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Under Doug fir and Madrone. I feel the name Otidea onotica is applied Willy nilly, O. alutacea has also been found with sequencing. I’m not sure who our most common coastal Otidea is yet.
On Arbutus menziesii, black KOH rxn seen in bottom right.
PCR done by @mgkoons
Under Arbutus menziesii, some doug fir.
Fruiting beneath non-native Cypress trees/hedge line near Westfield/Capitol mall.
Odor: orange juice concentrate.
Harvested 9 specimens.
Spore printed a single young cap directly on a glass slide.
Spore print: pinkish white.
Mounted spore printed slide in KOH.
Spores: Ellipsoid, very small, finely roughened.
Broke up multiple specimens and scattered in our leaf litter/bark chips to promote future fruitings on our property.
Dehydrating 3 specimens and bagging for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Fruiting terrestrially beneath Western Hemlock and Douglas fir.
Extremely slimy/viscid from top to bottom.
Purplish tones throughout where handled.
Gills: exude thick white latex where handled/damaged.
Latex changing lilac/purple in age(see images once back at hotel of latex color change).
Harvested 4 specimens.
Applied KOH to cap once back home in Olympia.
KOH: positive, faint yellow.
Spore printed a portion of largest cap directly on a glass slide.
Spore print: creamy white.
Mounted spore printed slide in KOH.
Spores: ellipsoid to subglobose, ornamented with warts irregular points, with halo band surrounding many. Medium/large sized.
Dehydrated all specimens and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Fruiting on a fallen Western Hemlock.
Harvested 6 specimens and dehydrated carefully for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
On a decorticated section of a conifer log. Western Hemlock, Douglas fir and Western red cedar dominant.
Photographed while leading a class of 5th grade students on a foray/presentation at the Olympia Waldorf school.
Fruiting on a fallen conifer branch. Douglas fir, Alnus rubra and Western Hemlock here.
Stem: Rusty veil band at apex.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
https://mushroomobserver.org/536385?q=1pN3k
Stem base blackening in age.
Cap: rusty orange, hygrophanous.
Harvested 3 specimens.
Spore printed a single cap directly on a glass slide.
Spore print: rusty brown.
Mounted spore printed slide in KOH.
Spores: ovoid, roughened, slightly wrinkled. Medium/lg sized.
Dehydrated specimens and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
Fruiting from a heavily cubically rotted Douglas fir log. 2nd growth Douglas fir canopy.
Cap: Very Pruinose(deeply frosted), smooth(not lumpy or glabrous). White margin band distinct.
Stem: solid red, waxy in texture/quality.
Odor: strong metallic(like smelling a penny).
Pores: no staining when handled.
Harvested specimen.
Removed a thin cap cuticle layer with straight razor and mounted in KOH.
Microscopy:
Pileipellis: rounded/subglobose/angular with awl shaped/pointed terminal cells(narrower/pointed at apex)/narrower than lower cells.
Dehydrated specimen thoroughly and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Inocybe albodisca:
Single fruiting beneath Douglas fir.
Odor: spermatic.
Cap: white disc. Darker outside disc. Crisp/waxy quality/texture. Acutely umbonate/conical disc.
Dry, not viscid.
Stem: translucent/waxy, cylindrical.
Harvested specimen and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Fruiting beneath mature Douglas fir and vine maple.
Cap: glabrous, lumpy. Not as pruinose as zelleri.
Stem: thick, red, streaked.
Pore surface: faintly staining once home.
Microscopy:
Removed a thin cap cuticle layer with straight razor and mounted in KOH.
Pileipellis: cylindrical. Slightly swollen apices.
Terminal cells slightly swollen at cylindrical/long ends. Very different from zelleri.
Dehydrated bisected specimen and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Single young fruiting beneath Douglas fir and Western Hemlock.
Stem: blue tones prevalent at base.
Stem apex staining red where handled(darkening to nearly cherry red once home).
Cap: staining red where handled.
Inosperma calamistratum does not stain red and has a scalier quality overall and generally less robust stature.
Odor: fishy.
Harvested specimen and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Fruiting near heavily cubical rotted log/debris beneath 2nd growth Douglas fir and maple.
Odor: pungent sugar cookie odor in the field. Intensifying to maple syrup odor after hours of dehydration.
Cap: dry, lumpy, Kevlar like.
Stem: very brittle/hollow.
Latex: watery, cloudy grey, skim milk.
I took two friends here today and shared this patch with them/presented on ecology, description/features/look alikes/etc.
I gave the majority of harvested specimens to them to keep. I kept a few for myself. Rapidly dehydrated a single specimen in dehydrator for herbarium collection/genetic record with this observation.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Fruiting on the cut end of a Douglas fir log.
My students Helen and John holding a harvested section with merulioid hymenophore upturned in last 2 shots.
Craterellus neotubaeformis.
Two fruiting bodies beneath 2nd growth Douglas fir.
Dehydrated a single specimen and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-