SalemScott Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Hi all, this is my first thread here so I'll introduce myself. I'm Scott and I live in eastern Massachusetts. I've always wondered about these little creatures, I've been taking pictures of them for years but a few months ago decided to finally learn how to identify them. It's been a bit intimidating to start but I'm seeing improvement already so I think there is hope for me, lol. This post will be showing a couple walks I took this past weekend, 3 locations total. If you see any errors in my guesses or can identify anything I post, please do. Photos 1 and 2: Not sure what type this is. Some type of cup mushrooms but I've yet to find anything that matches it. Found in a very swampy area of a mixed deciduous/coniferous woods. Photos 3 and 4: I initially saw this mushroom and thought turkeytail but upon closer inspection it's clearly not. Once I flipped it over I thought it was a gilled mushroom but once again, I don't think it is. Any ideas? It's kind of like a gilled polypore. Photos 5 and 6: I went out this weekend hoping to find Velvet foots (aka black foots) aka Flammulina velutipes. The mushrooms I found are very small, maybe an inch across and not very velvety. I got a white spore print form this one. I only found a few of them. Any thought's on this mushroom? Photo 7: Couldn't find this one in my guide. Some type of shelf-like polypore. Thought's? Photos 8 and 9: Can't remember but I believe I found this one growing on a log or stump (I need to take better notes for my next thread lol). I believe it is a Thin maze flat polypore (Daedaleopsis confragosa)? Photo 10: Tinder polypore (Fomes fomentarius)? Photo 11: I found this one about 10' off the ground and had to poke it down with a stick. Bearded Tooth (Hericium erinaceus) Photo 12: Birch Polypore (Piptoporus betulinus)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 1, 2 are the remains of the bottom portion of a Scleroderma "False Puffball", probably S. citrinum. A common late year woodland sight. 3, 4 are Lenzites betulina, the Gilled polypore. Now there's an oxymoron! 5, 6 look like either Tubaria furfuracea or Flammulina velutipes. White spore print points toward Flammulina. The one stem shows a bit of the dark velvet for which this species is named. This trait is variable for the species. Galerina marginata is a somewhat similar deadly poisonous cold weather wood inhabitor that has a rusty brown spore print. 7. Not confident about the ID of this white polypore. Looks a bit thick for Trametes elegans. 8, 9 Daedaleopsis confragosa looks good to me. For an old dry specimen like this, coinfusion with Daedaea quercina is possible. 10 looks like Fomes fomentarius to me. 11. Wow, this is late in the season to find a Hericium. I wonder how long this one may have been up on that tree? I haven't had much luck finding the Satyr's Beard. 12. Birch Polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) for certain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalemScott Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 1, 2 are the remains of the bottom portion of a Scleroderma "False Puffball", probably S. citrinum. A common late year woodland sight. 3, 4 are Lenzites betulina, the Gilled polypore. Now there's an oxymoron! 5, 6 look like either Tubaria furfuracea or Flammulina velutipes. White spore print points toward Flammulina. The one stem shows a bit of the dark velvet for which this species is named. This trait is variable for the species. Galerina marginata is a somewhat similar deadly poisonous cold weather wood inhabitor that has a rusty brown spore print. 7. Not confident about the ID of this white polypore. Looks a bit thick for Trametes elegans. 8, 9 Daedaleopsis confragosa looks good to me. For an old dry specimen like this, coinfusion with Daedaea quercina is possible. 10 looks like Fomes fomentarius to me. 11. Wow, this is late in the season to find a Hericium. I wonder how long this one may have been up on that tree? I haven't had much luck finding the Satyr's Beard. 12. Birch Polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) for certain! Thanks Dave! That's dark color on the stem of the potential Flammulina was the only reason I thought that was a possibility. As for the Hericium, I was shocked to see it up there. I've been stumbling through various woods here in Massachusetts for 40+ years and have never noticed them. Now that I'm looking I find one, lol. It's not natural for me to be looking upwards, I tend to look down. It's a habit I will need to change. We've received a fair amount of rain and it's been mid 40's the past few days so hopefully this weekend is a good one to go for another walk. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4rum Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Love to take walks like that. I'm seeing things since I'm looking too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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