Mixed forest Pine, Cedar, Tan Oak nearby. Lots of very old decomposed wood chips.
Tanoak and bishop pine duff
Doug fir, grand fir
Growing in moss in recently burned area. SEGI, ABCO, PILA, Alnus
San Vicente Redwoods- Mixed hardwood/conifer forest that burned in the 2020 CZU fire
Growing from thick duff under Quercus agrifolia, Arbutus menziesii and Pseudotsuga menziesii. Found on the side of the forest that burned at low intensity in the 2020 CZU due to cultural fire
Pileus pale yellow with patchy, fragile, thin veil remnants. Margin decorated with tufts of white VR tissue. Stipe white, equal, finely flocculose. Volva small, adhered to stipe. Lamellae white, broadly attached, finely serrate
Smell indsitinct
Taste slightly floral
KOH yellow on cap and stipe
Lamellae fluoresce green
Fruiting in moist lowlands with mixed hardwoods; mostly Salix. Spores elliptic, smooth, colorless, with single large oil inclusion, and
measured 17.5-21.25 x 11.25-13.75; a good match with H. solitaria (Abbott).
Collected by Justin https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205799891
Found by a participant on a group walk, growing solitary out of moss. Out for sequencing.
PICO
Growing in alpine area coming up between rocks with grasses near, but no other obvious plants
White and gray, tiny tiny. not yellow.
Found and collected by Cameron Tavis.
in one of the most urbanized sections of this city. probably immensely stressed from pedestrians and their dogs, cars, and the lightrail.
Noticed fruiting out the side of a mossy birds nest under a bay laurel tree. Sitka spruce, fir, alder, and redwood growing nearby. Lots of rain recently and cold temps.
On Eriogonum reniforme, producing both aecia and uredinia
Under Quercus agrifolia.
Torpedo shaped head,
Black to brown with cylindrical stipe,
No hairs,
Growing next to trail under sword fern,
Near redwood
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest, private property in Gualala
Growing on the seed pods spines of planted Castanea dentata found on the ground in orchard at edge of forest
Stipitate Ascomycetes with orange hymenophore and a brown stipe, becoming darker brown near the base. Goblet shaped when young becoming flattened in age
Fluoresce bright yellow
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest, private property in Gualala
Growing in clay-rich soil and duff under Pseudotsuga menziesii near small, man-made pond
Black club with bulbous, irregular shaped spade head. Stipe extremely viscous
Smell and taste indistinct
KOH indistinct
Fruiting on alder I think. Also hearty, Sitka spruce, redwood and fir, near river alongside urban trail.
Fruiting from holes in fallen Quercus agrifolia branch.
Rust present on Malva parviflora, sampled for macro photography.
In duff under interior live oak
Camellia japonica associate
On mallow plant (malva)
i have no clue what this is, had a firm gelatinous texture
Exidia truncata is closest visual similarity i could find
i collected a tiny bit of this specimen
perhaps...
on Abies needles
found by Mandy
Growing scattered in Sequoia sempervirens and Notholithocarpus densiflorus forest with Polystichum munitum and Toxicodendron diversilobum understory. Head dark brownish black, slippery but not sticky, sparkly in the sunlight. Stipe more chocolatey or sepia brown, finely ornamented with tiny studs.
Under hardwood log near stream in recent burn area. Alnus or QUKE, Near ABCO, SEGI
On redwood bark and twigs. KOH yellow-orange with time. UV blue
Likely tanoak wood. Sweet moldy veg mixed with cardboard smell
On Carex spectabilis
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199384682
Under CADE, next to ABCO log, Polytrichum. No K
On decaying Sequoia sempervirens wood, mixed conifer and Sequoia sempervirens forest
Diseased saxifrage?
Observation is for the pathogen.
ABCO, PILA, Alnus
Found in fog drip saturated Sequoia sempervirens dominant coastal forest with Pseudotsuga menziesii and Notholithocarpus densiflorus understory. MMWD
Fruiting from soil on a moss-covered patched of steep, exposed Earth being held together by Sequoia sempervirens roots
Grey/brown waxy feeling pileus with white, waxy-like broadly attached to subdecurrent lamellae. Fibrous white stipe
Smell and taste indistinct
Blue UV rxn on lamellae
No KOH
Uncertain of host plant ID. Possibly Eriodycton californicum. Plant observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200582726
ABCO needles on young trees
slimy stipe, oddly rough top
HAY-F-002829
Just amazing! Parasitizing Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) on an open slope of sand. Insitu, already exposed when found
Stipe texture and pileus shape of younger ones made me think Mycena but probably not. Xeromphalina? Fruiting from soil in streambank with Abies magnifica and Pinus jeffreyi nearby. KOH brown. Odorless. Chrysomphalina aurantiaca and Galerina sp. in close proximity. KOH brown. Odorless.
Fruiting next to creek amongst moss and exposed soil. Giant sequoia forest with Alder, ABCO, PILA close by
Under chamise, near manzanita.
Cap 3–4 cm diameter, shiny purplish brown, with vellipellis. Fleshy staining slightly reddish. Stipe base swollen. Cortina forming persistent annulus consistently near the base of the stipe.
Odor mild, slightly wet dog.
KOH-
Stipe and gills UV+ blue