With live oak. Only found under one particular older growth tree.
This was an odd mushroom. The stipes of several were fused together and one was fused upside down like it lost gravitropism.
Fruiting in a streambed close to exposed roots of Alnus rhombifolia
This was the most abundant fruiting I found, and there was also Paxillus involutus fruiting with the same tree
Fresh pins show no evidence of partial veil, but the stipe of some mature fruitbodies seems to have a ring
Hymenium stains blue quickly
Dry older specimens acquire red tones on lower half of the stipe
Pores and stipe deep brown/red with KOH
orangey-red staining, ornamented stipe and partial veil margin
Rhizomorphs present.
In duff of Quercus (Q. arizonica? and alligator juniper).
Smells like rotting meat, grows on the ground.
.ab1 files located at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kNNLOmvrjm_yGhaG6ObyGP9jq1xeh2_y?usp=sharing
Fruitbody 2.7x1.3 cm
Found near Tanoak and Pine with Rhododendron and Huckleberry nearby with Manzanita some 30m away. When it was found it was cut in half and apparently oozed a whitish latex. Fresh aroma similar to Lactarius rubidus.
Collected by Katrina S. during SOMA foray.
Microscopic features at 1000x in KOH and also with Melzer's
Spores amyloid, globbose, 6.5-10.5um with reticulate ornamentation.
Unusual basidia, appears mostly 2 spored but maybe these cells are something else.
Large fruiting of very large mushrooms. KOH reaction Pictured - darkening of cap and orange on context of stipe and cap.
I found this peculiar looking mushroom while walking around my yard. It had ring-like ridges and was funnel-shaped at the top. It had blue towards the edges and gradually faded to green towards the center. In its center it had a small pool of water. It’s too was only about 4 inches in diameter. It was the only one of its kind in my yard and all the other fungi in my yard looked nothing like it. I’ve never seen a mushroom like this before and I was wondering if anyone would be able to identify it?
Single specimen found with live oak and bay laurel in riparian corridor. Silvery stipe, farinaceous odor.
Mild tasting.
Stipe white with light pink blush.
All gills reach stipe.
Yellow stains turning brown.
Gills cream to light yellow-cream.
Odor shrimpy.
Cap beautiful true red to gold or beige-white in some spots, not viscid in age, margin not sulcate.
Tentative ID, not an expert in fungus ID.
In wood chips under a blue oak in a residential neighborhood. ETA someone with more knowledge suggests this is S aeruginosa rather than S caerulea.
This Bobcat was seen casually working its way up the Big Sur Gorge.
Not one I’m familiar with— iNat suggests hygrophorus
ID is best guess. Fruiting from a moist, moss-covered stream embankment under tanoak on a dry day (no rain for over a week). 20 or so fruitbodies scattered singly across 5' x 8' area. They presented as small dark gray pins, but turned out to be brown under magnification. About 10-15mm tall with heads/caps 1-2mm. Wiry and flexible, bouncing back quickly after bending and releasing.
These were growing in a crevice near the bottom entrance to the Bear Gulch Caves. Any ideas, @flygrl67 , @euproserpinus, @rjadams55 , @danielgeorge?
I was shocked to see around a dozen of these diminutive mushrooms coming up through the oak duff in late June. Their spores are bright yellow and although there was some bruising to the gills, the stipes did not change color even an hour after being cut in half. The stipes are striate and yellow along their length. I tried keying them out using "California Mushrooms: The comprehensive identification guide" but I kept coming up with some kind of Xerocomellus, but the lack of red on the stipe seems to eliminate that genus.
Section vaginatae, in soil under Quercus arizonica
Cap- deep purple,smooth, fine striations on margin. Stalk-fragile, 6.5 cm x 1 cm. Note dingy yellow at base of stalk.
Distinct umbo and unusually wavy stipe? Or is that just me.
Edit: it's because it wasnt a serrulata lmao
Growing in a lawn. Broken gills produce a white latex
Russula brevipes and Hypomyces lactofoulum close by. 3 separate fruitings within 5 m circle, 2 fruitings under decaying wood log
Habitat; in duff under coastal live oak.
Pilius: light brownish. 10 cm diameter. Has sheen & texture of A. phalloides seen in this proximity, in previous observations. They were greener but fresher.
Gills: free, white, close.
Stipe: 1.5 cm x 10 cm. Exotic pattern. Hollow near pilius. Bulbous base with thick volva.
Annulus: superior, skirtlike, withered, appressed (from aging?)
Not my freshest specimen from this location.
Found in loose soil, in an embankment (a small berm). Possibly attached to a dead root (likely a mahogany). It was detached from sandy soil easily without breakage. Young mahogany trees and Sig-id vines near by. Purple cap and same color on stipe. No attached veil present. Torn white fragments of veil around the limb. No scales, no warts (although, if this a young specimen, warts may develop as it matures). Gill attachment: free. Specimen size: about 10-12mm. Specimens found in area: 2.
"aZ13" nom prov. (a Lepidella)
http://www.amanitaceae.org/?Amanita+sp-AZ13
Found as part of the 2019 Pinnacles Bioblitz.
Placeholder name for the group.
I’m trying to document these from various areas in Az. They seem to have a slightly pinkish cast and may be C. roseocanus. These will be accessioned to the Gilbertson Herbarium and sequenced I believe at some point so we can begin to see what we have here in our sky islands of Az.
On grassy ground under 5 needle pine with Douglas fir and aspen near. Elevation 8552’.
Collected by Brent Ewasiuk.
DNA Sequenced
Alongside driveway, Coast Live Oak woodlands
In live oak duff, among decaying downed oak.