. it is closely related to gliophorus psittacinus , the well-known, green-then-yellow "parrot mushroom," with which it shares the slimy surfaces and overall stature. but gliophorus irrigatus is, well, drab—so drab that it is easily overlooked on the forest floor. it is apparently widely distributed in...
begin to run down the stem, and a whitish stem that is "pustulate" (covered with little brown dots that are reminiscent of the glandular dots found on the stems of many suillus species). it is associated with conifers--especially with firs--in western north america and in the northern regions of central...
the continent, and under ponderosa pine in western north america. when fresh it features a gorgeous, orangish red, sticky cap and a whitish stem that is sheathed in a thin layer of gluten. as the gluten dries out it often turns orangish, coloring the stem. the gills are white to faintly yellowish, and...
common under oaks in the southeastern united states. it is easy enough to identify: the cap is usually a pale shade of yellowish brown, and its margin is often scalloped or pleated at maturity; the gills are very distant; and the milk, which is white when exuded, dries pink and stains the gills and...
illinois), where oak-hickory woods predominate, in early summer. i often find it growing gregariously under white oak . the cap is reddish orange, and only faintly lined at the margin--and the stem, when young and fresh, is very finely silky or hairy (enlarge the second illustration). however, unless...
late summer monsoon season. physical features separating agaricus amicosus from other rocky mountain agaricus species include the light to medium brown, appressed fibers on the cap, the fairly large size, and the red-staining flesh. description: ecology: saprobic ; growing scattered or gregariously in...
species, like those in the agrocybe praecox cluster , can be fairly dark brown when young, but soon fade to much paler shades. agrocybe erebia is dark brown from start to finish. it also has a lined cap margin, gills that begin to run down the stem, and a slimy surface (when fresh); these are pretty...
american version of the famous european species amanita caesarea. it is distinguished by its yellow-orange to yellowish bronze cap, which is often brownish in the center and is prominently lined; its yellow gills; and its pale yellow stem, which lacks zones of orangish red fibers and bears a yellowish...
cantharellus confluens, as the name suggests, the mushrooms are often confluent; stems give rise to more than one cap-like structure. in cantharellus lateritius this does not usually happen. both species have a smooth to wrinkled undersurface, and microscopic features are virtually identical. to my...
hangover--and if you have a hangover you are likely to miss it, since conocybe deliquescens rarely lasts much longer than about noon. in fact the hangover idea (for the mushroom, not you) may not be far from the truth; researchers (hallen, watling & adams, ) theorize that the consistently wilted features...