in other maritime ecosystems in europe, on the pacific and atlantic coasts of our continent, and in grassy areas in pennsylvania and colorado. in inland settings it is often—but not always—found in places near roads that regularly receive salt treatment for ice in wintertime. agaricus bernardi is a tough-stemmed...
appearing in grassy areas in urban settings, but also known from thin woods (especially on the west coast). its species epithet, xanthodermus, means "yellow-skin"—a feature that can be detected by rubbing the mushroom's surfaces with your thumb, especially near the edge ofthe cap and the base ofthe...
--so by the time you read this the picture may have changed substantially. for the time being, however, psathyrella is still a fairly large genusof saprobic gilled mushrooms with dark spore prints (ranging from brown to black or dark purplish gray), "snap-able" stems, and frequently hygrophanous caps...
. its cap is slimy, fragile, and deeply lined, and its spore print is rusty brown. some forms ofthe species are grayish, with the slightest hint of lilac, and are reminiscent ofthe dry-capped, pink-spored pluteus longistriatus . other forms are quite purple--and intermediate forms are collected with...
cap starts out whitish, but usually develops yellowish shades, and will often bruise yellow if rubbed. in old age the cap surface sometimes develops cracks and fissures (hence the species epithet). the stem features a prominent ring with a "cogwheeled" underside. the flesh will sometimes turn yellowish...
a few of them are brightly colored, but many are boring and brown. they are mushrooms that do not take "no" for an answer when it comes to expanding their territory; they swallow up sticks, leaves and debris, and frequently grow into each other as well, fusing their caps. the species within hydnellum...
in hemlock and douglas-fir forests in washington, and in coast redwood forests in california. its cap features small, dark brown scales at maturity, and it has a thick, rubbery ring on its stem. a similar species, agaricus deardorffensis, is also found on the west coast; its cap is paler brown and less...