RaffD Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Hello everyone! I've been gone for a few months...o boy. Between to freezing temps and the daily grind I hadn't even had time to sort my photos until today. hope everyone is geared up for foraging season!. Attached are some of the stranger things I found through the end of last season as well as a very weird growth on some aging wood I have. Thanks everyone. The above 4 photos are of a mushroom which i found at the end of the season at the base of a well rotted tree. they seemed to be growing from the dirt or possibly a buried root. The above 3 photos are of a mushroom which I cannot identify using the field guides. Nothing comes close to resembling this in terms of overall shape. This is very strange stuff. Growing on some sugar maple I'm aging for a walking stick its the first time I've seen a dust like mold that is black like this. Any info on the above would help. Thanks again everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Polypore looks like Royoporus (= Polyporus) badius. I saw lots of these last year. The mushrooms suspected to be growing from a buried root... the caps look like a species of Hypholoma.... but the gills look different from Hypholoma. Any idea on spore color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaffD Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Sorry Dave the polypore was suspected to be root borne. It is likely R. Badius according to the guide. The pinkish mushroom had no spore sprint taken as I never collected it just took photos from the field. It's the first and last time I have seen a mushroom like that one. There are no Hypholoma species in either guide that resemble it...it is a very strange one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 My bad RaffD. I should have read the polypore caption more carefully. So the pinkish mushrooms were terrestrial? One possibility that comes to mind is Calocybe carnea. But this type usually occurs in open grassy areas. Photo here looks to be taken in a forest setting. Also, the gill color seems a bit pinkish; C. carnea has white gills. It would be interesting to see what proposals you get on Mushroom Observer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.