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Russula dissimulans

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Russula_dissimulans.html

Ecology: Mycorrhizal with hardwoods or conifers; growing alone, scattered, or gregariously; summer and fall (and over winter in warm climates); widely distributed in North America.

Cap: 5-20 cm; broadly convex when young, later flat with a central depression, or shallowly vase-shaped; dry; more or less smooth, but with a waxy feel; initially whitish but soon discoloring to brownish, ashy gray, or brown (eventually almost black); the margin not lined; the skin not peeling easily.

Gills: Attached or running very slightly down the stem; thick; distant or nearly so; white to cream; bruising and discoloring slowly reddish, then grayish to blackish.

Stem: 3-8 cm long; 1-4 cm thick; whitish at first, but soon darkening like the cap; bruising reddish, then blackish over the course of as much as half an hour; fairly smooth.

Flesh: White; hard; bruising promptly or slowly reddish on exposure, then blackish over the course of as much as half an hour or more.

Odor and Taste: Odor slightly fragrant, somewhat unpleasant, or not distinctive; taste mild, slightly acrid, or acrid.

Chemical Reactions: KOH on cap surface negative. Iron salts on stem surface negative to weakly grayish.

Spore Print: White.

Microscopic Features: Spores 6-11 x 6-9 ; widely elliptical to subglobose; with ornamentation under 1 high, connectors forming partially to completely reticulate areas. Pileipellis <NOBR>20-150 </NOBR> thick; cutis-like, with horizontal elements, tightly interwoven; in KOH "with globules of brown
pigment giving them the appearance of transparent intestines" (Roberts, 2008); not embedded in a gelatinous matrix; pileocystidia absent.

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Nice looking mushroom poking through the eucalyptus leaves #fungifriends #fungi #mushrooms #nensw

Cyathus olla

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Cyathus_olla.html

Ecology: Saprobic; growing scattered, gregariously, or in dense clusters; sometimes growing terrestrially, but often found on woody debris; frequently encountered on dead plant stems, including corn husks in cornfields and debris in canola fields; summer and fall; widely distributed in North America.

Nest: 8-15 mm high; 6-10 mm wide; cup-shaped or goblet-shaped; outer surface brownish to grayish, bald or minutely hairy to velvety (but not conspicuously hairy); inner surface bald and shiny, silvery gray to blackish; "lid" typically whitish to pale grayish, soon disappearing; outer edge flared open widely by maturity, frequently broadly wavy.

Eggs: To 3 or 4 mm wide; round to somewhat irregular in outline; usually somewhat flattened; gray to gray-brown or nearly black; sheathed; attached to the nest by cords.

Microscopic Features: Spores 10-14 x 6-8 m; ovate to ellipsoid; smooth.

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Two strange, melted-looking mushrooms popped up overnight in a flower pot on our front porch. I haven't seen these before in Texas. Anyone know what they are?
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Calvatia cyathiformis

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Calvatia_cyathiformis.html

Ecology: Saprobic; growing alone, scattered, gregariously, or in fairy rings in grass (lawns, golf courses, parks, pastures, etc.); summer and fall; widely distributed in North America, but possibly absent on the West Coast. The illustrated and described collections are from Illinois and Qu&#233;bec.

Fruiting Body: 8-17 cm high and 8-20 cm wide when mature; ball-shaped when young, but soon developing a thick basal portion that is slightly more narrow than the upper portion; at maturity usually shaped like an inverted pear or a loaf of bread.

Outer Surface: Tan to pale brown; the pigment breaking up into small, mosaic-like scales; eventually becoming very pale brown to grayish or nearly white, with a vague mosaic of sections punctuated by brownish dots; dry; the skin 1-2 mm thick.

Interior: White and firm when young; soon becoming two-chambered texturally, with the basal portion distinct from the upper portion; upper portion becoming yellowish and finally deep brownish purple as it matures and turns into spore dust; basal portion turning yellowish, then olive with age.

Over-Mature Specimens: After the top ruptures and the spore mass is dispersed, the sterile base can remain, cup-like, with a ragged upper edge, for weeks.

Odor and Taste: Not distinctive.

Chemical Reactions: KOH negative on outer surface.

Spore Dust: Purple.

Microscopic Features: Spores 3-6 m (including ornamentation); globose; covered with spines 0.5-1 m long; hyaline in KOH; brownish in Melzer's reagent. Capillitial threads 2-5 m wide; walls about 0.5 m thick; hyaline in KOH; smooth or very minutely pitted; a little narrowed at septa.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/mushroom-picking-ai-generated-1.7502667

A lovely example of nominative determinism.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2xex0mj3mo

The mash-up you didn’t know you needed.

Common Greenshield lichen
Orange Jelly mushrooms

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Leucocoprinus fragilissimus

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Leucocoprinus_fragilissimus.html

Ecology: Saprobic; growing alone or scattered, in humus; summer; distributed in the southeastern United States, from Texas to the southern Appalachians; also reported from Costa Rica. The illustrated and described collection is from Ohio.

Cap: 1.5-4.5 cm across; planoconvex, becoming nearly flat, with a small central bump; very fragile, and soon collapsing; deeply grooved from the margin to the center; dry or moist; pale greenish yellow, with a slightly darker center; fading to nearly white, with a yellowish center.

Gills: Free from the stem; distant; pale yellow; often dissolving in hot weather.

Stem: 4-9 cm long; 1-2 mm thick; equal above a small basal bulb; exceedingly fragile; bald; pale yellow, fading to nearly white; with a thin, fragile, yellow ring that sometimes disappears.

Flesh: Insubstantial; yellowish.

Odor: Not distinctive.

Chemical Reactions: KOH negative on cap surface.

Spore Print: White.

Microscopic Features: Spores 9-12 x 7-8 ; broadly ellipsoid; with a large (2 ) pore at one end, creating a sublimoniform impression; smooth; hyaline in KOH; dextrinoid. Brachybasidioles abundant in young caps. Pleurocystidia absent. Cheilocystidia clavate; soon collapsing. Pileipellis cellular/hymeniform; terminal elements subglobose, 15-25 wide, hyaline in KOH.

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A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Mycena fulvomarginata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7DAF3517-1E75-583A-ACF3-829A9CE36650
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.115.144137
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Laccaria proxima

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Laccaria_proxima.html

Ecology: Mycorrhizal with pines (Pinus species), especially in young plantations; growing scattered or gregariously; summer and fall; widely distributed in North America.

Cap: 1.5-7 cm; convex, becoming flat and sometimes uplifted; the margin inrolled at first, later straight and not lined; at first finely roughened, later more prominently roughened or scaly; reddish brown to orange-brown.

Gills: Attached to the stem; distant or nearly so; pinkish flesh color.

Stem: 2.5-8 cm long; up to 1 cm thick; equal or with an enlarged base; finely or prominently hairy and fibrous-shaggy; colored like the cap (sometimes with a darker base); with white basal mycelium.

Flesh: Thin; colored like the cap or paler.

Odor and Taste: Not distinctive.

Chemical Reactions: KOH negative on cap surface.

Spore Print: White.

Microscopic Features: Spores 8-11 x 7-9 ; elliptical; spines mostly 0.5-1 long. Basidia 4-spored. Cheilocystidia filamentous to subclavate or subcapitate; to about 70 x 10 . Pileipellis a cutis of elements 5-10 wide, with occasional or frequent bundles of upright elements; terminal cells subclavate to capitate.

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Clavulinopsis corniculata

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Clavulinopsis_corniculata.html

Ecology: Saprobic; growing alone, scattered, or gregariously under hardwoods or conifers in woods, or in grassy areas; often in disturbed ground; summer and fall, or over winter in warmer climates; widely distributed in North America.

Fruiting Body: 2-9 cm high; sparingly to moderately branched; delicate.

Branches: Smooth; yellow; tips colored like the sides.

Base: 1-4 cm long; 1-5 mm thick; often tapering to base; yellow above, covered with white mycelium below; sometimes absent or rudimentary.

Flesh: Pale yellow.

Odor and Taste: Odor mealy; taste mealy or bitter.

Chemical Reactions: Iron salts olive on branches. KOH orange on branches.

Spore Print: White.

Microscopic Features: Spores 4.5-7 ; globose or subglobose; smooth; with a prominent apiculus 1-1.5 long. Basidia 4-spored; up to 80 long. Clamp connections present, but often not particularly conspicuous.

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Lentinellus ursinus

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Lentinellus_ursinus.html

Ecology: Saprobic; growing in groups or in shelf-like clusters on the wood of hardwoods (and, very rarely, the wood of conifers); summer and fall; widely distributed in North America.

Cap: Up to 10 cm across; kidney-shaped to roughly semicircular; broadly convex, becoming flat or depressed; minutely hairy or velvety, at least over the inner 1/3; brown, cinnamon brown, or pale; the margin inrolled.

Gills: Close or nearly distant; the edges distinctively saw-toothed; whitish to pinkish.

Stem: Absent.

Flesh: Pale.

Taste: Strongly acrid or peppery; odor not distinctive or a little spicy.

Spore Print: Creamy white.

Microscopic Features: Spores 4-4.5 x 3-3.5 ; elliptical; amyloid; very finely ornamented with warts and spines. Pleurocystidia rare; fusoid to sharply pointed. Gloeocystidia present; clavate.

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Some cute mushrooms I saw today at Lynn Canyon Park
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Warmer temps sent me on a morel hunt recently, and while I struck out on that front, I did find this neat little devil's urn (Urnula craterium) tucked in the leaf litter. #fungi #mushrooms #athensoh

What if we didn't grow on the ground?

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