im caught between Collybiopsis, Mycetinis, and Tetrapyrgos nigripes
A diminutive Amanita . By a trail in deciduous woods.
Collected. In grass on the forest edge. Mixed hardwood and a few hemlock in the woods.
Originally posted to MycoMap.com on July 22, 2017 by MycoMap.com user: FrannieK at https://mycomap.com/7123.
A. minutula
very small.. found already picked
Spores: ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, transluscent, smooth.
measuring 7.28 – 9.79 × 6.02 – 7.33 µm
Q = 1.17 – 1.34 ; N = 9
Me = 8.41 × 6.72 µm ; Qe = 1.24
8.25 × 6.48
7.75 × 6.51
8.23 × 6.57
7.28 × 6.02
8.59 × 6.61
9.79 × 7.28
8.75 × 7.33
8.51 × 6.47
8.58 × 7.28
Tree species mainly Pinus sp, with some beech saplings
Found near pine. Added some microscope pics - spores are broadly elliptic to ovate, smooth, with 1-2 oil droplets inside. Color seems to be a very light brown in KOH. No micrometer for size, but fairly average sized.
My friend was walking and came upon this 4 ft Black Rat Snake coiled around a juvenile Broad-Wing Hawk. The Hawk was unconscious. He and his wife picked up the duo with a towel and untangled the snake. The snake had a small wound near the tail so he surmised that the hawk likely attacked the snake, but bit the wrong end. Big mistake! Rat Snakes are constrictors. The snake slithered away seemingly unaffected. The hawk took approx 20 minutes to recuperate and fly away. Happy ending for the snake - lesson learned we hope for the hawk.
The hawk had a purple band on its leg, but we don't know who tagged it.
A separate observation has been logged for the hawk.
Amanita chrysoblema, holotype (CUP-A-032114)
Original collection date: Sept. 20, 1907.
Collector: Kauffman
Publication: Mich. geol. biol. Surv., Biol. Ser. 5 26: 613 (1918)
Present photo from the Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium (2024)
This observation is being uploaded as a step in getting it sequenced; the collector is not an iNat user and sent it to me to process for DNA testing.
It was found fruiting on a piece of wild-collected driftwood that was boiled and placed in a fish tank. The fruiting appeared approximately 3 weeks after the driftwood was collected.
The second picture of the mushroom is around 12 hours after he first noticed it.
Likely not Psathyrella aquatica, most opinions on facebook were suggesting Coprinellus sect. domestici so that is my initial ID but it is for sure not confirmed that and will be sequenced soon.
Images used with permission
Host: Betula nigra
Smooth diatrypous fruit body, very thin - like a single celled layer with no clear body.
No asci observed, possibly anamorphic.
Spores dyed in lactophenol cotton blue - only staining the apical segments
Hyperparasitic on a Xylariales fungus
(Second fungus was confirmed)
Microscopically, this fungus had:
cleistothecia coated in setae
IKI- asci containing 8 ascospores
Hyaline, guttulate spores that were slightly curved but not fully allantoid.
The spores became yellow in color in Lugols solution.
Seems to match Nitschkia brevispina
I believe the olivaceous KOH extractable pigments are coming from the second fungus (Hypoxylon?) growing underneath the discs. I observed two types of spores.
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Nov. 11, 2023.
Young specimen found near :
Orange cap
White mycelium
Tiny (<1cm), growing about 6 ft up on tree bark. First photo is focus stacked
Common in this large area dominated by saw palmetto and with good diversity of shrubs. Burned not too long ago, I would guess 4-8 months ago.
My family had planned a day trip to Fort Myers so I took advantage of the ride and was dropped off at the SR29 entrance of Bear Island. I bicycled along Bear Island Grade & Perocchi Grade to the main Bear Island Campground (just under 9 miles) and then just a bit east of that area to do some botanizing in an area that seemed to have been burned in the last year. I didn't have a ton of time and so really mostly focused on plants!
All of my observations from today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-11-25&order=asc&place_id=2348&user_id=joemdo
Growing on a decaying cone from Magnolia macrophylla
This brilliant colour is caused by IIV-31 (Isopod Iridescent Virus). I've been checking hundreds of pill bugs over several years for this unusual phenomenon and my persistence finally paid off!
Sadly, this total colour change is usually the later stage of the virus; once a pill bug is this bright it generally doesn't have much longer to live.
Strong mushroom smell when fresh but not disagreeable
Stronger odour when cut open
Had to climb a ladder to get photos!
.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.
separate observation made for the spider
some sort of adult antlion? AT a 365 + 395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge.
in the absence of a trunk or stone to lean on, a capybara may be an option;
I have observed these two individuals do this twice;
see also
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/nelson_wisnik/21258-the-friendly-capybara
Found at the coordinates in the photo. Collected specimens for sequencing and will post back findings.
Growing in dune habitat, near a lot of Coccoloba
Crepidotoid blue Entoloma! Leptonia?
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Jun. 28, 2021.
Maybe Pantherinae? Small, almost pendulous volva, some universal veil material appears to be on cap surface, has annulus just above fulcrum of stipe. Oak-hickory forest in hickory littered soil.