cultivar the varied and fantastic forms and rich colors ofthe different species of heliconia make them an important florist item, particularly prized for large and signature arrangements. heliconia is named after mount helicon, the seat ofthe muses, the nine goddesses ofthe arts and sciences in greek...
, mushrooms, roma tomatoes, artichoke hearts & hot peppers tossed in a garlic & olive oil butter sauce. $ fettuccine delmonico fettuccine alfredo tossed with grilled chicken, mushrooms, broccoli & finished with a touch of marinara. $ chicken sinatra chicken breasts on sautéed greens with hot peppers...
dead logs in hardwood forests. it has a white spore print , gills that run down the stem, and a wiry stem that is yellow above, and brownish below. on close inspection, the gills are often connected by many cross-veins—one ofthe defining features ofthegenus xeromphalina. the very similar xeromphalina...
pholiota --but it features a white, rather than brown, spore print , and differs microscopically. it appears to be most frequently found from ohio to new york, but its range includes much of northeastern north america. armillaria decorosa is a former name. leucopholiota lignicola (karsten) harmaja is...
in thegenus amanita . this particular species is distinguished by its very long and rooting stem, its ephemeral ring, and its white to brownish patches or warts . amanita ravenelii can appear very similar, but has warts that are positioned on a bed of radially fibrillose, cottony material (additionally...
appears to be fairly common and widespread--but it is often overlooked due to its size. the very crowded gills will help to identify baeospora myosura, but microscopic analysis is probably needed to identify this species with certainty, since several species ofthegenus strobilurus also inhabit cones...
when you find marasmius nigrodiscus for the first time. it is uncharacteristically large for thegenus, with a cap that can reach a width of centimeters. it is, however, fairly distinctive, with its dark center and lighter marginal area, and it appears in a wide variety of eastern north american ecosystems...
, 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...
in north america, with a cap that can measure over a yard across. it regularly appears in urban areas, causing considerable amazement. believe it or not, there are a dozen or so gilled mushrooms in the world that get this large, most of which belong in thegenus macrocybe--latin for "huge head." macrocybe...
" 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...