Dog Vomit Slime Mold
(Fuligo septica)
Common Coral Slime Mold
(Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)
Overtaking a fallen log.
Canadian Bunch-Berry
(Cornus canadensis)
Hairy Vetch(or possibly a tufted vetch)
(Vicia villosa)
Among buttercups, found at the base of the mountain.
Hobble-Bush flowers
(Viburnum lantanoides)
This plant is all along the trail.
Likely some Turkey Tail
(Trametes versicolor)
Growing in a cool funnel shape.
Poplar Bracket Mushroom
(Rigidoporus populinus)
Meadow Buttercup
(Ranunculus acris)
Mountain Woodsorrel
(Oxalis montana)
It is edible in small amounts.
Orange Jelly Spot fungi
(Dacrymyces chrysosphermus)
Wild Rose (likely Rosa Rugosa)
Pink Lady’s Slipper
(Cypripedium acaule)
Found near the beginning of the trail.
Possibly a Chestnut Brittlestem
(Homophron spadiceum)
Or maybe a common stump brittlestem mushroom.
Red Trillium
(Trillium erectum)
Some sort of Berkleasmium fungi
Juniper Haircap Moss
(Polytrichum juniperinum)
Found towards the summit.
Some sort of Shelf Fungus, likely Hoof Fungus
(Fomes fomentarius)
Witch’s Butter fungi
(Tremella mesenterica)
Tree soap phenomenon
Tree soap phenomenon – created when very dry wood suddenly becomes soaked through with water and the acids in the air mix with the oils in the bark, creating a soap-like foam at the bottom.
Tree soap bubbles
Close-up of bubbles
White Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
with Banded Thintail Hoverfly (Meliscaeva cinctella)
Yellow Patches (Amanita flavoconia)
This is a poisonous mushroom!
Underside of Yellow Patches
Most mushrooms in the Amanita family are poisonous, so beware!
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Orange Mycena (Mycena leaiana)
Underside of orange mycena bunch
Orange Day-Lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Orange Day-Lilies, also known as Tiger Lilies (Hemerocallis fulva)
More Ghost Plants
Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)
American Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana)
Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold (Ceratiomyxa porioides) (white fungus)
and Chocolate Tube Slime (genus Stemonitis) (brown fungus)
Massive fungus on a tree (unknown species)
Fruiting Canadian Bunch-Berry
Ghost Plant (Monotropa uniflora)
This is a non-photosynthesizing plant that lives as a parasite of fungi of the Russulaceae family.
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Feather Moss (genus Brachythecium)
Blackberry Bush (subgenus Rubus)
Vermilion Waxcap (Hygrocybe miniata)
Silky Rosegill (Volvariella bombycina)
Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
Girgensohn’s Peatmoss (Sphagnum girgensohnii) 
Found on the rockfaces leading towards the summit.
Mountain Holly (Ilex mucronata)
Found on top of the mountain.
Beech Rooter (Oudemansiella furfuracea)
Beech Rooter (Oudemansiella furfuracea)
Beech Woodwart (Hypoxylon fragiforme)
A field of Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
