Pholiota
As in many other ecosystems, there is a regular sucession of plants and fungi that follow after a fire in the northern boreal forest. These Pholiota highlandensis are often found on charcoal or moss beds 2 or 3 years after a forest fire. Nothing eats them but the bugs.
This shows a young Pholiota squarrasoides emerging from the base of a burned tree in interior Alaska.
An unidentified species of Pholiota, and some fire following fairy cups, Geopyxis species.
