4rum Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I hunted over a mile of hemlock lined stream bed yesterday. I didn't find anything. It looks very promising though I'll take the same hike when we get some rain. It just looks too good not to have mushrooms. I've been out every day for over a week now and have not found one edible mushroom. Day before yesterday I did find some remarkably well preserved Chicken of the Woods from last season. I could still see a bit of orange coloration on them. I'll recheck that black oak stump later as well. Also found some hemlock varnish shelf, maybe Ganoderma tsugae. There was so much red gunk on EVERYTHING it was hard to see the 'varnish'. I don't know if this was spores or erosion of the shelf itself. It was covering the clusters, the log (a downed, dead hemlock) the leaves and neighboring plants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I think the brown dust is the spores. I remember reading somewhere that G. tsugae spores tend to form deposits on the upper cap surface due to the spores actually floating upward and then bending their path of motion back toward the cap. The spores are apparently attracted to the upper surface of the mushroom. I have no idea what biological mechanism this serves. Notice how the caps have engulfed small branches/twigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Maybe the most photogenic mushroom is Amanita muscaria. The yellow-orange ones are what we mostly see here east of the Rockies. Boletus subcaerulescens often has thick reticulations on the stalk. Looks like a Jackson Pollock painting. An excellent edible that can confound a beginner, since it looks a lot like Boletus edulis but bruises faintly blue. I find it under conifers. Another Amanita... I'm having some trouble IDing this one. My initial proposal on Mushroom Observer was shot down, and I think correctly so. But before I decide what to call these, I'll pull a few more of them and get a nice thick spore print to determine if the spores are amyloid (turn dark in Melzer's reagent.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4rum Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 That bolete is really nice. I'm wanting to go back to where I found the bitter ones and see if I can find any fresh growth that isn't bitter. It's a long hike, I need 4 to 5 hours to make the trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Look what happened to those Amanita velatipes seen in a photo above. It's the group of large amanita buttons that I did not initially ID. Look for the penny in the photo directly below. Amanita flavoconia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4rum Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Excellent photos AND descriptions Dave. Really enjoying this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Amanita amerirubescens --the American Blushing Amanita. One of our most common summer mushrooms. Cyathus striatus, a Bird's Nest Fungus, with guest appearance by Sarcoscypha occidemtalis, a red Cup Fungus. It's not a mushroom, but it sure is photogenic! I don't know the name of this wild flower. Single plant among tall grass along a trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Nice! I think it's wood lily (lilium philadelphicum). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Thanks eat-bolete. I'll check your proposal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Looks like Lilium philadelphicum is what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Family of Blushing Amanitas pushing up some leaf litter. Chrome Foot Bolete is now in genus Harrya. Gilled Bolete, the oxymoron mushroom. All found yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualsetters Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Amanitas make for good pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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