Candidate For Observation Of The Month - New York Mycological Society's Journal

The OOTW for this week is by Michael Sadler in Cornwall, NY, on July 31 at 2:31pm. His iNaturalist ID is masadler and the Observation can be seen here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89425928

More about this observation:

Ramaria are difficult to get down to Species. You will see a bunch of different Ramaria about 2/3rds down the page on the first link (mushroomexpert.com). Mushroomexpert.com suggests that one need several further pieces of information to get any species identification, see this page: https://www.mushroomexpert.com/ramaria_botrytis.html for a list of what to look for and what to test. It may be especially important to do microscopy on these samples in order to get the information needed.

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/clubscorals.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramaria
https://foragerchef.com/thoughts-on-ramarias-coral-mushrooms/
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/ramaria-stricta.php
https://scmycoflora.org/genera/ramaria/ramaria-species.php
https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/11299/122161/1/Knudson_Alicia_February2012.pdf
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3761733
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242666943_A_study_of_genus_Ramaria_from_Ayubia_National_Park_Pakistan

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iNaturalist: masadler

The OOTW for this week is by Irena Werner in High Rock Park, Staten Island, New York, on August 2nd, 2021 at 4:27pm. Her iNaturalist ID is irena10 and the Observation can be seen here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89720897

More about this observation:

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/leotia_lubrica.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leotia_lubrica
https://ultimate-mushroom.com/poisonous/151-leotia-lubrica.html
https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000017506
https://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Leotia_lubrica.html
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/leotia-lubrica.php
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122196/Leotia_lubrica
https://fungi.myspecies.info/all-fungi/leotia-lubrica
https://www.fungusfactfriday.com/188-leotia-lubrica/
https://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/club%20and%20coral/species%20pages/Leotia%20lubrica.htm

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iNaturalist: irena10

The OOTW for this week is by Max Boyajian in Airmont, New York (Harriman State Park), on August 14th at 9:43am. His iNaturalist ID is sboyajian and the Observation can be seen here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91367687

More about this observation:

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/ramaria_formosa.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramaria_formosa
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/ramaria-formosa.php
https://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Ramaria_formosa.html
https://ultimate-mushroom.com/poisonous/73-ramaria-formosa.html
https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/20727
https://wpamushroomclub.org/product/ramaria-formosa/
https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/4783/beautiful_clavaria.html

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iNaturalist: sboyajian

The OOTW for this week is by Bethany Beech in Norvin Green State Forest, Bloomingdale, NJ, US, on August 21th at 1:19pm. Her iNaturalist ID is churizurd and the Observation can be seen here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92015443

More about this observation:

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/dacryopinax_elegans.html
http://www.fungikingdom.net/fungi-photos/basidiomycota/dacrymycetales-order/dacrymycetaceae-family/dacryopinax-spathularia.html
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1062281/Dacryopinax_spathularia
https://mushroomobserver.org/10243
https://www.texasmushrooms.org/en/dacryopinax_spathularia.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacryopinax_spathularia

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iNaturalist: churizurd
Instagram: churizurd