stereum complicatum --but close inspection reveals a surface of tightly packed, tiny spines, making steccherinum ochraceum a toothed mushroom . it is a widely distributed decomposer of the deadwood of hardwoods. in the midwest it is fairly common in oak woods on fallen sticks and small logs in late...
running down the stem, the white spore print , and the growth pattern (in dense clusters on decaying conifer wood) distinguish xeromphalina campanella. it is nearly impossible to separate from xeromphalina kauffmanii , which grows in clusters on decaying hardwood logs—so, unless you are sure of the...
" in the cortinarius armeniacus group, cortinarius privignoides is a european species separated from the others on the basis of its spongy, swollen stem base; its brownish (rather than yellowish) young gills, with edges that often remain whitish and finely jagged into maturity; and its silky white cap...
cystoderma granulosum has a cap densely covered with granules which, as the mushroom matures, may begin to separate or wear away. there is no true ring on the stem, and the spores are inamyloid . the lack of a ring and the inamyloid spores will help to separate cystoderma granulosum from other species in...
to be more common from the rocky mountains southward, into mexico, than it is in other areas on our continent. it is a very small, gilled mushroom with a distinctively pleated cap (the cap is "sulcate," in mycologese, resulting in the species name sulcata). heliocybe sulcata is found on the decaying...
, pale yellow gills, and a stout, white stem—presumably representing the three colors referred to by the species epithet tricolor. the author of the species, charles peck ( ) commented that it was "[r]emarkable for its varied colors and for the peculiar hue assumed by the lamellae in the dried state"...
a cap that reaches cm across and a stem that can be as long as cm. vaguely reminiscent of marasmius oreades , which grows in fairy rings on lawns, marasmius strictipes grows in hardwood forests in eastern north america. while it occasionally grows in clusters it is more likely to grow alone or with...
is a small, brown melanoleuca that lacks the distinctive harpoon-like cystidia found on the gills of most species in the genus. a microscope will thus be required to identify it--and if you decide to forego microscopic analysis and simply call your little brown specimen " melanoleuca melaleuca " i can...
and psathyrella cystidiosa has even made the list of endangered fungi at the minnesota department of natural resources. if i have identified it correctly, the illustrated collection supports the idea that psathyrella cystidiosa may be more widespread than previously believed; the collection was made in...
"meaty" roasted eggplant and marinated portobello mushrooms for the traditional deli meats. there's an easy vegan adaptation, too. what is muffuletta?...