Mushroom was found under a live oak. Possesses a 5cm stalk and adnexed gills. Photographs include a microscopic image of pink, roughened spores.
Date: 2/8/2020
Location: Emerson Oaks Reserve, Temecula, Riverside County, CA 92592, USA
GPS coordinates: 33.466869, -117.040320
Palomino cup was found under a fallen log, surrounded by California coastal oak trees and a tight web of grass. The ground was moist. It was a singular light orange cup attached to a piece of decaying wood. It turned into more of a light tan color after a couple days. There is a white fuzzy looking surface. It was a small cup and likely immature, about 4 cm sized sporocarp.
City: La Palma
County: Orange
State: California
-2 samples collected ~2m away from tree in thick lawn (~1.5m apart)
-Spore Color: Deep brown
-Gill color: Pink to light brown as sample matures
-Cap features: smooth texture, gray, light brown to beige color (~3.8 cm in diameter) and slimy when wet
-Annulus pronounced
-Gills free
-Stipe is white and light brown towards cap (~3.5cm long and ~1 cm thick)
Location: UC-Riverside campus
Habitat: growing on soil/eucalyptus leaf litter near 2 large eucalyptus trees and 1 smaller unknown tree. Leaf litter depth near mushroom was < 1cm in depth.
Color: brown starlike rays and silvery white spore mass
Spore color: brown
Mushroom size: the two smaller ones measure 2.54x1.9cm and the larger one is 8.89 x 4.4cm. The one in early stage of development (rays are not bent down) is 3.81 x 2.54 cm.
Average number of starlike rays = 8-9
Perforations on spore mass= various anywhere from 2-9 perforations
Spores mass sits on many pedestals
Habitat: growing in a cluster at the base of a burned pine (coulter pine), somewhat covered with pine needles. A second cluster was growing about 2-3 feet from another pine but it was almost completely buried in the soil.
Color: cap is orange brown but the edges are light, almost appear like a dull light brown to white. It feels slimy when wet (see picture) and viscid as it starts to dry.
Spore print: brown
Gills: light tan brown color and adnate
Partial veil present (can be seen in the margin of one of the mushroom) and fully visible in the younger specimen.
Stipe: white to a light pale yellow color w bright yellow fibrils that run around the stipe and appear to go all the way down the stipe (see picture)
Stipe size: 8mm - 1cm wide and about 5cm height.
Cap size: larger specimen 2.7-3.5cm
Young specimen 1-2cm
Found in a cluster at the base of a fallen tree, hardwood species. Glows in the dark, but subtly.
In these pictures include the basic anatomy of the fungal structure as well as its spores. This particular fungus was found in the Jackson State demonstration Forest in Northern California. This fungus is distinguishable by it's erect black branches that contain white tips. These branches stand 3-8 cm tall. This fungus usually grows in groups and on decaying hardwoods. Ascopores are found in an ascus and they resemble a kidney-shaped morphology. The Ascocarps can be found erect or twisted as shown in the pictures. The spores are shown within an ascus in the pictures.
Encountered in el Potrero park (lat:33.874, Lon:-117.212). Found growing gregarious on a shaded path of grass in close proximity to an unidentified group of trees. The cap is fragile cracking with age and partially umbonate with a smooth surface. Mushroom is hygrophanous with a brown honey color and a light whitish center. The gills are close notched gills with younger mushrooms having lighter grayish brown and older mushrooms a dark brown. No veil or volva present or visible. Spores are a deep brown almost red, elliptical, and smooth.
Based on my own ID, I believe the mushrooms are psathyrella candolleana also known as suburban psathyrella but I am unsure due to the key stating that when mature the center often remains darker instead of whitish center.
Found an agaricales mushroom at Reid Park in Riverside, CA, United States. I found it growing in moist dirt that had thick grass growing out of it. The mushroom grew about 10 feet from a large oak tree. Aside from the grass and tree there was no other vegetation or plants around. The weather was sunny and the air dry. If not visible in the picture, the cap was very white and the gills were very dark, like ground coffee. The gills are free from the stipe. There was no discernible smell other than a general mushroom scent.
Found in pile of pine needles in close proximity to other mushrooms a like. Long curved, yellow and white stipe with black/ dark brown dots (cystidia) all over the stipe. Elliptical, smooth , olive color spores. Brown/ yellow cap, the cap was also very slimy that pine needles stuck to. Yellow/brown pores. Did not bruise when exposed.
These gilled mushrooms were found in a group of three on a cold morning (about 70 degrees F) and it had rained two days prior. It was growing on grass in between two pines, about 10 ft apart. The spore print was brown to dull greyish brown. No distinctive scent. Cap not viscid. My guess,
Encountered on trail near laguna beach in orange county (Lat 33.6079, Long -117.7583). Located underneath a tree (unsure of tree type) with spiny leaves and lots of leaf litter around it. The soil around it wasn't notable moist but still damp. Based on the fact that this earthstar is on a pedestal but not in a sinuate-like bowl (clearly sitting on top of pedestal not half-in half-out) I am pretty sure this is Astraeus and not Geastrum. The spores are chocolate brown and seem to have a fairly thick cell wall (brown borders around the spores) with a spiny surface. The spores are around 5-6 micrometers wide. The spore cap/case seemed to have degraded/broken down so ID was a little bit harder but I think this is hygrometricus since the cap can turn fro whitish to brown with age (also closed off upon storage). Found a couple of these earthstars in a scattered cluster. Additionally, there were spindle/twiggy like fibers that were on the earthstar. It is very powdery and all of the stars found had 10 or more rays.
Found on the side of a moist trail along an incline with no trees in the near vicinity. They were growing in a small cluster near patches of moss, indicating that there is considerable water runoff in that area. No universal or partial veil present and contains false gills. There was no unique smell and spore color had a pinkish hue.
This mushroom was found at Laguna Coast Wilderness Park in Laguna Beach, California on Sunday March 1st, 2020. The mushroom was found growing in a generously shaded area. The soil it grew out of was moist and the ground was littered with a heavy layer of leaves. Found very closely to the mushroom were several decaying tree branches. The mushroom was found growing alongside another of the same species. The spermatic cell, angular spores, umbonate cap, and close approximation to tree branches led me to categorize this mushroom as an Inocybe geophylla.
Cupped mushroom
Found in shrub oak substrate underneath huge tree
Hidden under foliage
Found alone, no nearby mushrooms
Cap photo + spore photo under 100x Emersion oil
Found growing underneath oak trees and in leaf litter at Emerson Oaks Reserve in Temecula, CA, USA. Specimen was found growing with several others on a slope. Pictures depict mushroom growing among leaf litter, including mycelium covering much of the leaf littler. Microscopic image depicts characteristic pink and angular spores of the Entoloma genus.
Spotted growing from a raised bank of dense, sandy-clay soil underneath Rhus integrifolia, surrounded by live oak. Soil was moist and hospitable to moss. One other specimen was observed within a yard of this one.
This fruiting body was found at the base of an oak tree, under leaf litter. There were similar fruiting bodies about two feet away from the base of the tree, but they were next to an exposed oak root. They were gregarious and scattered. The cap is folded and lumpy. It has no gills. The flesh feels rubbery. It is colored matte black. It is covered in asci. The stem is fluted and has deep pits and ridges. The stem is colored grey-white. This is a false morel. It seems similar but can be differentiated because a true morel has pits and ridges on the cap, not on the stem. Also, the cap doesn't hang freely.
-Found at Emerson Oaks Reserve in Temecula(92592), Riverside County, CA,USA.
-found 2/8/2020
-Nearby there was a large fallen Coast Live oak, and the mushroom was growing in a grassy area
-the mushroom was growing by itself
-there were no other species of mushrooms growing near it
-key feature of this mushroom are the brown spores and the the lack of a ring or other evidence of a partial veil
Found growing within 5 feet of a Live Oak tree base covered with oak leaf litter. Only a single mushroom was found, plenty of mycelium found near the rhizosphere of the Live Oak, with colonies of ants living nearby. Aloe Vera was also growing near the Bolete, however no other mushrooms were found nearby. The area was shades and had a fair amount of moisture in the soil. The Bolete can be easily distinguished due to its tube like chambers underneath the cap, in place of regular varying gill formations. The cap has a dry, leathery feel to it and a dull, dirty brown color, similar to a russet potato. If possible, viewing the spores under a microscope will show ellipsoidal spores.
Date: 2/8/2020
Location: Emerson Oaks Reserve, Temecula, Riverside County, CA 92592, USA
GPS coordinates: 33.466869, -117.040320
Palomino cup was found under a fallen log, surrounded by California coastal oak trees and a tight web of grass. The ground was moist. It was a singular light orange cup attached to a piece of decaying wood. It turned into more of a light tan color after a couple days. There is a white fuzzy looking surface. It was a small cup and likely immature, about 4 cm sized sporocarp.
Observed on 2/8/2020 at Emerson Oaks Reserve in Temecula, CA which is located in Riverside County in the United States .
It was found in leaf litter near oak trees. It has a white/blush cap (~9mm) with peachy/ivory gills that made a crunch sound when broken.
From my identification I believe this mushroom falls in the genus Russula since it does not have any milky latex when broken.
Using the Melzer's reagent on the spores causing a Amyloid reaction helped visualize the clear spores because they stained blue.
Latitude: 33.475595
Longitude: -117.09168333
Mushroom was found under a live oak. Possesses a 5cm stalk and adnexed gills. Photographs include a microscopic image of pink, roughened spores.
I found a bolete in the Emerson Oaks Reserve in Temecula, CA. It was protruding from a deep layer of pine needles that were on top of moist dirt. At the time the cap was not very sticky but when water was placed on it, it became very viscous. It was also about 4 feet from a large pine tree.
Unidentified Suillus sp.
This is one of several specimens found scattered under a stand of unidentified pine trees that a local expert informed me were introduced to the area several decades ago. Likely EMF and possible introduced.
All specimens were mature and showed no sign of volva, annulus, or fibrils, although the dark ring around the margin of the cap could potentially be related to the partial veil. Cap is notably viscid when wet, and size ranged from 6 to 12 cm wide. The stipe is hollow in the center, and the cap contains some hollow cavities.
Boletoid spores were apparent under a microscope but difficult to photograph. Tubular pores did not exceed 1mm in diameter. Freckles on stipe suggest that this is a member of genus Suillus, but the species remains a mystery.
A pungent, sweat-like odor was apparent after 4 days in refrigeration.
Found in leaf litter with grasses and small branches at the bases of oak trees (Coat Live Oak) and pine saplings at Emerson Oaks Reserve.Upon breakage, cap produces thick, white, milk latex. Microscopic image (40x) displays spores in Melzer’s reagent and characteristic amyloid reaction.