on dead willow, rubbery consistency
Large, densely cespitose groups in planter with tomatoes and rosemary, appearing after tropical storm. Downy/fuzzy universal veil tissue dense on cap, extending down the stipe, also present on annulus which is weak and falls away easily. Veil tissue very soft to touch, becoming sleek on cap with desiccation. Stipe bases enmeshed in stringy mat of plant roots (both rosemary and tomato.) Strong fungal smell, rotting fruitbodies were attracting flies. Very mild taste, almost flavorless. No UV fluorescence. Even the fresher fruitbodies are weak and floppy, falling over easily without plant/planter wall/other fruitbodies to lean on. Rotten fruitbodies very strong smell, turning black/brown.
Growing on the leaves of sedges in wetland. Small, astipitate flattened grey cups, lightest around the margins.
Spore deposit white. No distinct odor. Cap 1.9 - 2.1 cm across. Gills bruise pale orange. Stipe 3 - 5.7 cm x 1.5 - 6 mm (base) thick, bruises reddish which then turns brown. Fruitbody dries dark brown. Cheilocystidia clavate, with inclusions, 32.5 - 50 x 11.3 µm. Pileus covering terminal elements cylindrical, narrowing to a point at the tip, up to 250 µm long x 11.5 - 12 um wide. Growing under ferns in Picea sitchensis forest.
I believe this is Leucoagaricus flammeotinctoides as described in Lepiotaceus fungi in California, U.S.A. Leucoagaricus sect. Piloselli by Else C. Vellinga (Vol 112, pp. 393-444 April - June 2010)
Growing in pine and fir forest. Pileus white, funnelform-umbilicate. Lamellae creamy off-white, decurrent. Stipe short, stout.
Growing on wood and soil in a sheltered nook under a log in redwood forest. White, resupinate poroid fungus with very tall elongated tubes.
Small brown fruitbodies growing on deadwood,
Wavy, sinuate gills,
Dark brown stipe with lighter apex,
Blue UV on gills margin,
Near doug fir/madrone/chinquapin/bay laurel/tan oak/maple/evergreen Huckleberry/salal,
No odor,
Brown KOH,
Bitter taste
Initially thought this might be D. stillatus, but the spores on this collection were too large. The only species of Dacrymyces that I am aware of with spores this large is D. variisporus. The spores were 17.5 - 23.3 x 5.6 - 6.9 µm. Growing on dead alder.
Waxy/gelatinous crust with irregular pappilose/warted texture. Vinaceous brown in some areas, with violet tones in younger areas. Margins white, fibrillose.
Growing on 1-2" diameter branch in Picea sitchensis dominant mixed conifer forest, Sue-Meg State Park
White, soft spongy fungus with finely tomentose surface and white pores
Smell fragrant, hard to characterize
Taste astringent, acrid
At least 100 fruiting bodies, growing near mountain creek atop mossy terraced flat rock connected to the creek (see last photo of habitat). ID uncertain.
On large fallen Tsuga heterophylla, or possibly Pseudotsuga. Toothlike pores, Off white, odor mild, growing near a Stereum sp. With white webby’s margin.
Texture soft, growing mostly on bark.
Whole fruitbody spanning at least 6 feet.
Toothed-like resupinate fungus
Growing from a sodden, dead log overhanging East Fork Barton Creek, San Bernardino NF
Peachy/pink in color, hymenophore with long teeth-like projections
Smell sweet, slightly floral
Strong purple/black KOH
Orange/yellow Ascomycete growing directly on wood in East Fork Barton Creek, San Bernardino NF
Lots of red under UVB from surrounding wood illuminating the presence of algae/Cyanobacteria/some other photosynthesizing organism they are in association with
I feel like I should apologize for how this looks 😅
On mossy Cyathea stump. Viscid cap, lilac marginate gills. Appears to be cortina remnant with rusty spores low on the stipe.
Hymenochaetopsis(Hydnoporia):
Fruiting abundantly on a split/interior section of a fallen Western Hemlock.
Gray to brown tones throughout.
Capped sections with tight concentric banding similar to mature H. tabacina. This collection had an interesting floral odor that stood out as unique.
Harvested multiple sections/specimens and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
About 2.5mm wide. It's too small for Albatrellus I think. Pores to small for the Fringed polypore.
Growing from an old stick - probably salmon berry cane.
Golden fungi with veiny underside,
Growing near sitka spruce,
Strong UV on gills/stipe,
Mild acrid taste,
Indistinct KOH,
Mild cleaner odor
Brown crust growing on deadwood,
Near redwood/doug fir,
Black KOH
Scale bar: 1 tick = 1um, at 1000x total mag
I looked at the orange part under the microscope, specifically
Maybe. Since it was a rare summer mushroom, I didn’t want to pull it up out of the tree trunk. It was growing out of.
I swam to within 3 feet of this mink. Video will be posted later.
Going on my gut! These were breaking down leaf litter, the yellowish base, old signs of a possible woolly foot with debris stuck around the base. Very visible mycelium.
Growing from Picea stump
Strong red bruising reaction
Dark black KOH reaction forming slowly
Smell sweet, taste indistinct
Specimen stored at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History Fungarium Akureyri
Orangey yellow rubbery fruitbodies with veiny gills,
Growing near sitka spruce,
UV on gills,
No odor,
Mild acrid taste
On wood - I didn't see any deciduous, only conifer. Somewhat fragrant - like pleurotus, pleasant, maybe slightly anise. Seems to have a cervinus-like cap, but quite a yellow toned stipe. Collected.
Under conifers, with spruce and fir present.
When handled, it changes color starting with a paler yellow, but in a couple hours it will be more amber or yolk yellow.
Is more slender than Agaricus moronii, and doesn't have an almond odor, the gills are no true pink either.
The key would bring you to Agaricus summensis , but we have two sequences of this one already, so I think is the same as the others.
There is some variation on the "scaliness" and how robust these are; I could attribute that to their age, and to the amount of water for the season.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139976071
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108695770
On inside of well decayed Cottonwood. Could be Schizopora, or another resupinate. Pore edges jagged.
initially attracted by the red droplets which were happening up and down the trunk of this silver fir only near aggregations of this lichen, larger orangish spots on trunk are where I took samples from.
On fallen Alnus rubra, small cups <1-1mm. Orange to hyaline.
Growing in moist creekside soil. No latex visible.
Peach colored ascos growing on sticks near manzanita/pine,
Some sticks have stained blue green,
Felt like texture