Found by truffle dog Rye under Douglas-fir
This mushroom has pores, not teeth. It was the only one I found. Very wormy but of value because of its rarity.
Pisgah unburned control. This site has evidence of a fire >>50 years ago as the oaks are resprouts, but they are large. Unburned only with respect to known historical fires.
Hanging down from the underside of an oak log (yes with Mollisia). Often in insect holes.
I really throught the sequence would say this is C. diaphorus because it looks like it, and comes from the type locality, but the sequence says otherwise.
G. strigosus or G. occidentalis. On dead western hemlock
Under Pinus strobus, Betula pendula and Larix decidua near edge of lawn, bank of pond. Could not get spore print.
Spore deposit brown to rusty brown. Odor raphanoid. Cap 1.8 - 2.8 cm across. Stipe 12.5 - 15 cm long x 3.5 - 4 mm wide at the apex. Some cheilocystidia tibiiform. Spores rough, (8.5) 9.1 - 10.3 (11) x (4.8) 5.2 - 6.2 (6.5) µm, Q = (1.5) 1.6 - 1.9 (2.1), N = 30, Me = 9.7 x 5.6 µm, Qe = 1.7.
Quercus agrifolia, Arbutus menziesii, Arctostaphylos. Velvety cap. Broadly attached gills. BRIGHT yellow UVF on gills and stipe. Brown KOH reaction on cap. Odor reminiscent of a plant that I seem to recognize as toxic but can't remember the plant from just the odor
The dust on top is not part of the fungi - pollen is covering everything. These were pretty consistent chestnut color on top, dry. Odor indistinct. Doug fir, Madrone. Stems reddening over time.
Cap dry, not slimy. No fluorescence. Forest of Abies amabilis and Tsuga heterophylla.
On Arbutus menziesii.
The second image has exudate, which leans me toward a crust VS a lichen.
Odor not distinct. Cap 4 cm across. Stipe 7.5 cm long x 5 - 6 mm thick. KOH dark red on cap and stipe. UV365 negative on all surfaces. Growing in needle duff in a forest with Western Hemlock, Douglas-fir and Sitka Spruce. Spores rough, average size 8 x 4.5 µm.
Photo #6 (of Field Data Slip) is GPS tagged.
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CAP 5-12 cm broad, reddish brown, smooth becoming wavy at margin(more white tipped at edge), red, chocolate brown with orange red interior.
SPINES 0.3-0.5 cm long, pale buff, grayish with darker brown tips. STEM rather long, blue-green to blackish olive or blackish at base and anywhere handled(especially cap margins). ODOR pleasant: like G. applanatum but less sweet).
TASTE: Extremely bitter(akin to L.officinalis after taste).
MICRO: Spores 5.5-6.6 × 6.8-7 um, nearly round, tuberculate.
Fruiting beneath Western hemlock and Douglas fir. Old growth and saplings mostly.
Temp: upper 70’s.
Multiple images over 3-4 days: progression of drying and Microscopy work.
Growing in the forest duff.
Mild smell and sweet taste.
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ITS sequence shows it's a Squamanita but there is no close match to existing records in Genbank.
The host is Amanita canescens and is a separate entry in iNaturalist (200288206)!
Super slimy cap despite other species nearby being bone dry. Didn’t taste it, it has a distinctive smell I can’t put my finger on. Under poplar, aspen, and spruce mix.
Very abundant on the edges of sphagnum hummocks.
This seems to grow out from tight clusters.
Spore measurements:
(62.7) 74.8 - 85.8 (85.9) × (6.4) 6.9 - 7.6 (7.8) µm
Ascii around 175 x 20 µm
No hairs apparent.
8 spored asci.
ID based on the cortina veil, growing under live oak and another hardwood…
purple gills turning rusty brown, growing scattered under hardwoods
section Purpurascentes?
Spore deposit orange-brown. Cap 5 - 7 cm across. Gills with olive hue. Stipe 5.5 cm long x 1.2 - 1.5 cm wide at the apex, 2.1 - 3 cm wide at the base. KOH brown on cap. Growing under Picea sitchensis.
Possibly C. riederi.
Spore deposit orange-brown. Odor not distinct. Cap 6.4 - 6.7 cm across, glutinous when wet. Gills light brown. Stipe 8 cm long x 1.2 - 1.3 cm wide at the apex, 3.5 - 3.6 cm wide at the base. Average spore size 8.4 x 5.2 µm. KOH orange reddish brown on cap.
very yellow, under pine; possilby older S. pseudobrevipes? sent to the Duke Vilgalys lab for Suillus study
Spore deposit brown on white background, orange on black. Odor farinaceous. Cap 1.8 - 3.7 cm across, viscid. Stipe 8.5 - 12.5 cm long x 3.5 - 4 mm thick at apex, hollow. Young gills violet. Average spore size 9 x 5 µm. Growing under Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce.
Odor farinaceous. Cap 2 - 3.5 cm across. Stipe 14.5 - 16 cm long x 5 mm wide at the apex, hollow. Gills on young fruitbodies lilac. Average spore size 7.7 x 4.7 µm. Growing under Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce..
I can find no close match. I believe that this species is undescribed. The spores are 8-10x4-5.5 microns, the cap and flesh reddens in 40% KOH, the habitat is mixed conifers
blue staining, no hints of purple. large basal bulb. cap viscid, stem dry. who am i ? 👀
In sphagnum, no odor to me but was found by truffle dog
Staining dark blue quickly. Found growing under locust tree next to paved path.
Emerging through duff under giant Quercus kelloggii, with mixed younger Calocedrus decurrens.
Tan cap 8–15 cm diameter. Tubes yellow, immediately bruising blue; distinctly notched attachment to stipe. Stipe 3–7 cm at apex, expanding downward to a large bulb with a tapered base. Taste mildly bitter.
Found by truffle dog Rye
Most mature specimen smelled almost cyanide/almond
Right beside a Picea rubens root. Red pores. Stains black immediately on all areas of the basidiocarp including flesh when cut. Smells slightly nutty.
Last photo is a cross section half way through dehydration.
Lakeshore trail beneath birch, alder, and willow. One tamarack, a few very small spruce. Unsure of species, as habitat doesn’t fit descriptions in Schalkwijk-Barendsen.
From diverse old growth forest with large alpine fir present
in a manicured lawn, probably mycorrhizal; yellow pore surface, tawny and smooth top; a younger one was darker brown; dark brown striated stalk
Growing along trailside in mixed Pacific silver fir, Mountain hemlock, White pine and Western red cedar overstory. Strong bluing reaction on gills and when cut.
Three fruiting bodies along the roots of mature Quercus sp.(likely non-native red Oak).
Long rooting hypogeous stem with wrinkled folds tapering downward(attached to roots of Quercus).
Staining immediately pinkish/red where handled.
Smooth Peridium(above ground portion) slightly splitting on two specimens on right.
Peridium is smooth. NOT PIMPLED.
KOH on Peridium: reddish brown/orange after a few seconds. See at home images of KOH application.
Peridium is very thick walled/firm. See bisection shots included.
Gleba: brownish purple.
Gleba KOH: stains reddish brown/Orange similar to Peridium reaction but a bit more orange. Changing to blue/green after full dehydration. See images included of application.
Harvested all 3 specimens.
Sliced off a small portion of mature Gleba tissue and performed crush mount in KOH.
Spores: round, medium/large. Reticulate.
Captured Multiple shots of Cystidia like ornamentation and long hyphal threads at both 100X and 400X magnification using my celestron digital scope.
Thoroughly dehydrated all 3 specimens and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-