on dead snag
Growing under P. taeda, P. palustris, and Juniperus virginiana. In moss and needle duff (nearby frass and deer scat)
He's so cute but so hard to photograph! Whenever he rested in a perfect position, I would get ready to take a photo, but then he would decide to look away from the camera. I am not as satisfied with the photos as I had hoped (I spent literally 4 hours trying to get photos of him), but some is better than none! Unfortunately, it was windy, cold, and our friendly neighborhood cat kept following me around, so I had to continuously relocate while photographing this stubborn little guy!
These were purchased at an Asian market where they were already taken out of their original packaging.
Brand: East Dragon Purchased from Asian Fresh Food Market or Heng Fa Food Market in Chinatown, Philadelphia
Bear Trail near the access road
Growing on dead and living Campsis radicans vines in the floodplain of Third Creek. Caps dry; glabrous; 16.9 wide and 3.2 mm. Stems dry; up to 5.7 mm long and 0.9 mm wide. Odor not distinctive. Not bioluminescent.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Feb. 2, 2024.
Growing abundantly on piles of small hardwood debris in the floodplain of Third Creek near Platanus occidentalis, Acer negundo, Acer sacchariferm, Ulmus sp., Salix nigra, Fraxinus sp., Rhamnus cathartica, Lonicera maacki, and Campsis radicans. Caps dry; glabrous; translucent-striate; up to 19.6 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall. Gills short-decurrent; frequently forking. Stems smooth; up to 9.8 mm long and 1.0 mm wide. Associated with whitish rhizomorphs binding woody debris together. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Not bioluminescent. Lamellar trama inamyloid. Clamps present in the lamellar trama. Lamellar cystidia not clearly differentiated. Basidia 4-sterigmate. Spores, inamyloid, hyaline, smooth, and thin-walled. Spore measurements: (6.8) 6.9 – 8.3 (9.3) × (3.4) 3.7 – 4.3 (4.6) µm; Q = (1.7) 1.8 – 2 (2.1); N = 9; Me = 7.7 × 4.1 µm; Qe = 1.9
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Feb. 2, 2024.
Rooting in soil under Carya illinoiensis. Caps viscid, up to 59.1 mm wide and 10.3 mm tall. Gills adnexed. Stems rooting and not bruising. Not bioluminescent. Odor not distinctive. Spore print white. Clamps present in the lamellar trama. Pleurocystidia scattered, hyaline, smooth, and mostly fusoid-ventricose. Cheilocystidia forming a sterile band, smooth, thin-walled, and clavate. Basidia 4-sterigmate. Spores hyaline and smooth. Spore measurements: (14.6) 15.4 – 19.7 (22.5) × (10.1) 10.13 – 13.6 (14.7) µm; Q = (1.3) 1.4 – 1.68 (1.7); N = 30; Me = 17.6 × 11.7 µm; Qe = 1.5
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Feb. 7, 2024.
A. cf aureosylvatica
photos and found by Joelle Faith
growing in sphagnous wetland
Not sure about this one. @alan_rockefeller can you help?
Strong black pepper taste, mild flavor, slightly sour at first.
Green in FeSO4, slightly orange in KOH, almost no change in ammonia.
Dried, lost original INAT observation number
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Nov. 11, 2023.
This observation is not for the insect, but for the fungus that appears to have killed it. I found this wasp already dead, missing its wings and apparently clinging to a plant with its jaws even in death.
A separate observation for the wasp can be found here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190519624
Growing on a deer skull that was partially buried in the dirt. Macro photos by John Plischke. Fungus is florescent in 365nm UV light.
Found growing from wood chips in a flowerbed
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Nov. 10, 2023.
Found at a foray, table photos only.
Growing on dung that had hair in it, possibly coyote.
Specimen accessioned into University of West Alabama Herbarium.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Sep. 27, 2023.
ID tentative.
Growing in abundance on the side of a huge old log.
ID tentative.
Growing on the lower part of the side of a log. Couldn't reach it from the trail for more detailed photos.
Southern Ohio
For the fly, see 176711051
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Aug. 5, 2023.
Dead beech, maple, cherry, hemlock
Growing abundantly on Odocoileus virginianus dung. Subiculum lacking. Apothecia with whitish hairs in the field. Hairs brown, setiform, 0-septate and possibly dextrinoid in Melzer’s reagent. Hair measurements: (277.7) 293.5 – 530.4 (587.3) × (17.3) 21.6 – 34.3 (36.9) µm, Q = (11.5) 12.7 – 20.2 (24.6); N = 16, Me = 423.8 × 27.3 µm; Qe = 15.8. Paraphyses hyaline and branched. Asci cylindrical, unitunicate, operculate, 8-spored and uniseriate. Spores smooth and hyaline. Spore measurements: (14.8) 17.6 – 20.6 (21.3) × (8.4) 8.7 – 9.3 (9.7) µm, Q = (1.6) 1.9 – 2.3 (2.4); N = 30, Me = 19.3 × 9 µm; Qe = 2.1
Notes:
Collected by John Plischke III on the Ohio Mushroom Society’s 2019 summer foray. Growing on a cicada. Conidia and conidiophores appearing hyaline under the microscope. Conidia catennulat, smooth, and thin-walled. Conidia measurements: (3.9) 5.2 – 6.6 (7.5) × (2) 2.2 – 2.7 (2.9) µm, Q = (1.4) 1.9 – 2.8 (3.1); N = 30, Me = 5.9 × 2.4 µm; Qe = 2.4
Multiclavula vernalis (clubs just emerging) and Gyalideopsis moodyae growing together
Need to ID later. Growing on dead log
Found growing inside a very dead tree next to the river. Seemed to bruise blue apon touch.
Growing in the same location as observation 454185 and observation 454187. Outside of the Northeast corner of Kottman Hall. Growing abundantly under the soil at the base of a Tilia sp. Quercus rubra nearby. Some ascocarps had been excavated and partially eaten by Sciurus carolinensis. Ascocarps up to 35.7 mm wide. Peridium verrucose. Texture firm. Strong pungent odor, described as being like “broccoli with soy sauce” by P. Brandon Matheny and students. I would agree with this description but add that it had a note of garlic.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Apr. 11, 2023.