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Cups (Genus Peziza)

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symbiiotica

Date

January 29, 2024 03:13 PM PST

Description

Annadel State Park, just off Lawndale Trail. In robust chaparral habitat under large power line system
Growing in soil under Baccharis pilularis and Diplacus aurantiacus
Large orange/brown Ascomycete with a ruffled/semi-serrated margin and very fragile tissue. Slight white "bloom" covering exciple
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
KOH indistinct

Cups - Photo (c) Marina Nikonorova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marina Nikonorova
ssquazzo's ID: Cups (Genus Peziza)
Added on May 4, 2024
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Calhoun's Pinwheel (Marasmius calhouniae)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 11:50 AM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00733
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing in grass near Quercus agrifolia and Pinus radiata- seem to be growing in the pine duff
Rather nondescript mushroom with white, opaque pileus with long, fibrous equal stipe. Lamellae white, broadly attached
Snell indistinct
Taste mild
KOH indistinct

Calhoun's Pinwheel - Photo (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christian Schwarz
ssquazzo's ID: Calhoun's Pinwheel (Marasmius calhouniae)
Added on May 4, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

February 10, 2024 12:10 PM PST

Description

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on burned, dead but standing Pinus sabiniana
Reflexed polypore with white hymenophore and surface speckled in brown. Tissue tough, dense, leathery
Taste extremely bitter/acidic
Smell indistinct
Slightly yellow KOH in white light
Whole sporocarp fluorescing blue/yellow/pinkish. KOH turning bright yellow

Dichomitus squalens - Photo (c) Неруш Владимир, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Неруш Владимир
ssquazzo's ID: Dichomitus squalens, a member of Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)
Added on May 4, 2024
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Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)

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symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 12:17 PM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00735
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on Quercus agrifolia branch
Stipitate, pores equal to slightly elongated, white. Pileus light brown, slightly velutinous
Brownish KOH
Taste indistinct
Spermatic smell
Brownish KOH

Cerioporus - Photo (c) alderash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by alderash
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Cerioporus, a member of Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)
Added on May 4, 2024
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Rosy Navel (Contumyces rosellus)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

February 10, 2024 01:26 PM PST

Description

Burned ridgetop chaparral above a burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in soil near regenerating Adenostoma fasciculatum on deer trail 
Umbillicate, funnel-shaped pileus, pink when young becoming beige in age, hygrophanous. Lamellae white to cream colored subdecurrent, distant to subdistant. Stipe equal, white
Taste mild
Smell indistinct
Whole sporocarp lightly fluorescent

Contumyces - Photo (c) Bryan D. Gronemeier, all rights reserved, uploaded by Bryan D. Gronemeier
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Contumyces, a member of Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)
Added on May 3, 2024
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Field Bird's Nest Fungus (Cyathus olla)

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symbiiotica

Date

January 18, 2024 01:16 PM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00709
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in organic matter and woody bits of Eriogonum fasciculatum- seemed to have an affinity for masses of dead flowers
Cylindrical "nest" with a flailing top and tapering at base with thick, white rhizomorphs. Exterior light brown, tomentose. Eggs imbedded in gel when young and attached by a thin chord
Smell indistinct

Field Bird's Nest Fungus - Photo (c) Taye Bright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Taye Bright
ssquazzo's ID: Field Bird's Nest Fungus (Cyathus olla)
Added on May 3, 2024
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Wet Rot (Coniophora puteana)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 29, 2024 11:53 AM PST

Description

Annadel State Park, Lawndale Trail. Mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on burnt bark of young Pseudotsuga menziesii, looks as if there was a relatively mild burn in the area within the past decade. Maybe a low-intensity patch from the 2017 Tubbs fire
Lumpy resupinate fungus, varying in colors from olive green to lilac to orange, becoming yellow near growing edge
Reddish/orange KOH
Fluorescing orange/yellow

Wet Rot - Photo (c) jrawson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
ssquazzo's ID: Wet Rot (Coniophora puteana)
Added on May 3, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 29, 2024 12:37 PM PST

Description

Annadel State Park, just off Lawndale Trail. In robust chaparral habitat under large power line system
Fruit bodies growing from white mycelial “cocoon” in soil under Adenostoma fasciculatum
Strange, cordyceps-like fungus with two sporocarps emerging from a white, mycelial "cocoon" buried underneath the surface of the soil. Sporocarps like little bulbous clips, covered din a white, cracking tissue. No in-tact insect body detected, but some spherical chitinous remains of what seems to be of insect origin were found

Cordyceps - Photo (c) Fernando Farias, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Fernando Farias
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Cordyceps, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on May 3, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 29, 2024 12:37 PM PST

Description

Annadel State Park, just off Lawndale Trail. In robust chaparral habitat under large power line system
Fruit bodies growing from white mycelial “cocoon” in soil under Adenostoma fasciculatum
Strange, cordyceps-like fungus with two sporocarps emerging from a white, mycelial "cocoon" buried underneath the surface of the soil. Sporocarps like little bulbous clips, covered din a white, cracking tissue. No in-tact insect body detected, but some spherical chitinous remains of what seems to be of insect origin were found

Cordycipitaceae - Photo (c) siburanlai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by siburanlai
ssquazzo's ID: Family Cordycipitaceae, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on May 2, 2024
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What

Redhead Russula (Russula rhodocephala)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 11:59 AM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00734
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing under Pinus radiata in deep needle duff
Bright red pileus with blushed pink stipe that seems to become more red in age. Lamellae broadly attached, close, white when young becoming cream colored in age. Solid internal stipe- not pitted
Taste spicy- leaving burning sensation on the tounge
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct
Lamellae fluorescing bright yellow, stipe and cap pinkish

Redhead Russula - Photo (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christian Schwarz
ssquazzo's ID: Redhead Russula (Russula rhodocephala)
Added on May 2, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 27, 2024 01:56 PM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00747
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest near the south fork of the Gualala River
White to cream colored very fragile coral. Some parts bright yellow in color
Smell incredibly sweet, like fruit loops or fruity pebbles
Taste sweet at first, then becomes farinaceous
Whole fruit body fluorescing white, KOH fluorescing neon green

Ramariopsis - Photo (c) birdgal5, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Ramariopsis, a member of Antler and Spindle Fungi (Family Clavariaceae)
Added on May 2, 2024
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Giraffe Spots (Peniophora albobadia)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 10:23 AM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00701
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Found growing on dead Baccharis pilularis wood
Brown resupinate to reflexed fruit bodies, cap tomentose with concentric growth rings, white to pinkish ruffled growing margins and brown/grey smooth hymenophore
Black KOH
Smell slightly cheesy
Taste mild

Peniophora - Photo (c) smuller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by smuller
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Peniophora, a member of Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)
Added on May 2, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 11:21 AM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00739
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest

Growing in grassy clearing in by Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia
Extremely viscid pileus with dark orange spot in the center and becoming yellow near margins. Lamellae yellow, broadly attached with some brown bruising and a dark brown, stingy partial veil partially adhered. Cobwebby cortina-like partial veil when young
Slightly bitter
Smell instistinct
KOH brown/orange
Brightly fluorescing yellow.green on lamellae

Scalycaps - Photo (c) Jessie Kyler Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jessie Kyler Johnson
ssquazzo's ID: Scalycaps (Genus Pholiota)
Added on May 2, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 02:51 PM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00717
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in a Quercus agrifolia and Arbutus menziesii grove
White, smooth pileus and stipe with mild brown bruising, white lamellae
Taste slowly spicy
Smell indistinct
No KOH
Fluorescing brightly yellow on all parts, esp. lamellae

Russula albidula - Photo (c) Jason Hollinger, some rights reserved (CC BY)
ssquazzo's ID: Russula albidula, a member of Brittlegills (Genus Russula)
Added on May 2, 2024
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betweenthelyons

Date

November 6, 2023 02:18 PM PST

Description

Yellow basal mycelium. At base of large NODE, ARME, PSME nearby

Xerocomus spadiceus - Photo (c) northgondwana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
ssquazzo's ID: Xerocomus spadiceus, a member of Boletes (Family Boletaceae)
Added on May 2, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 02:15 PM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00743
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing in pine diff under Pinus radiata
Suede-like brown, dome shaped pileus. Bright yellow pores, studded with guttation when young. Stipe equal to club shaped, yellow at apex to white with brown bruising. Neon yellow rhizomorphs firms adhered to substrate. Slow blue bruising on the pores
Smell like pressure treated wood
Taste mild
Dark brown KOH on cap, orange/brown KOH on stipe. Becoming blueish in UV!
Stipe and pores fluorescing bright orange, internal tissue bright yellow

Xerocomus spadiceus - Photo (c) northgondwana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
ssquazzo's ID: Xerocomus spadiceus, a member of Boletes (Family Boletaceae)
Added on May 2, 2024
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Scalycaps (Genus Pholiota)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 29, 2024 09:54 AM PST

Description

Annadel State Park, Lawndale Trail, in an open mixed Oak woodland/shrubland
Growing on side of trail from disturbed soil under Heteromeles arbutifolia
Pileus with worn scales, dark brown in center becoming more golden/yelow near margin. Margin curled under. Lamellae pale yellow, broadly attached to slightly notched. Stipe pale yellow, equal
Taste very bitter
Smell indistinct
Extremely fluorescent green/yellow on gills
Orange/brown KOH

Scalycaps - Photo (c) Jessie Kyler Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jessie Kyler Johnson
ssquazzo's ID: Scalycaps (Genus Pholiota)
Added on May 2, 2024
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betweenthelyons

Date

April 2, 2023 08:26 AM PDT

Description

On decomposing grass culms and leaves

Rutstroemiaceae - Photo (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter
ssquazzo's ID: Family Rutstroemiaceae, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on May 2, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 11:51 AM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00707
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing on dead grass under Eriogonum fasciculatum (no flowering stalk to grass so I couldn’t identify)
Tiny pink stipitate Ascomycete with a slightly darkened margin

Rutstroemiaceae - Photo (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter
ssquazzo's ID: Family Rutstroemiaceae, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on May 2, 2024
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kevinfaccenda

Date

October 30, 2023 11:53 AM HST

Description

171; oplismenus hirtellus awns covered in fungi, very common; UV: none

Toxicocladosporium - Photo (c) Josh McGinnis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Josh McGinnis
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Toxicocladosporium, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on May 1, 2024
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lauren_re

Date

October 30, 2023 12:40 PM HST
Kretzschmaria pavimentosa - Photo no rights reserved, uploaded by Peter de Lange
ssquazzo's ID: Kretzschmaria pavimentosa, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on May 1, 2024
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grahamsteinruck

Date

October 30, 2023 03:47 PM HST

Description

BDC-0114-23

Growing from a small twig - unknown origin.

KOH too small to test; UV slight gold-yellow; taste n/a too small to test; odor indistinct; height 5mm; hair-like.

Pterulicium - Photo (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Pterulicium, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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grahamsteinruck

Date

October 2023

Place

Hawaii, US (Google, OSM)

Description

GES12

Growing on bark, buried wood, leaf litter.

KOH not tested; UV reactive (edges of cap orange); odor slightly floral; taste not recorded; size .5 cm wide x 2 cm high.

Notes: Small fruiting body attached to base looks xylaria-like before they expand. Red fuzz on the surface of the cap.

Coltricia - Photo (c) chert_hollow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by chert_hollow
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Coltricia, a member of Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 02:07 PM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00742
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Fruiting from buried log or wood, extremely adhered to substrate. Near large Pinus wood chip pile
Brown, very spongy and slightly hairy surface, margin white. Yellow/brown highly irregular pores underneath. Texture like pulpy wood
Taste slightly lemony
Smell slightly acidic and chemically
Black KOH
Bright yellow florescence on pores and margin

Onnia subtriquetra - Photo (c) Damon Tighe, all rights reserved
ssquazzo's ID: Onnia subtriquetra, a member of Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 18, 2024 10:53 AM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00724
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated suburban forest
Growing in grass next to large Quercus agrifolia
Pink fuzzy parasitic fungus growing on Inocybe sp.
Smell like rotting fish
Fluoresces bright orange

Mycogone rosea - Photo (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joanne and Robert Solem
ssquazzo's ID: Mycogone rosea, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on May 1, 2024
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malacothrix

Date

December 29, 2021 10:43 AM PST

Description

Found growing on the outer bark at the base of a Eucalyptus

Only 1 nucleotide difference from "Flammulaster carpophilus" from the UK EDIT: Sequence mislabeled https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/MZ159616.1

Trace file located at

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lwHpHkPhtuPwf3iN7RWhG4WCXXidbNKb?usp=sharing

Flammulaster - Photo (c) Benjamin J. Dion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Benjamin J. Dion
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Flammulaster, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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mandymushii

Date

October 19, 2023 11:27 AM PDT

Description

Small tan fungi growing on decaying leaves/grass trailside,
Pruinose stipe,
Marginal appendiculae,
Hairy cap,
Growing under silk tassel bush,
Near salyx/wax myrtle/alder/sedge/ polybody fern/blackberry,
No UV/KOH,
Mild cleaner odor/taste

Flammulaster - Photo (c) Benjamin J. Dion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Benjamin J. Dion
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Flammulaster, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 11:40 AM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00706
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in leaf litter and moss under Eriogonum fasciculatum
Cap and stipe beige to peach in color covered in finely flocculate hairs. Lamellae widely spaced, broadly to narrowly attached, beige
Smell instistinct

Flammulaster - Photo (c) Benjamin J. Dion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Benjamin J. Dion
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Flammulaster, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 11:40 AM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00706
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in leaf litter and moss under Eriogonum fasciculatum
Cap and stipe beige to peach in color covered in finely flocculate hairs. Lamellae widely spaced, broadly to narrowly attached, beige
Smell instistinct

Flammulaster - Photo (c) Benjamin J. Dion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Benjamin J. Dion
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Flammulaster, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 01:58 PM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00713
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing directly from Pseudotaxiphyllum moss on the base of Umbellularia californica
Benign looking white to brown mushroom with widely spaced beige lamellae and a darker brown thin stipe studded with very fine hairs, disappearing in age. Cap hygrophanous

Smell indistinct

Collybiopsis californica - Photo (c) corndog, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by corndog
ssquazzo's ID: Collybiopsis californica, a member of Parachutes (Genus Collybiopsis)
Added on May 1, 2024
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