General Ecology: On the shores of Little Toms Cove, Assateague Island in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. Sand dunes with grasses and other herbaceous plants growing.
Ecology and associated species: Growing in clusters around the bases of Panicum amarum and Sporobolus pumilus. Seems to be saprotrophic in nature, growing off of dead plant material.
Pileus 0.5-4 cm in diameter, tan to beige with slight tones of pink, sulcate, dome-shaped when young, becoming flat and wavy in age. Lamellae 1.0-2.7 cm in length beige to pinkish, broadly attached to stipe, close in arrangement. Stipe light tan near apex, becoming more brown near base. Mostly equal.
Taste and smell indistinct
Basidiospores white, ellipsoid to ovoid in shape with internal granules.
2 inch diameter. On buried wood.
Found on fallen pine needles. I was told it’s an Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Growing out of soil next to dead log. Earthy smell.
Bursting through bark; on hardwood
Raw potato smell
DNA not successful
Semi-erumpent, mixed woods. Alder, birch, oak, hemlock around.
sandy soil along edge of bike path Gordon's Pond
on Pachypsylla venusta gall
Not certain on ID. 2 specimens observed, growing solitary, NJ Pine Barrens. Specimen available for study.
(The two frbs with solo photos are separated as #JK002; the rest are mixed)
Many frbs widely separated along the edge of the bog. All in sphagnum, some near mountain-laurel, rhododendron, maple, pine, sassafras, and/or spruce.
Some were called Bogbodia uda (on the left in the first photos) and others were called Hypholoma elongatum (on the right in the first photos), but it seems to me that there were intermediates. One frb (last photos) had distinct white tufts attached to the stem.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Sep. 28, 2021.
Among spruce/ conifers at the summit of Whitetop mountain VA. Cross section taken 12 hours later, reddish staining when cut. Pores fading from yellow to brown
Pileus of larger specimens ~12cm, tropical rainforest
Under Quercus virginiana; pileus moist slightly viscid; taste mild; Murrill's type collected Jan 9, 1938.
?Boletus alachuanus 1938 = Boletus alutaceus 1889?
Taste mild. Basal mycelium looked more yellow than the photo. Under white oak and hickory
Very close (995+) to a number of Boletales sp. sequences from the East Coast. 97%+ close a couple of Retiboletus sp. sequences. Only 87% similar to some Retiboletus ornatipes sequences. This could well be an undescribed species in Retiboletus. Now Retiboletus griseus I need to relabel my image
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92315549
Fungee obs
Rhodocollybia butyracea
DNA ITS
Hardwood cut and stacked for firewood
Possibly an undescribed species.
UPDATE 7/2/2021 - now looks more like G applanatum
Specimens of this species sporulated at the bases of two adjacent living and vibrant white oaks in my back yard several years ago. This specimen was at the base of majestic oak (deep in the woods) that has been long dead and decomposing.
KUO:<<. Most recently, a sweeping study of the polypores by Justo and collaborators (2017) places Laetiporus, Wolfiporia, and Phaeolus together in a family called the Laetiporaceae, but the authors caution that "[t]he delimitation of Laetiporus vs. Wolfiporia needs further study.">>
Not too skittish, but retreated under the shed when we got too close.
On death deer remnants. Pine Barrens. It looks as if it had a hard time pushing through the hair layer. KOH turned it brown on cap. 1.8 cm cap, and 2.5 cm x 8mm stipe and half of it buried in sand. Spores around 8.5 x 4 mu. Spore deposit slightly brown. Gills attached. No veil present/seen. Clamps present.
Spores 11µm x 6.5µm
100% match to G. subpurpuratus, G. cf punctifolius and G. aeruginosus sequences
Growing on Fagus grandifolia. Taste peppery and aromatic/spicy. Cap viscid, stem dry. Not much odor.
Growing in a mulch bed where there used to be a pine tree.
Third photo shows the mushroom a few days later.
This is a picture of Phaeolus schweinitzii at the Governor Bridge Natural Area in Bowie, Maryland.