" or "collybia acervata" until very recently, include the densely clustered growth on the wood of conifers; the convex (not conical) reddish brown caps that fade to pinkish buff; and the reddish to reddish brown stem that is bald except for the slightly fuzzy base. older specimens demonstrate a marked...
gills that are attached to the stem, often by means of a slight "notch." though species of tricholoma can be found across our continent from spring to fall (and nearly year-round in warm climates), themushrooms tend to like cooler conditions and are most abundant in montane and northern forests, particularly...
collaborators, ; jacobsson, , , ; klan and collaborators, ), painting a rather different portrait of species in thegenus. contemporary dna studies have yet to address thegenus with much sustained focus, to my knowledge (see below). i see this state of affairs as exciting, rather than frustrating,...
"mushroom wish list." i've never seen it in thefresh state, although i have studied several collections preserved in herbaria. the species is just so cool looking--and i suppose the fact that it is relatively rare adds to its appeal. mycologist joe ammirati, who has seen more cool mushrooms than most...
" species--those that used to belong in the friesian genus "mycena." most ofthe species are extremely small mushrooms, rarely exceeding a few centimeters in diameter and often only reaching diameters of a few millimeters. they are frequently overlooked, unless they happen to be growing in large clusters...
> (arcangeliella) lactarius . . . ] by michael kuo arcangeliella desjardinii looks like a malformed lactarius --which is more or less exactly what it is. thegenus arcangeliella contains "gasteroid," lactarius-like mushrooms that have poorly formed gills; they have lost the ability to forcibly discharge...
, boletinoid pore surface that begins to run down the stem and bruises slowly brown to reddish brown. the apex ofthe stem is widely reticulate with a brown reticulum. it can be similar in general appearance to xerocomus subtomentosus , but that species is usually larger and has a pore surface that turns...
appearance, the presence ofthe spines helps separate them from the thousands of other mushrooms that lack spines. some of these mushrooms, like auriscalpium vulgare or hydnum repandum , are easy to identify—but others can make for a frustrating experience. i find many species of hydnellum to be very...
; some ofthe species hang their spines from branched structures, while one species simply forms a large clump of spines. recent molecular biology studies have placed hericium within the russulales (it was previously variously disposed in the "aphyllophorales"), in the family hericiaceae (see mushroom...
"aspen oyster," since it appears to be limited to the wood of quaking aspen and closely related trees (aspens and cottonwoods in thegenus populus). it is northern and montane, corresponding to the range ofthe host trees. pleurotus populinus is a well established biological species (meaning that it...