organicgardner44's Identifications
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Stereo Tooth (Hydnellum stereosarcinon)Observer
dannymiDescription
Collection and photo by Michael Beug.
3,600 feet in a lush rich old growth forest, mostly spruce, some cedar, fir, larch cottonwood in Skamania County. Growing on the ground. The fungus had no distinct odor or taste. It bruised brown and the cap surface and spines turned dark brown to slightly reddish-black in KOH. The spores were basically round and smooth, 5 to 10 microns in diameter, inamyloid, colorless. The flesh was tan with a few dark tan bands. Multiple stipes from one base. The size of the caps was 5 to 10 cm. The flesh was thin, tears easily. Cap and stipe felt velvety.
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Genus PseudoinonotusObserver
dannymiDescription
Collection and phot by Michael Beug.
On oak.
It looked very lumpy in August and had many darkish liquid droplets (very much like Drew Parker's image shown in Matchmaker as Pseudoinonotus dryadeus). Image is from November 22 and decay was obviously setting in. One day after picking the upper surface is no longer dark brown but is covered with a thin whitish-cream layer. The spores were dextrinoid, more or less round, and about 7-9 microns in the longest dimension. It is clearly an annual and clearly a good match to Pseudoinonotus dryadeus. Spores were reddish in both Melzer's and in KOH
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Stereo Tooth (Hydnellum stereosarcinon)Observer
dannymiDescription
Collection and photo by Michael Beug.
3,600 feet in a lush rich old growth forest, mostly spruce, some cedar, fir, larch cottonwood in Skamania County. Growing on the ground. The fungus had no distinct odor or taste. It bruised brown and the cap surface and spines turned dark brown to slightly reddish-black in KOH. The spores were basically round and smooth, 5 to 10 microns in diameter, inamyloid, colorless. The flesh was tan with a few dark tan bands. Multiple stipes from one base. The size of the caps was 5 to 10 cm. The flesh was thin, tears easily. Cap and stipe felt velvety.
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Oak Bracket (Pseudoinonotus dryadeus)Observer
dannymiDescription
Collection and photo by Michael Beug.
On oak.
A very large low-growing oak polypore that I had been watching all summer out my office window - because of how rapidly it appeared as a very large polypore. The upper surface was pretty smooth and grayish all summer, but on November 22 it was obviously decaying, obviously an annual. The spores are the same size as either Fomitipora fissurata or Pseudoinonotus dryadeus, but are not dextrinoid like the other two species. They are colorless in both KOH and Melzer's. I also found one about a mile away - a bit smaller, but growing on a moderate rather than massive size oak.
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Amanita chrysoblemaObserver
dannymiDescription
Odd Spindle shaped stem
Scaly cap that doesn’t seem to be only weathering
A bit of colour under the cuticle
Brought into ID clinic
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Western Amethyst Laccaria (Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis)Observer
marissaburnett
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panadoraDescription
Pink-red KOH on cap. Brownish-wine color KOH on stipe and some on flesh. Cap slimy.
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dannymiDescription
Collection and photo by Michael Beug.
Slowly peppery. Spores match L. trivialis. Alder, spruce and fir.
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dannymiDescription
Collection and photos by Michael Beug.
Zonate cap. Not viscid. Mild. Copious beige milk stains paper pink. Scrobiculate stem. Spores 9-11x9u
More notes on the form.
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dannymiDescription
Collection and photos by Michael Beug.
Zonate cap. Not viscid. Mild. Copious beige milk stains paper pink. Scrobiculate stem. Spores 9-11x9u
More notes on the form.
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Bitter Boletes (Genus Caloboletus)Observer
jbarrecaDescription
These very bitter stocky boletes with distinctive netting and red on stipes were common under Western Hemlock trees along the Summerland trail at Mt Rainier NP. 4600' elevation. Blue where cut. Used Michael Beug "Mushrooms of Cascadia" to ID; will dry specimen. September 2023 update: Despite the red on the stipes, the DNA matched Caloboletus conifericola.
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aldendirksDescription
Notes with specimen: Bright orange gills and pale stipe.
Microscopy information on slip.
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