Growing on a magnolia leaf, sample for agar culture, dna/microscopy
Sample placed on agar
Smells piney, spicy.
Riparian area with mostly Narrow leaf cottonwoods, but there are also ponderosa pine, cedar, and spruce scattered around the area. This specimen was found under an older spruce with a deep duff layer.
Growing on pine.
Ganoderma growing out of a pine cone
Brief stop while slowly driving out of this part of Three Lakes WMA. I stopped after noticing this particular area had been burned not too long ago and wanted to see what was around but didn't stay long since I had a couple other spots I wanted to visit.
Came to Three Lakes to check out some dry prairie recognized as exemplary by FNAI. Also did some blacklighting at night and explored other areas the next day.
All of my observations from these two days in Osceola County:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-08-31&d2=2024-09-01&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=938&user_id=joemdo
Blacklighting observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-08-31&d2=2024-09-01&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=938&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
Dna/its
8/14 added microscopy (current microscopy does not dictate 4 sterigmata on basidia but instead 2. Will dye sample and revisit basidia to verify)
8/17 More microscopy conducted and created a new observation for more pics
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236336459
Appears to have 2,3, and 4 sterigmata basidia
(10.6) 11.8 - 13.6 (14.2) × (7.2) 7.9 - 9.5 (9.8) µm
Q = (1.2) 1.3 - 1.6 (1.7) ; N = 30
Me = 12.6 × 8.6 µm ; Qe = 1.5
12.21 9.57
13.49 9.10
12.69 8.33
10.58 7.83
12.97 8.40
12.77 8.40
13.23 8.00
12.93 7.92
12.50 8.59
14.23 8.92
13.10 9.74
13.02 8.95
11.90 8.25
11.70 7.93
11.78 9.16
12.04 8.55
13.60 9.38
12.49 8.32
11.41 7.17
11.87 7.95
12.05 8.13
11.80 9.52
14.08 8.21
12.17 7.95
12.97 8.65
14.08 9.75
13.07 8.23
13.02 7.82
12.90 9.26
12.37 9.09
Growing of hardwood decayed quercus stick in hydric hammock, no spores could be found
Dark stipe
Hymenium has slight green hue
Spores appear to be colorless under microscope
Dna/its, growing inside decayed tree hollow, dna/its
Psilocybe caeruleorhiza nom. prov.
Description deadline is January 15th 2024.
Found in the same original Ohio location found by Kyle Canan.
The first 4 photos after the cover are my iPhone photos.
Bitter flavor and numbing sensation, long root like stipe curling around acorn underground
365nm UV reaction, KOH removes color from cap and makes it clear/see through, growing in mixed hardwood, dna/its, moderate recent rains, mid 90s
On recently dead stick with leaves just turning brown
Growing in dead wood section of an oak