pattern on its cap surface, found under chestnuts and other hardwoods in europe (the species was originally named in germany) and north america. however, if you have paid much attention to what's going on in the world of mushroom taxonomy these days, you will probably not be surprised to hear that the...
on the deadwood of conifers (including treated lumber), its saw-toothed gills , its very tough flesh, and the scales on its cap and stem . it also features a partial veil , but the veil is rarely observed, since it quickly disappears as the cap opens up. in western north america neolentinus ponderosus...
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, eastern lactarius . its milk is thick and white when the mushroom is young, but soon becomes more like skim milk, and by maturity is almost watery. the cap is often zoned with beautiful shades of dark reddish brown, but the zones may be faint, or may resolve by maturity, leaving the cap evenly colored...
the rocky mountains, where it appears in july and august on the deadwood of quaking aspen . look for the dark brown, finely fuzzy surfaces ofthe cap and stem, and the long tap root extending underground or into the rotting wood. since it is the only xeruloid species in its range, paraxerula americana...
species with a sacklike volva , a lined cap margin, and no ring on its stem. that's the theory, anyway. the reality is that you might as well call a mushroom that meets this description "steve," if you want to be scientific. perhaps there are a few highly variable species, and perhaps things like cap...
species group, characterized by its yellow to orangish cap color, small spores , abundant clamp connections , and association with pines or, rarely, fir. in north america, the name is currently being applied to an oregon and northern california tricholoma that matches some of these features (the cap...
a cap surface that often becomes elaborately veined. under the microscope, its cheilocystidia are "rostrate" (featuring a single, finger-like to beak-like apical projection). microscopic examination is probably necessary to confirm identification, since several species of pluteus can occasionally develop...
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