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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
steven_dmDescription
On a large oak or maple branch
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Psathyrella Sect. Psathyrella (Section Psathyrella)Observer
andrewkunikDescription
squamulose cap
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
steven_dm
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Dyer's Polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii)Observer
dwborlandDescription
Youthful Phaeolus schweinitzii [?]. 8737.20240221.dwb/alachua co. florida
Pinus associate
velvetish and irregularly folded creasing of cap questions to Onnia tomentosa
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Devil's Dipstick (Mutinus elegans)Observer
swampjdeanDescription
xeric mixed pine-hardwoods; pale brown sac or egg-like structure with emerging stalk, orange to salmon, spongy, conical tip, upper half of stalk covered in foul smelling dark olive brown slime
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
steven_dm
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Rosy Brown Waxy Cap (Hygrophorus roseobrunneus)Observer
swampjdeanDescription
occurring in small clusters to troops of 10-18 specimens, mesic hardwoods hammock, cap flat but upward turning along margin in older specimens, white with brownish stains, gills close, attached, slightly waxy, white to cream with slight yellowish staining, stalk 4-9 cm long, curved in some specimens, cream but some have distinct area of yellow in upper half of stalk
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Many-rooted Earthball (Scleroderma polyrhizum)Observer
swampjdeanDescription
occurring on grass adjacent to hydric hammock, urn shaped fruiting body fully open with edges peeling or rolled down, interior with grayish brown spores, attached to large mass of root-like fibers
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swampjdeanDescription
occurring solitary on ground in hardwoods hammock; cap dry silvery purple, gills close violet or purple some stained reddish brown by spores, short squat stalk with fat basal bulb, pale violet becoming reddish brown downward from spore stains, no distinctive odor
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Celandine Milkcap (Lactarius chelidonium)Observer
swampjdeanDescription
mixed upland pine-oak; cap color variable, pinkish yellow, grayish green, bluish green, depressed in center; gills light pink or pink-creamy yellow, stained yellowish green from latex, slightly decurrent; stalk grayish purple or grayish pink, whitish where gills meet stalk; scant latex
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steven_dmDescription
Sorry, lost side picture. It is but these were weird. Maybe I'll find more
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dwborlandDescription
Gymnopilus liquiritiae.8484.20231215.dwb/alachua co florida
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Genus IrpexObserver
swampjdeanDescription
on fallen live oak branch; fan shaped fruiting body, starting to fuse to others; cap white to rusty brown in center, more yellowing along margin, spongy; underside with long pores appearing as flattened teeth
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mushdrywmDescription
Scent was indistinct initially but after cracking it open I got hints of apple
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Red Cort (Cortinarius marylandensis)Observer
reyybiesDescription
Not the chant
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bananasmileDescription
Identical to Gyroporus cyanescens without staining reaction.
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Pyrota lineataObserver
mudgiecrabshabistanDescription
Bad cell pic just to get an ID on here. I'll replace it with my real pics as soon as I go through them
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Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee (Megachile xylocopoides)Observer
mudgiecrabshabistanDescription
Need help on this one. Most of what Inat suggests are from other countries. I think the pollen is throwing it off. Hoping an expert sees this
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Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)Observer
mudgiecrabshabistanDescription
2nd instar I think
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Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)Observer
steven_dmDescription
Trichaptum in the front
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Longhorn Bog Orchid (Habenaria quinqueseta)Observer
athena_wildweedsDescription
30 plants at top of plowline. Thinking it's H quinqueseta from the time of flwerspike
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Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)Observer
athena_wildweedsDescription
Several suckering trees
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Something...Observer
tina296Description
No clue, after cutting open the hard tuber thing it smells like raw peanut....no I didn't try it, help identifying would be great.
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Brown Funnel Polypore (Coltricia perennis)Observer
dwborlandPlace
PrivateDescription
Coltricia perennis.7443.20230728.dwb/alachua co. florida
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Lanmaoa subluridaObserver
bananasmileDescription
This one has got me stumped. First thought was Exsudoporus floridanus, but this mushroom lacks netting which I’ve seen extensively on E. floridanus. The stem was noticeably smaller in ratio to the cap as well.
Red pores stained blue quickly. Yellow stem flesh somewhat stained.
