It has the same type of cystidia on edge of gills and on the cap: tibiicystidia which looks like some kind of bowling pin with a longer neck. The caps are very small ~4mm; there is not a stipe and gills come from a central arrangement; gills have straight interconnections between them in some areas. Surprisingly, the spores are brown. Clamps were seen in hyphae but I was unable to see base of cystidia/basidia to check on that. The caps kind of look like bells and they are powdery. Cap has a dark area where it was attached to wood. On a small hardwood stick. Abandoned convent garden.
On moss, side of Mondego River. Several units in a small spot. Spores are reticulate. It has marginal septate brown hairs.
On Helvella species. Outgrown garden inside a convent.
On a laurel tree; growing on bark, around 70 cm from the ground. When old it turns almost black. On an old fallen piece, tiny white fungi were growing on it! Abandoned garden in a monastery. Unable to retrieve even one single spore.
On moss growing on a concrete plank; backyard. It appeared for the second time after some rain. The size and shape of spore difference is 'extreme'.
Few units in a small area; sometimes single, others growing next to each other. Fuzzy base. Nice fragrance. Side of Park.
On wet, rotten hardwood stick. Cap 1.9 cm; stipe 2 cm. Hidden woods. Side of Old Mondego River.
Hidden woods. Side of Old Mondego River. This area is very shadowy and wet. Hardwoods. Cap 1.2 cm; stipe 8 cm. Dark spot on cap. Stipe has coarse hairs towards its lower part. No smell detected. Single. Among debris. It has an interesting type of cystidia on edge of gill and also on the sides which could have one tip and also few thin finger-like projections. Cystidia are very long.
Hidden woods. Side of Old Mondego River. Single. Cap 2.5 mm; stipe 4.2 cm. Sticky all over. Few white gills.
On rotten, wet hardwood. It has been attacked by other fungi. Healthy units are yellow cream and have green-blue perithecia.
On wet, rotten hardwood. Deliquescing. Hidden woods. Side of Old Mondego River. Cap 1.5 cm; stipe 5.8 cm. Sweet smell. Cap and stipe have spheres able to be seen with loupe. Stipe is wider and a bit round, with hirsute aspect.
Dozens of fruitbodies in a small area. Hidden woods. Side of Old Mondego River. It has one of the longest cystidia I have seen. There were few super big spores which were not considered in the spore size measurement. Spores are finely ornamented; spore print is marron (lighter tone than what appears on the photo). Specimen examined cap was 3.5 cm; stipe 5.5 cm; 5.5 mm at base. It was sticky when wet. There were bigger caps in the field.
Dark brown conidiophores growing in a disorderly manner, on top of wet. rotten hardwood. Hidden woods. Side of Old Mondego River. Around 1 mm tall and several cms long.
Small size. Troops of them on sticks. Powdery cap, partial veil and stipe. Hidden woods. Side of Old Mondego River.
Side of driveway, back lawn; on moss. Cap was found blackened. Stipe blackened later. When obtaining spore print, it stained the paper dark grey-bluish. Basidia 2-spored.
Crust fungus with warts which have teeth. Heterobasidia divided longitudinally. Hidden under wet. rotten hardwood.
On humus made of broken down water hyacinth. Side of Old Mondego River. Single. Negative reaction to KOH on cap. Cap 6.5 cm wide; stipe 4.8 cm, 1.8 cm wide at base. Agaricus bisporus
"Ecology: Scattered on pizzas, gregarious on salads, densely clustered in grocery stores—and occasionally scattered to gregarious on manured soil, compost piles, in lawns, and so on, as a native species and as an escapee from cultivation." Michael Kuo. Mushroom Expert.
Basidia 1-2-spored!
At the base of un unknown dead small bush. Three cases spotted close by. The polypore is growing just at the base of the stem. It has a more vivid color and when younger is yellow chrome/mustard. 5-6 pores per mm. Pore length 1+mm. There is a dark line in the context. Wonderful sweet fungal smell when wet, from pores and also the cap. Arid mountain. Soil is made of gravel. Microscopic features make it close to P. ribis. Habit is right. My spores are a bit bigger but morphology is right. The closes by appearance is P. viticola which has setae but here they are absent.
Three units. Growing on humus made of broken down water hyacinth. Side of Old Mondego River. Some spores have odd shape. Cap 2 cm; stipe 5.2 cm.
On dirt. Three units. Very hairy base of stipe. 1.4 cm cap; 2.5 cm stipe. Very fragile; glassy. Hyaline hairs on cap. No particular smell. Side of Old Mondego River.
Dozens and dozens of them, growing among grass, at the side of a swampy area; side of rural road.
On humus made of broken down water hyacinth. Side of Old Mondego River. Single. Striated; center is smooth. Cap 2.8 cm; stipe 4 cm. No particular smell.
Bank of hill. There were several units, scattered. 2.3 cm cap; stipe 8 cm. Strong agreeable sweet smell
( some kind of flower) that remains. In microscopy some cystidia have reflective granules finger-like, without crystals or ornamentation; some look more solid and golden. Same for basidia. KOH doesn't change structures presentation. Fibrose stipe but no cystidia detected. Spore print brown-cinnamon.
Several units on the side of a ditch. Graysh. Branching from main stem. Park.
Ground among garbage. Cap 1.1 cm; stipe 5.5 cm. It has a long 'rooting' net which covered grains of sand making them look almost as sclerotia. Maiorca, Portugal.
Ground. Park.Lots of garbage on the side of the hill.
On hardwood blackened leaf. Cap 2.5 mm; stipe 1.4 cm for the bigger unit which was also examined. Hairy at base. With cystidia on edge of gill. Fragil. No smell detected. Park, on hill side.
Parasitizing Clavulina cristata. The coral looks like a disfigured gray mass. Park; side of hill.
Presence of golden 'hairs' on cap. Details in micro. Single; backyard. Cap 2cm; stipe 7cm. I read that in order to see the golden hairs a fresh sample should be examined.
Single cup; growing on moss. Meadow; side of Mondego River. The outside of the cup is covered with scales formed by several cells that come together to form a kind of pyramidal structure.
Among moss. It has amazingly beautiful capillitia strongly dichotomously branched, and its spores have an extraordinary long apiculus.
On bottom river silt. Side of Mondego River. Single. Cap 1.3 cm; stipe 8.5 cm. Sturdy.
On moss. Several units. Side of Mondego River.
Cap eccentric and open in one side, in sample examined: 1.6 cm; stipe 1.7 cm. The smell was a bit disgusting: a mixed of dirty cumin and sweet mushroom. Microscopic photos 4-9 were from a second inspection. Among moss and weeds. Meadow side of Mondego River.
Meadow, side of Mondego River. Cap 7 mm, stipe 4.2 cm. Fragrant. Fragile. Single.
On low moss. This moss has been growing on a concrete plank for long years. The fungus is growing on the moss but also on tiny old weed sticks. Sweet and agreeable smell.
On low moss. This moss has been growing on a concrete plank for long years. Biggest cap was 8 mm; stipe 1.5 cm. Decurrent, forked few gills. Sweet and agreeable smell. Basidia ~ 7.4 x 29 um. Cystidia absent. Stipe has few 'hairs', with simple septa. It is hard to determine the length of them because of the septa. With the loupe few hairs were observed on the stipe.
On unknown huge hardwood stump. Side of rural road. With fluffy margin which have hyphal pegs(bunched up hyphae looking like a tooth). Smells sweet. Some areas are turning pinkish. The palisade of basidia has hyphidia intersperse within. Clamps absent. Watery to touch. Spores are not ornamented as it is said on one of the photos.
On unknown stick. Backyard. Single. No smell detected. Cap 1.4 cm; stipe ~1.8 cm, twisted. Striated; umbo smooth. Spore shape was very variable from amygdamiform to subglobose and also aberrant. The gills aspect on photo is deceiving because in reality they are not forming a collar but the effect is given by the difference between the texture of the lighter gills and the texture of the stipe. There is some tinge of pale yellow-green tone on the fungus. The edge of margin forms a beautiful pattern where every other gill point of contact is raised/folded a bit. Gills are fully attached and are forming a continuous layer around the stipe; there is not space between them while attaching and surrounding the stipe. Stipe and cap exterior surface are finely ornamented. On stipe the ornamentation is directly on a thin hyphae layer; on the cap it is possible that the ornamentation happens on horizontal broom-cells which were hard to discern.
Underneath & on fig/Ficus carica dead branch. Side of rural road. Spores are tear shape. The apparent teeth are the result of the crust growing around troops of an erect ascomycete.
On tall grass old bases.
On Eucalyptus globulus. The variety of the cystidia is amazing: round tip, one papilla, truncate and with four tips. Some spores have very odd shape. Cap 2.5 cm diameter.
One measured cap was 29.5 cm in diameter. Among weeds and wild blackberries, and in an Eucalyptus globosus patch.
On orange. Garden.
Three units. Among grass. Cap 3.3cm, stipe 2.8 cm.
On woody debris. Cap is grayish with brown threads made of hyphae with fine ornamentation. Single. Cap 2.6 cm, stipe 3.2 cm. Side of rural road.
Photo in situ was bad and there is a better one taken at home the next day.
Very long stipe:13.5 cm long. Two units growing from woody debris. Side of rural road.
On hardwood debris. Cap is covered with globose cells giving it a sugary appearance. Same case on the edge of gills; sugary aspect given by the abundant cystidia. Deliquescing. Side of rural road.
Side of bridge, grass and weeds. Old Mondego River side. Waxy aspect; several units. Heavy rain season, so color is faded. It was sharing the spot with Tricholomella constricta. Fruitbodies weren't too big, maximum ~ 6 cm in diameter.
It smells like almost sour overripe bananas. Growing on hardwood. Two units together. Notice the wrinkles/crater-like texture on cap(field photos were not clear). Negative to KOH. Cap 4.7, stipe 6cm. Feels very sturdy. Decurrent gills forming ridges on upper stem in area above annulus. Spores 4.9-6.9 x 7.9-13.5 um. Cystidia present on edge of gill. Basidia 4-spored. Hidden wooden pristine area. Side of Old Mondego River.
Hardwood debris and rich soil. Branching dichotomously and ending in pointy tips. Small preserved area. Side of Old Mondego river. Basidia 1-2 spored!
Unknown old piece of wood. Crust can grow on both types of trees. Simple septa present and cystidia absent. Backyard.
Oh, one of the most beautiful fungus I have the chance to scope. 11/7. The fungus is pure white BUT the spores are dark brown. Some spores look like a bird in fly! Cystidia have small crystals; clamps are present. Basidia 4-spored. Stipe has odd hyphae. Backyard, on wood debris and rich soil, under an orange tree. Coprinopsis sect. Canocipes
I think this is fungus? Growing on the inside of a hollow tree. Very sturdy/firm at the base, floppy on the end. Almost like a puffball but more like it's disintegrating to release spores rather than a clear stoma. You can see the yellow/tan spores on my fingers in one pic. I have never seen anything like it. Any idea where to start @wearethechampignons ?
Meadow and backyard.
Small size, ~2 cm diameter cap. Fragile. Staining reddish. With annulus. Under bushes. Side of rural road.
Hidden under grass. Side of Old Mondego River. Huge size. The cap of the specimen examined was 10.5 cm diameter; stipe 13.5 cm, very thick and wider at base. No particular smell; no bruising.
Inside a pot! Oxalis pes-caprae is growing in it. Cap ~ 2.5 cm diameter.
On old fragments of grass stem and rich soil. Backyard. Three units. Two were fused at caps. Sticky cap. Single one cap 2.5 cm; stipe 4.8 cm long. Sturdy hygrophanous cap but fragile hollow stem. Sweet, agreeable fungus smell.
Meadow at the side of Old Mondego River. Single. Staining yellow. Cap 8.2 cm which expanded to 11.2 cm during the night meanwhile releasing the spores. Stipe 10.5 cm long and 1.7 cm at base. KOH turned yellow on cap.
Ground, like a bouquet. Nearest tree an Acacia. Backyard; rich soil. Sample examined was 2.5 cm diameter cap; hollow stipe 2.8 cm long.
Ground, few units, scattered. Sticky and hygrophanous cap. Cap has a dome shape. Remnants of veil on margin. Cystidia present on edge of gill. Backyard. Nearest tree a Acacia and tall grass.
Meadow at the side of Old Mondego River. Cap 1.8 cm, stipe 3.7 cm.
On muddy area, under a bridge. Side of Old Mondego River. Single. Short stipe 2.5 cm; cap 5.5 cm diameter.
On sheep dung. ~2 mm diameter cups. With setae. Meadow at the side of Old Mondego River. Star setae not seen. Paraphyses are branched and have septa. Spores 13.5-17.2 x 24-30 um.
Meadow at the side of Old Mondego River. Two units. Spore print is white and spores are ornamented. Stink bug smell mixed with sweet fungus smell.
Brown scales on cap; feels sticky to touch. On bark at lower part of huge Eucalyptus. Rural road.
At the base of an aged bush. Single. Cap 3.6 cm, stipe 3.5 cm. Seems to have two types of cystidia on edge of gills; one type is huge. Side of rural road.
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Something in the cinereofuscus/nanus group - Extremely diverse group, currently under revision (>50 species between Eurasia and North America)
Back loan. Two units. Examined sample has a 2.8 cm cap and 4.5 cm stipe which was hollowed and thick. Annulus present. Chrysocystidia present but scarce. The layer of cystidia at edge of gill was impressively thick!
Troops of bells with very long stipes, among debris from hardwood and rich soil. Side of rural road. Heavy rain of hours made the cap melt. Back at home, one sample recovered its grayish-light brown tone and hygrophanous appearance.
Parasitizing Uromyces proeminens which is parasitizing Euphorbia prostrata/camaesyce. Spores are born in chains. Side of road.
Single. Hidden under a hardwood rubbish; growing on a finger size stick. Side of rural road. Spore print is gray-brown. Spores have double wall. Chrysocystidia are present on edge and side of gills; very long and with a clamp.
On Carduus tenuiflorus, which was around 2 meters tall, growing at edge of Old Mondego River.
On fennel. Rural area.
Side of Old Mondego River. The smaller spores are from another fungus attacking the inflorescence: Sporisorium reilianum f.sp. zeae https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182538240
Single plant. Side of rural road/rice field/Old Mondego River.
On Echinochloa crus-galli growing mixed with rice crops. Rural road/Old Mondego River side. Fungus presents itself as round black structures, scattered on the seeds.
On a very old/mature Sambucus nigra, 76 cm in diameter!; edge of back road, protected from the afternoon sun. The fungi are growing from the thick base upwards. They presented themselves with different sizes. Biggest cap was 9 cm in diameter. Cap is wrinkled; few days later some caps were cracked. The gills have a fascinating smell of a mix of edible mushroom and chocolate! No staining or bruising was seen. Spore print is of rusty/chocolate tone.
On Tribulus terrestris. Side of road/abandoned lot. Few leaves were covered with white downy.
On echinochloa crus-galli at edge and mixed with rice crops.
Edge of rural road. Single plant. Spines are on leaves and stems.
On humus soil made of decomposed water hyacinth piles. Side of Old Mondego River.
Edge of rural road. Single plant. It took me a while to understand that those odd structures were the seeds! It wasn't easy to take a photo to reveal their shape so I tried few times. What a beauty this type of seed is.
On humus made of broken down/decomposed water hyacinth/Eichhornia crassipes. The soil looks dark and smells earthy. The hyacinth has been discarded here many times previously. Weeds grow vigorously here. Side of Old Mondego River. There were two bunches of these gilled powdery mushroom. The first one had 30 units in caespitose form. The other one had six units in another spot. The smell of cap is close to almost dry cow patty. Very sharp and disgusting smell.
On Hirschfeldia incana. Rural road along Old Mondego River.
Sporisorium reilianum f.sp. zeae attacks the inflorescence. Side of Old Mondego River. Several plants at the edge of the field were contaminated. The bigger spores correspond to Mycosarcoma/Ustilago maydis which attacks the kernels. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182538247
On lawn that got wet by rain! Otherwise it is always so dry. Smells horrible like sweet mushroom mixed with cumin. Slightly sticky to touch, cap and stipe. I tried to break the stem by bending it but I was unsuccessful; only when I twisted it broke. After a minute, the stem released a sweet mushroom smell BUT the cap was still having a stinky disgusting smell. The unpleasant smell and the bigger size of spores make the ID lean towards M. collinus BUT the basidia are big: 42- 46.8 um long. I made a second preparation to be sure about the size of the basidia. I saw odd and scattered forms again looking like cystidia. Spore print was white. Stipe is full.
The white structures of the fungus look like Ceratiomyxa or a branching coral. When younger is white and as it matures, it turns to a light pink tone. Spores are born on hyphae and leave scars as they are released. Spores are ornamented and globose. The fungus forms a net with hyphae that run in all directions. On rotten hardwood that was covered with old roots of Hedera helix. Woods.
On Lepidium coronopus dead flowers. Yard. It is possible that some younger conidia in the photos belong to Alternaria sp. which was also growing on the flowers.
On Morus nigra. Rural road.
On Polygonum aviculare. Garden.
On Portulaca oleracea. Garden. The parasite seems to hinder its development and deforms plant features.
On Dittrichia viscosa. Leaves are sticky to touch; they have some nipple-like glands on them. Rust was inclosed in structures that looked like bags (of orange thick paint)and they burst to expose the spores.
Old name: Ulocladium. On Melilotus indicus leaf; mixed with Erysiphe trifoliorum. Side of levee; rural road. Younger conidia are golden in color and are symmetrically septated; as the conidia mature, transversal septa appear and cells become more protruding.
On Plantago major. Wild area; side of path.
On Plantago major. Rural road; side of Old Mondego River.