are initially pale orange to whitish, but with age become colored more or less like the upper surface ofthe cup. under the microscope sowerbyella rhenana has gorgeous, coarsely reticulate spores , along with paraphyses that are sometimes bent or "hooked" like those in thegenus otidea. sowerbyella...
day it was discovered. at issue is its placement relative to other groups of fungi. it has funky, interesting basidia (the prong-like structures on which spores are borne) that seem to be a combination of two well-established types. jelly fungi develop divided basidia, while other mushrooms that bear...
from the stem. it grows on or near the deadwood of hardwoods, and it is fairly easily distinguished from other species in thegenus on the basis of its somewhat velvety yellowish cap, which usually features a brownish center, at least when young. it has a rather long stem, for a pluteus, and it tends...
features a brown spore print and a small, fan-shaped fruiting body—but unlike other species in thegenus, it is brightly colored, making it fairly unmistakeable. the little mushrooms are brightly colored and fairly easy to see, but they are particularly tiny, maxing out at about cm across. both ofthe...
copious, and it almost seems to pour out ofthe mushroom when you slice it or damage the gills. in other species the milk can be scanty to almost nonexistent--especially in older specimens that have grown in dry weather. a few mushrooms in other genera exude a juice (for example, mycena haematopus )...
) are apparently widely distributed on our continent. the tendency to grow in tight clusters is an identifying feature, as is the white cap and stem, and the densely crowded gills, which are broadly attached to the stem or just begin to run down it. the spore print is pinkish, and the spores are finely...
fragile and hard to see against the forest floor. its thin little cap is grayish, with a darker center, and the base of its stem is encased in a small, whitish, sack-like volva . it differs from species like volvariella pusilla in its darker colors, and from volvariella taylorii in its slighter stature...
, i collected volvariella hypopithys. it was a small, white mushroom with pink gills and a gorgeous white volva encasing the base ofthe stem like a sack. its cap was dry and silky, and its stem was finely fuzzy. there were two specimens, growing from the ground near the edge of a dirt road, under both...
harbinger ofthe end ofthe mushroom season in late fall or winter depending on the region" ( ). it appears on the deadwood of hardwoods, usually on logs with bark still attached, and is reminiscent of oyster mushrooms —except that oyster mushrooms aren't green. other distinguishing features for panellus...