Size: cap is 4.5″ wide – height 7″ high. Note: Poisonous – This mushroom is very common in mixed woodland areas and can grow up to 20 cm across. They can range from bright yellow to orange/yellow or orange red on the cap with cottony patches; however, the red cap is not common in the Maritime region. This mushroom grows in abundance and is quite a common site. Not edible.

size: 6″ high x 4.5″ wide. This Amanita Species has a flesh that stains red, thus called “The Blusher Mushroom” and can grow to 15 cm across. The stalks have a bulbous base with a lot of cottony patches on the stalk with a large ring. I love the pinkish brown tinges on the cap and stalk. Do not eat this species as most amanitas are poisonous but beautiful.

This striking mushroom is very rare but when found there is no mistake which mushroom it is.   The soft pink cap with cottony patches and frilly rim of the cap and soft yellow stalk are unmistakable.   This species fruits in mixed woodland areas and is poisonous. Actual size of this sculpture is 4″wide by 5″ high.

Size: 4″ high x 4″ wide – This mushroom is quite common and found growing plentiful on rotting conifer trees. It is edible and similar to the popular oyster mushroom. This mushroom is almost completely white and very delicate looking and often found in clusters. This sculpture shows the tree trunk of a decaying stump and a cluster of these wonderfully named mushrooms.

Size: 5.5″ long x 3″ high. Fan shaped and pure white with beautiful narrow close gills this Species fruits all around where I live and is quite a common site growing on fallen rotting stumps and logs. This delicate mushroom grows in clusters and is quite a striking sight to behold. Edible.

Ah the Chanterelle, loved for its flavour and found in abundance here in Nova Scotia.   This mushroom is generally deep orange-yellow to deep orange and is found in woodland areas.   The size ranges from 2 to 10 cm across and has a wavy margin.    Edible. Actual size of this sculpture is 5″ wide by 4″ high

Size: 5.5″ high x 5″ wide – This colorful mushroom is a hard one to miss in the forest and has a striking rich red/orange color to it. I have found many of these beauties all around my property on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. A Good Find indeed!

size: 4″ high x 2.75″ wide. This little mushroom grows in mixed woodland areas and is the most common of the Cystoderma Species. I love the way the inner veil of this mushroom often attaches to the rim of the cap. It’s color ranges from a yellow to orange/yellow and has a ring on the stalk. I don’t know anything about this species being edible so I wouldn’t attempt to eat this one but it is a pretty little mushroom which can be easily identified.

Size: 4.25″ high x 4″ wide. Note: the Earth Fan grows in fan-shaped clusters and is dark brown with wrinkles and a white cottony margin of little hairs. the underside is smooth and lighter brown and fruits in woodland areas. It is one of the bracket fungi family and I just love the hairy white margin and the deep wrinkles of the fan. I love the name!

size: 3.5″ high x 2″ wide. This species of Coral fungus grows in coniferous forests and can grow up to 15 cm tall. They are yellow to yellow/brown with a very distinct shape. Not a common mushroom to be sure as I have only found this species in New Brunswick only once. They say this fungi is edible but I haven’t had the opportunity to try one. A rare beauty to find.

Latin Name:  Amanita frostiana  – Common & Widespread this mushroom fruits in woodland areas. The actual size of this sculpture is approx 7″ high x 5.5″ wide wide.  They vary from orange to orange-yellow and are convex  to flat as they mature.  They have cottony patches on the caps and can grow up to 20 cm across.   Very striking and beautiful but poisonous.   I found the woodland area at my father’s camp in Saint John, N.B.  blanketed with them one year.  The forest floor was a blaze of orange-yellow colour – it was so very beautiful.

Size: 6″ high x 4.5″ wide. The Frost’s Amanita is a poisonous mushroom and can be found in most mixed woodland areas and can range from a deep orange color to orange/ yellow on the cap with cottony patches. The cap grows up to 8 cm wide and stalks are pure white and can be wooly with cottony like fibrillose. Not edible but a beautiful mushroom nontheless.

Size: 5.5″ high x 4″ wide. This pretty mushrooms grows in forest areas and is quite common. It is poisonous however and should not be eaten. I love the cottony patches on the cap and the stem.

Size: 5″ wide x 4″ high – this is a common bolete found almost everywhere in the forest. This mushroom grows quite large and is edible. It’s color can range from tan to a reddish brown and fruits mainly under pine or spruce trees.

Size : 5″ wide x 3″ high – this mushroom is a beauty with yellow/orange flesh blotched with deep orange specks. It is edible and is becoming of it’s name deliciosus.

Size: 4.5″ wide x 5.5″ wide – this mushroom is an indigo blue color and fades to green as it ages. The stain is dark blue and can grow up to 12 cm across. This mushroom is edible and very mild tasting. It can be found in wooded areas and old growth forests.

Latin Name:  Gomphidius subroseus – Actual size of this sculpture is 6″ high by 5.5″ wide – Rosy Pink to Salmon colored this striking mushroom fruits under conifers and is edible; however, it is very rare.

The actuaal size of this sculpture is approx 3.5″ high x 4″ wide. Very strikingly beautiful with its green hue and deeper green spots with golden yellow flicks in the centre . I found this mushroom only once in my lifetime so it is not a common site. This mushroom fruits in mixed woodland areas. It is noted to be edible; however I have never tried this species.

The actual size of this sculpture is 6″ high by 5.5″ wide.  Very common in woodland areas and becoming quite large – up to 10 cm across – Convex to flat and slightly depressed. Bright red to rosy coloured and fading to white. This mushroom is in abundance around my property on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia.  I often find this mushroom with bites taken out of it and rarely find one that is intact completely; however this mushroom is noted as Poisonous.

Size: 3.5″ x 3.5″. The Russula species is difficult to name as I have different reference names on this species and find it difficult to correctly name them; however, this mushroom grows in abundance around Nova Scotia and is a common site. It has very white gills and stalk and the cap color can range from light pink to pinkish purple to a very deep rose color. It is a small species of russula and grows to only three to four inches high. I love the variety of colors I can find in this little bright mushroom.

Theactual size of this sculpture is approx. 6.5″ high x 5.5″ wide – Latin Name:  Lepiota clypeolaria – Gorgeously striking, this mushroom fruits in woodland meadow areas.  Poisonous.

The actual size of this sculpture is approx. 3″ high x 2.5″ wide Latin name: Cantharellus lutescens – Funnel shaped, dry and thin – smoky brown to yellowish orange-brown with an irregular wavy margin, widespread and common, especially in the valley area of Nova Scotia, these mushrooms fruit in moist  woodland areas. Edible.

size: 5.5″ high x 5″ wide. A deep rich red to reddish brown cap identifies this Species of Bolete with yellow flesh and a distinctive ring on the stalk. It can grow quite large and is said to be edible.

Size: 4″ high x 4″ wide – This mushroom is said to be common; however, I have only found a few in the woods but it is a beautiful mushroom with a deep purple color with tiny tufts on the cap. This mushroom is reported to be edible but I haven’t had the opportunity to actually try one yet.

The actual size of this sculpture is approx. 6.5″ high by 5.25″ wide – Latin Name:  Gymnopus confluens – Buff to reddish brown and are often found in clusters or groups.  Also known as Collybia confluens.  Fruits in woodland around rotten leaf material.

Size 5″ wide x 4″ high. This edible mushrooms fruits under white pine trees and is bright yellow staining reddish brown. Quite a beautiful mushroom to behold.

Size:4.5″ wide x 3″ high. This tooth fungi grow like a cup with lots of detailing in the rings and is fawn colored to dark brown, often growing in clusters on rotting wood on the ground around hardwood forests.
I have only seen this mushroom growing in New Brunswick and not in Nova Scotia. It is delicate looking a quite striking. This Tooth fungi sculpture is growing on a log surrounded by leaf litter.