thegenus, which is a "plus" when it comes to identification efforts--but the accompanying "minus" is that the large size of this mushroom makes it easily confused with species of tricholoma (stem usually more stout; spores inamyloid) or leucopaxillus (gills often separable as a layer; copious mycelium...
, medium-sized mushrooms belonged in thegenus. over the centuries, however, mycologists placed more and more ofthemushrooms in other genera. in the last decade or so the decimation was completed with the creation ofthe new genera rhodocollybia, gymnopus, and dendrocollybia, leaving only three species...
in field guides. from above, its hairy, shell-shaped cap is reminiscent of a polypore (perhaps a species of trametes)--but its underside features densely packed spines. originally described from south carolina, climacodon pulcherrimus has since been documented throughout much of eastern north america...
glue them together. suspend all the tubes from a board, so they hang downward--then wait for the seeds fall out. somewhere along the long line of natural history, the boletes decided that this would be the most successful way to survive. their caps look like the caps ofthe gilled mushrooms (a group...
season. moving ever outward leaving depleted ground within the circle. those who have opened their minds, hearts and souls to the realms of magic may speak to you ofthe fairies. those who know the fairies will tell you that fairy rings are where the fairies dance and perform many ofthe rituals of...
when least expected. my wife and i were perched precariously on a moss-covered hillside, taking photos of black trumpets and charismatic clumps of amanita flavoconia , when we noticed the little green clubs emerging from the moss. they were small enough and, in the moss, green-on-green enough, that...
clitocyboid mushrooms with spiny spores and pinkish spore prints, as a separate genus, while others viewed the lepistas as a section within thegenus clitocybe. if you noticed the quotation marks i placed around "clitocybe" and you are now waiting for me to pull the taxonomic rug out from under your...
feature "broom cells" as cheilocystidia and/or as terminal elements ofthe pileipellis; these are funky cells that vary in stature and shape but feature rodlike to fingerlike or knoblike outgrowths. the traditional genus marasmius, to the surprise of no one who has paid any attention at all to mushroom...
harbinger ofthe end ofthe mushroom season in late fall or winter depending on the region" ( ). it appears on the deadwood of hardwoods, usually on logs with bark still attached, and is reminiscent of oyster mushrooms —except that oyster mushrooms aren't green. other distinguishing features for panellus...