Golden-gilled Gerronema (Chrysomphalina chrysophylla)
Golden-gilled Gerronema (Chrysomphalina chrysophylla), Hygrophoraceae Family. Native but not too common in Colorado with only 10 herbarium collections. This is decomposer and found on the decayed wood of conifers. It grows most commonly gregariously, or alone or...
Rocky Mountain Red Boletus (Boletus edulis)
Rocky Mountain Red Boletus (Boletus edulis), Boletus Family (Boletaceae), is probably the most common edible mushroom in Colorado and was considered to be the same as Boletus edulis in Europe, until 2014 when David Arora and Jonathan Frank published a paper that...
Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), Rose Family (Rosaceae), a native shrub common on dry hillsides in canyons, aspen, pinyon-juniper or with sagebrush from plains to subalpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from May through July. There are three varieties...