ksanderson's Identifications
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Tricholoma subacutumObserver
bobhardingDescription
Growing in mixed woods. Cap diameter ~6cm; stem length ~5cm. Wet. Collected for Mycoblitz.
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Western Hollow Jack (Suillus ampliporus)Observer
bobhardingDescription
Either S. ampliporus or S. cavipes. Smaller one (not eaten) in last two photos. Wet. Collected for Mycoblitz.
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Armillaria solidipesObserver
bobhardingDescription
Growing in lawn. Cap diameter ~10cm; stem length ~15cm, with ring. Wet. Collected for Mycoblitz.
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Armillaria solidipesObserver
bobhardingDescription
Maybe. Growing alone in grassy area on seaside cliff top. Cap diameter ~6cm; stem length ~11cm. Wet. Collected for Mycoblitz.
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Funnels (Genus Clitocybe)Observer
bobhardingDescription
Many beneath spruce plantation, growing in fairy ring formations. Largest cap diameter ~4cm; stem length ~4cm. Wet. Collected for Mycoblitz.
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Section IngrataeObserver
rosemarycurleyDescription
rather old specimens under hardwoods: birch, American Beech, maples. Almond scent duly noted. A larger individual has the stem hollowed out (Photo 3).
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Laccaria nobilisObserver
bobhardingDescription
Growing in old spruce plantation. Cap diameter ~8cm; stem length ~7cm. Wet. Collected for Mycoblitz.
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Observer
bobhardingDescription
A great many growing beneath spruce. Largest cap diameter ~30mm; longest stem ~40mm. Wet. Collected for Mycoblitz.
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Crimson Waxcap (Hygrocybe punicea)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
a small specimen, under hardwoods
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Hygrocybe subceraceaObserver
rosemarycurleyDescription
on top of mossy wood. maple, beech, birch Hardwoods dominant.
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Thin-walled Maze Polypore (Daedaleopsis confragosa)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
on downed hardwood
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Smoky Spindles (Clavaria fumosa)Observer
dmallochPlace
Kennedy Lakes Protected Natural Area, 5 km SSE from the centre of Louis Lake, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada (Google, OSM)Description
13-08-22/11 Gregarious as two densely packed groups of 30-50 basidiomata in leaf litter in a mature forest of Acer saccharum, Betula papyrifera and Fagus grandifolia
Voucher specimen in the herbaium of the New Brunswick Museum (NBM)
Basidiomata forming a dense mass of erect and unbranched thalli, very fragile, glabrous, dry, light brown (HSV25:20:90), 90-130 x 3-6 mm
Stipe lacking
Flesh concolorous with the surface tissues in the cortex and white at the centre, lacking a distinctive odour and taste.
Basidiospores white in spore print, obovate to phasaeoliform in profile, smooth, neither amyloid nor dextrinoid, 5.1-7.8 x 3.5-4.2 µm, Q = 1.37-2.09 (average[30]: 6.6±0.6 x 3.7±0.2 µm, Q = 1.77±0.15)
Basidia clavate, 4-spored, without a basal clamp connection, about 48-50 x 7.3-8.8 µm, Q = 4.9-6.7
Clamp connections lacking throughout
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- Basidiomata in natural habitat
- Scan of basidiomata
- Cross section of hymenium in Windex
- Tramal hyphae in KOH + Congo Red
- Basidia in KOH + Congo Red
- Basidiospores from spore print in KOH + Congo Red
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
on ground under white spruce
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Aborted Entoloma (Entoloma abortivum)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
Tiny white mushrooms, dried to tan, On ground under white spruce.
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Fool's Funnel (Collybia rivulosa)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
White cap, guesstimate 4-6 cm in width. Decurrent gills are beige to tan. Stem is short and thick.
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Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
recently mowed, a large flush of puffballs. Linden and elm in the area.
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Blewit (Collybia nuda)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
damaged by mower. On grass near Pinus nigra.
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Russula serissimaObserver
rosemarycurleyDescription
at base of white spruce in unmowed grass, Additional specimens shown
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
on hardwood log, cap 10 cm across, and fully hydrated in heavy rain, 8.5 cm when fully dried. Stem short and eccentric. Gills white; and with some slug-grazing, I am uncertain if they are decurrent or not. I added pictures of the dry mushroom.
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Birch Brittlegill (Russula betularum)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
Cap, about 3 cm, has a faint pink tinge on one side of upper cap, white gills close, white stem. Stem disintegrated when collected.
With heavy rain, everything is soaked. Under hardwoods.
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Deer Mushroom (Pluteus cervinus)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
inside old stump, crowded white gills, oblong cap about 4-5 cm long at most. White stem, Smaller round cap has a white edge, gills and stem
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Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)Observer
bobhardingDescription
Tiny! Largest ~3mm across. On dead Alnus incana in wet woods. Collected.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
calebharding571Description
Found on beech stump
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