in berries. Kannelyarvi, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 1, 2025
 Hyphodontia mushroom on rotting wood near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 6, 2019
 Branch tips of reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiferina in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Dragon cup lichen (Cladonia squamosa) among pine needles in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Star-tipped reindeer lichen (Cladonia stellaris) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Close up of Iceland moss lichen (Cetraria islandica) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Fruticose lichen on a fallen twig on black background in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Hooded tube lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) on pine in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Dragon cup lichen (Cladonia squamosa) in a dry pine forest in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Sieve lichen (Cladonia multiformis) among pine needles in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
 Close up of Iceland moss lichen (Cetraria islandica) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
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