3627 Associated with strawberry guava, unclear if saprophytic or mycorrhizal. About 6 cm tall x 5 cm wide when fresh, odor fungal, not staining with damage, all surfaces uniformly slightly off white
New name for G. versicolor, which is described from Sri Lanka.
On Roots of upturned large Falcateria falcata, the trunk of which was appxt. 5 feet in diamete.
Fruitbodies large and expansive, andwhere from 5cm wide to a meter. spines a vibrant yellow, irpicoid to rounded, easily bent but not fragile. Fruitbodies soft with a cushiony texture. A pleasant fungoid odor, taste and texture, all of which were reminiscent of Boletus edulis. White flesh becomes greenish when cut. KOH on spines is brown, KOH on cap is red orange. UV negative.
Same material as Humphrey's observation here.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190369241
Interesting to note per the expertise of local naturalist Humphrey - These roots usually holds a fruiting of a Ganoderma sp., but this year Gyrodontium was fruiting instead.
On Falcateria, Guava or Eucalyptus.
Stroma 12mm thick, margin abrupt.
Black in KoH.
On roots of Golden pathos, Epipremnum sp.
Falcateria nearby.
Caps 3mm-1cm
Stipes 1-3mm
Could be an unusual fruiting of Deconica horizontalis, as that was also seen nearby.
In a seasonal wetland in the understory, with water parsley, skunk cabbage, stinging nettle, red osier dogwood
Spores:
(23)23.8-28.1(29.2)x(8)8.2-9(9.5)um
Q=(2.6)2.7-3.36(3.4);N=33
Me=25.5x8.6um;Qe=3
Allantoid, smooth, dark brown in KOH.
Asci: 8 spored, tapered tip.
Paraphyses: shorter than asci, bumpy.
Excipular surface: A rough encrustment
Ecology: Growing on a decaying hardwood log.