– cm across); the tiny, lateral stem that terminates in an abrupt line where it meets the gills; the tan to whitish, woolly cap surface; the (usually) bitter taste; and the white spore print . it is quite tough, and revives in rainwater after drying out, like many marasmius species. this little mushroom...
of logs; somewhat greasy when young and fresh; bald; whitish to pinkish gray or pale tan, without dark brown colorations; the margin incurved when young, later wavy. gills : running down the stem or pseudostem; close; short-gills frequent; whitish. stem : usually absent or rudimentary, when the mushroom...
pleurotus pulmonarius (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > gilled mushrooms > pale-spored > oysters > pleurotus pulmonarius pleurotus pulmonarius [ basidiomycota > agaricales > pleurotaceae > pleurotus . . . ] by michael kuo the separation of pleurotus pulmonarius from the better-known, "true" oyster mushroom...
caps of grifola frondosa); the undersurfaces are white; and the individual branches are discrete immediately below the caps but become fused together into one solid structure below. i have collected polyporus umbellatus in only one location, at the base of a white ash in oak-hickory woods—but the mushroom...
nearly white caps and sordid brownish pore surfaces. polyporus badius is vaguely similar but is usually larger, redder, and shorter-stemmed. polyporus melanopus is even more similar in appearance, but not in habitat; it grows terrestrially. traditionally, the name "polyporus elegans" was applied to a mushroom...
rickenella fibula (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > gilled mushrooms > pale-spored > mycenoid | omphalinoid > rickenella fibula rickenella fibula [ basidiomycota > agaricales > uncertain > rickenella . . . ] by michael kuo this tiny little mushroom has a thing for moss—in woodland settings and even...
fatto ( ). however, murrill's original description of the species does not mention yellow pulverulence, and calls for much more dramatic red staining and bruising, an only "slightly astringent" taste, and a white stem with a reddish brown base (before bruising); his description seems to match the mushroom...
centunculus simocybe centunculus [ basidiomycetes > agaricales > crepidotaceae > simocybe . . . ] by michael kuo simocybe centunculus is widely distributed and fairly common in north america, but is almost never treated in field guides. perhaps it has simply been passed over as another lbm ("little brown mushroom...
novel. because, if he were in eastern north america just after a late-summer rain, he would probably not have been able to see the bridge he was supposed to blow up, due to the hundreds of slimy yellow mushrooms growing among the pine trees. suillus americanus--sometimes called the "chicken fat mushroom...
tylopilus rubrobrunneus (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > boletes > tylopilus > tylopilus rubrobrunneus tylopilus rubrobrunneus [ basidiomycota > boletales > boletaceae > tylopilus . . . ] by michael kuo this beautiful, bitter tasting eastern north american mushroom is very common in some years—and...