Found in conifer-dominant subalpine forest southeast of Anthony's Peak, Mendocino National Forest
Growing in Abies duff near snow under Abies magnifica and Abies concolor, looked as if there was a low intensity burn in the area
Pileus smooth, waxy, depressed, slightly sulcate, dark brown in center becoming lighter near margin, hygrophanous. Lamellae broadly attached to sub-decurrent, grey, sub-distant, waxy feeling. Stipe equal, fibrous, covered in fine white fibrils
Smell indistinct
Conifer-dominant subalpine forest southeast of Anthony's Peak, Mendocino National Forest
Growing in Abies duff near snow under Abies magnifica and Abies concolor with Calocedrus decurrens and Pinus ponderosa nearby
Pileus purplish/brown becoming lighter near edge with an in-rolled margin, suede to leathery in texture. Lamellae custard yellow, notched, bruising orange/brown. Stipe equal, fibrous, pinkish to purplish in color, finely tomentose
Growing in fir duff in snow melt zone
Smell indistinct
Taste slightly bitter
Orange brown KOH
Lamellae and still base fluoresce yellow/green
Found in conifer-dominant subalpine forest southeast of Anthony's Peak, Mendocino National Forest
Growing in abundance near snow under Abies magnifica and Abies concolor
Growing sub-hypogeously in "shrumps". Pileus smooth, greyish/silver to white, covered in soil. Lamellae close, white when young becoming grayish in age broadly attached, waxy. Stipe thick, dense, fibrous, mostly equal, solid throughout
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
No KOH
Stipe base fluoresces bright green
not sure on species but the decurrent, oranges-peachy gills and uplifted margin in age make me think G. laetus. viscid on all parts
White cup with ragged margin and warty exterior,
Stipe present,
White UV,
Growing trailside in mossy soil,
Near alder/redwood
In soil and moss under burned log following recent forest fire. Gills more pink than photos show..
Doug for log. Crust came off of the log very easily and both were very wet. pics 8-10 show KOH react
Found in a cultivated garden in a clients yard in south Sebastopol
Growing on a well decomposed Platanus occidentalis stump
Hard, brown, woody surface with smooth white pored underneath. Immediate brown bruising on pored when scratched. Growing on a stump where there was a large flush of Trametes versicolor last year, maybe acting as a secondary/tertiary decomposer?
Taste bitter
Strong and intense polypore smell, not particularly distinct though
KOH brown
Root rot of Arbutus
They usually dense wood is flaky and soft, but only near the route base of trunk zone
Found by Connor Dooley,
Parasitized beetle larvae,
Tall, dark stroma sticking out of sand,
Growing trailside in Dunes
On rotten Betula papyrifera wood. Apothecia: up to ~3.5 mm. Asci: 77-87 x 7.3 µm, tips amyloid; with croziers; paraphyses filiform, septate, about as long as asci, 1.5-2.0 um diam. Subiculum hyphae: septate, thin-walled, smooth, hyaline, 1.7-2.5 µm diam. External hairs: reddish brown to yellowish, multiseptate, enlarged at tips, 40-60 x 3-5 µm diam. Spores: (11.9)13.8-18.1(24.6) x (2.6)(2.8-3.5(4.5) µm, fusiform, 1-3 septate,
Pulvinate grey squishy fruit bodies on fallen chamise wood, some tightly clustered or cespitose, some tessellated on surface of wood. Seemed fresh and non-lichenized but looked like lichen and could be?
Black spherical perithecia embedded in crust on fallen chamise branch, possibly pathogenic.
Castle Rock State Park- Pseudotsuga menziesii, Arbutus menziesii, Notholithocarpus densiflorus dominant mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on cut end of a well a decomposed large diameter Pseudotsuga menziesii log just off the Saratoga Gap Trail
Very tiny, relatively featureless, astipitate orange cups
Growing on same log as:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210284423
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210285208
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210286596
Castle Rock State Park- Pseudotsuga menziesii, Arbutus menziesii, Notholithocarpus densiflorus dominant mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on the underside of decorticated Arbutus menziesii off the Saratoga Gap Trail
White to light orange/brown resupinate pored crust. Pored elongate to almost resemble teeth
Like “scentless” laundry detergent... don't really know how else to explain it!
Taste sour/bitter
KOH orange/brownish
Whole sporocarp fluoresces yellow/green and KOH fluoresces bright blue
under surface textured/finely bumpy, stipe less than 1cm, firm gelatinous texture, growing on redwood duff and in moss next to a leaking pipe. thick and distinct stipe. no odor. hymeniform smooth and darker than flesh.
spores smooth and ellipsoid.
Large fruiting coating a fallen Alnus rubra.
Reddish brown overall with minute shelving above pores.
Harvested two sections.
Applied 3% KOH to surface. Darkened, but no distinct change after 5 minutes.
Removed thin pore layer surface/tissue and mounted in 3% KOH on a glass slide.
MICROSCOPY:
Setae: abundant along outer edge of tissue. Long and spear like with fine pointed/sharp tips.
Basidia: 4 sterigmate.
Hyphae: Septate, notches, notch points slightly flaring at intersection or where separated.
Spores: Ellipsoid, with a single guttule(oil dot) in center of each spore(appearing like black eyed peas). Very small, thin walled.
All macroscopic and microscopic features match for F. ferruginosa.
Dehydrating both specimens to bag for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
CM24-06501
Fruiting very abundantly on fallen fir tree (I think).
Bouncy when touched, sprinkles on the cap. Dark nipple in the center of the cap on young and old fruiting bodies. Young fruiting bodies are very firm.
Fruiting abundantly under Sitka spruce, fir, redwood, alder, and a mix of other hardwoods. Young fruiting bodies have lighter gills and older ones have darker gills.
Koh is light brown
No uv reaction
In mossy trailcut of oak woodland to chaparral transition zone with coast live oak, redshanks, sage, monkeyflower. Excipulum tomentose
Creek trail, Sugarloaf State Park. Arbutus menziesii, Quercus, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Umbellularia californica, Heteromeles arbutifolia dominated mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on wet hardwood, leaf litter and dead moss in partially buried pile of Quercus or Umbellularia californica
Multi-colored resupinate fungus studded with small lumps throughout. Growing margin bright yellow with visible mycelial structure. Exuding wine-red guttation droplets closer to growing edges. Very thin and fragile.
Smell indistinct
Wildly intense neon/royal blue fluorescence
Fruiting in soil/duff/needle litter/debris beneath Western red cedar and Douglas fir.
Unusually large/meaty fruiting bodies.
Stems/lower portion dark coco brown contrasting the all black caps.
Harvested 4 specimens.
Analayzed exterior with my Apexel macro lens attachment. NO SETAE=Geoglossum. Also not viscid.
Removed a portion of exterior tissue from multiple fertile cap points and crush mounted in Lugol’s solution and drop of 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: 7 septate(with 8 sections). All analyzed are 7 septate and slightly curved.
Asci: 8 spored.
Paraphyses: long, thicker than any Geoglossaceae I’ve analyzed. Swollen/curved/curled tips. Extending longer than Asci.
All features match for Geoglossum umbratile.
Dehydrating specimens for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-
Creamy crust,
On downed alder next parking lot,
White UV,
Brown KOH,
Near sitka spruce/hemlock
Pale, applanate cap,
Creamy gills,
Slender stipe with white fuzzy at base,
Indistinct taste,
Cardboard odor,
Growing next to parking lot,
Near redwood
Found on older downed conifer. 6-8 images in "stacked" height, about 6" in 6-7" in diameter. Multiple individuals growing in similar form on same conifer.
Underside spore surface is pure white, and scratches similar to G. applanatum.
Rounde, bumpy, black top,
Stipe becomes yellow towards base,
Growing trailside in mossy soil,
Near sitka spruce/alder,
Broke off and could not find truffle
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a fallen and well-decomposed Umbellularia californica branch Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant section of the forest
White, resupinate fungus with small, blunt, serrate "teeth"
Smell indistinct
No KOH
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a piece of a well-decomposed twig right off the trail in a Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant section of the forest
Neon yellow astipitate Ascomycetes
Fluoresces bright orange
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on cut woody Toxicodendron diversilobum vine which was lying on the ground under a canopy of Quercus agrifolia
Tiny, black lumps growing on the exterior of vine, about 25% displaying a vertical, rectangular ascomata resembling compressed layers of carbon
Fuzzy white ascos growing on evergreen Huckleberry leaves trailside
Found a half dozen of these strange growths attached to redwood twigs. Several have a spiral pattern. Texture is brittle. Seems fungal?
I would have dismissed this as banana slug poop, except that it was hard and encrusted on redwood twigs, the spiral surface on "top" was smooth on the "bottom", and there were many in one area.
Bohemia Ecological Preserve- mixed hardwood/conifer forest with scattered grasslands on serpentine vein, adjacent to Duvoul Creek
Growing on dead branch of Pickeringia montana on the edge of a grassland
Orange/brown resupinate poroid fungus. Velvety to the touch
Smell and taste indistinct
KOH black
Weird gelatinous mass growing on moss. Fungal? Cyanobacterium? Jelly lichen?
On old Porodaedalea pini fruits on Pseudotsuga menziesii snag
Elfin Sadle with gray top and Creamy stipe,
Indistinct odor/taste,
Yellow UV on stipe,
Growing trailside on mossy part of stairs,
Near doug fir/redwood/alder
Most fruitbodes 2 - 3 mm in diameter, some smaller. Growing on wooden post. Basidia shaped liked tuning forks, 55 - 80 x 4.8 - 7.3 µm. Spores 1 - 5 septate, 13.8 - 20 x 5 - 7.5 µm.
Xerocomellus behrii. Under interior live oak. Odor indistinct
Off Spring Creek Trail in a damp Umbellularia californica and Sequoia sempervirens dominant forest, Annadel State Park
Growing on the cut ends of dead Umbellularia californica
Dusty, "fuzzy" mold-like fungus which sporulates heavily when disturbed. Growing in thin, crust-like layers. White to tan to blueish in coloration
Found in an open deciduous oak woodland/shrubland/grassland right off to the side of the trail near the entrance of Vietnam Memorial Trail, Annadel State Park
Growing on moist wood (bark and inner wood) near the base of Baccharis pilularis
Lumpy resupinate crust ranging in color from yellow to cream to grey to brown with spots of pink. Incredibly thin, only penetrating about 1mm into wood
Yellow/brown KOH
Smell indistinct
Fluoresces bright blue with KOH turning grey, inner wood of Baccharis pilularis fluorescing bright yellow
Creamy, dentate like crust fungus,
White UV,
Brown KOH,
Growing on log next to trail,
Near sitka spruce/doug fir
Bracket fungi on a stick,
Tan upper surface with bands,
Creamy pored underside,
White UV on pores,
Near sitka spruce/Doug fir/alder
i have no clue what this is, had a firm gelatinous texture
Exidia truncata is closest visual similarity i could find
i collected a tiny bit of this specimen
Growing on pieces of scrap wood from construction. Irregularly toothed hydnoid-resupinate with dingy tan colors at maturity and white towards the margins. Teeth often appear flattened and elongated, flesh soft.
Thin resupinate polypore, 2mm thick at most, on bay laurel branch, not very well decayed
Black club shaped fungus,
Yellow towards base with yellow hyphal strings,
Attached to brown truffle,
No UV,
Indistinct odor,
Near sitka spruce/alder