madstringer's Favourites
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Possibly c. minor, but these are an intense orange color. Found under oak
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Yellow Brain (Tremella mesenterica)Observer
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Found on decaying pine tree log
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American Yellow Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. guessowii)Observer
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Found on the root systems of eastern white pine
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Butterball (Suillus weaverae)Observer
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Found under eastern white pine
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Painted Suillus (Suillus spraguei)Observer
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Found under eastern white pine
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Chicken Fat Mushroom (Suillus americanus)Observer
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Found under eastern white pine
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Boletus atkinsoniiObserver
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Small, maybe 1-2” diameter caps
No staining on cap, pores, or stem.
White reticulation at the top of the stem (used a jeweler’s loupe for the pic)
Mild and good tasting
Found under oak
Soft, velvety dry cap
Ammonia stains purple on cap and stipe
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Appalachian Chanterelle (Cantharellus appalachiensis)Observer
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Found on a hillside in mixed deciduous woods
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Shallow yellow pores bruise blue: whitish cap flesh does not bruise, neither does stipe except at bottom - note the red bug trails in stipe. Turn orange when cooked
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Chanterelles (Genus Cantharellus)Observer
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Found in a wet mossy area in the forest
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Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)Observer
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Found growing out of a young maple.
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Butterball (Suillus weaverae)Observer
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Found under eastern white pine
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Appalachian Chanterelle (Cantharellus appalachiensis)Observer
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Found under oak
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Found in mixed hardwoods and hemlock. Taste is mild, pores and stipe blue quickly
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Ornate-stalked Bolete (Retiboletus ornatipes)Observer
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Found in mixed hardwoods and hemlocks
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Lurid Bolete (Suillellus luridus)Observer
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Found between two black oaks and a small white spruce, pleasant taste, unremarkable smell. Pores and stem blue; base turns red when cut. Note the reticulation and color at the top of the stem.
