On fallen oak, likely Quercus wislizeni but hard to tell. Being eaten by some sort of large larvae. Unclear if coming from a tuber, but larvae were in the wood at the point of attachment.
Doesn't really look "pink" enough, but I'll throw it out there.
"Cog wheel" partial veil when immature; light almondy odor; nutty taste when cooked; very pale yellow KOH reaction; did not stain yellow with handling or cutting or dehydration; there was a bright orange-yellow spot on a damaged part of one of the caps, which we thought was some type of bacterial growth or fungus; I believe this was the same species found nearby off the same road, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146592750
Growing on dead Quercus wood
On artemisia californicus
UVF 365 nm = green
taste = mild, chalky, not acrid
Green outer color that isn't UV fluorescent. Found by @yipkiyay
Rhodophana
This thing is so neat. Pleurotoid-appearing, but stipitate, growing on this artificial substrate. Mild pleasant anise smell.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Jan. 3, 2017.
Lots of messy debris adhering to stem bases.
No smell detected. Taste somewhat oily, faintly fragrant.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Feb. 10, 2022.
On pile of woody debris and leaves under live oak.
Farinaceous smell, becoming fruity (grape soda?) after tackle box. Pleasant fungal-farinaceous taste.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Feb. 22, 2022.
Only two plants seen.
Measurements from a small sample, tchester#1284:
st ~10-12 ridged, shiny, sticky, gland-dotted.
lvs mostly not evident on plant. one stem had lvs up to 12 x 3 mm, narrowly elliptic, with a few minute glands or teeth along the margin and tip, gland-dotted.
infl terminal clusters of ~10-20 flowers
invol 2.0-2.5 mm, phyllaries in 4 graduated series, edges membranous.
ovary vestigial, corolla 1.8 mm, pappus of many minutely-barbed bristles 2.5 mm.
After I keyed it out to B. sergiloides, I looked for chaff scales in the receptacle to confirm the id, and found a few still present.
Differences from B. brachyphylla:
It didn't look like the B. brachyphylla at the mouth of this upper canyon branch, which had heads in very open panicles. This has heads in dense panicles. The staminate invols for B.b. are 3.8-5.2 mm, much bigger than the 2.2-4 mm of B.s., which fits my sample's 2.0-2.5 mm. B.b. also has no chaff.
See also this obs of a B. brachy from a bit farther down the canyon, from the same day:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146319241
At the time of my collection, there were no vouchers online from this area.
under a slight shrump in the decomposed grantie like sand was a large fruiting of this mushrooms making a half circle around a Chamise plant. Manzanita was ~5 m away, otherwise it was all chamise. No scent. very viscid cap with a slime veil extending down to the stem, stem had large ridge on it making it slightly flocculus. cap had a grey hue to it in situ, but it may have been due to it being past sundown
UVF 365 nm = dramatic blue
White spores, coming up in debris under coast live oaks, caps about 4-6cm
With Sitka spruce, cap about 6 cm wide, viscid, Lilac with lighter center, gills purple with rusty tones,
stipe dry, bulbous base, white except near apex where rusty brown cortina remnant and violet hue expressed
Alder. Kept hair ice stick moist in boot room. Thin skin of Exidiopsis showed up 3 weeks later.
Last two pics taken after 10 days. Still there and looking wild.
3 days after a rain.
EDIT: after closer inspection, bluing may just be from decomposition. Added more photos.
Fungus?
Growing on dead Quercus agrifolia; I've been watching this site fruit for a few seasons, and yesterday I noticed a new fruitbody, which I collected as a voucher specimen.
Found in a burned second growth redwood grove. There was an area of several hundred square meters of the same species surrounding it.
Tiny specimens (5mm) on the cut end of a large (5' diameter) downed fir covered in moss.
Hydrophobic, more tuberous formations underneath fruiting bodies about 4 inches below surface of ground.
Growing on fallen Tanoak with old, dry Crepidotus on log close by
Clay clumps of mycelium under fruiting bodies. Microscopy of mycelium.
Found on UCSC campus in a smallish burn zone. Seemed to be fruiting only in patches that were burned. In a mixed evergreen forest consisting of redwoods, douglas-fir, madrone, huckleberry, and the occasional oak. The base of the stipe seems like it connects to clumps of clay soil underground. The soil has sparkly minerals in it. There are small nuggets of mycelium is inside the larger clumps of clay soil. No strong flavor, dries out mouth slightly, light fungal smell. White spores that powder coat caps underneath and leave rings of white spore powder on the soil beneath the cap.
under Quercus agrifolia
video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7itC2p3FG7pnfzxB6
observed with @lindsaybest
Growing out of the dudleya !
Two Halgerda terramtuentis were located on coral reef wall at a depth of approximately 30 feet. Sizes were not measured. Water temperature was 74 degrees F.
At the base of Chrysolepis chrysophylla
Barefoot Amanita? Found just after some rain, the first rain in a couple months. Growing under a bush.
Under Manzanita, alligator juniper, and Emery oak. Sweeet taste.