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A monster of a king bolete inspired me to start this thread - post your big, rare, cool photos, whatever else mushroom related pics here so some of us can drool over pictures during the cold winter months.

Big honey batch, thing was ginormous, I have never found anything like it before.

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Here are two massive boletes - the Earth shook when I excavated their fat stalks from the ground.

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Neat, apparently rare find.

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The more photos the merrier!

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Awesome in-situ of Boletellus russellii, troutdicted. I'm afraid I can't match that one. But I do have some interesting stuff to share from (so far!) this year.

Agraicus bitorquis, in it's natural habitat... almost completely buried.

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Amanita amerifulva (American Tawny Grisette), breaking through the universal veil.

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Amanita amerirubescens, one of the species of American Blushing Amanitas.

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Amanita flavoconia.

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Amanita flavorubens, the Yellow Blusher (Amanita).

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Amanita frostiana.

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Amanita jacksonii (American Caesar's Amanita).

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Amanita section Vaginatae, one on many types of Grisettes, an unnamed species in this case (I believe).

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Amanita spreta... the "Hated Amanita", probably because it resembles a Death Cap.

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Amanita subcokeri.

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Amanita velatipes. Can you find the penny?

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Atromyces pyxidatus.

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Asterophora parasitica... "Bandaid" looking objects are chlamydospores with pieces of hyphae attached.

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Wait a second. I'm not even past the letter A yet! To be continued...

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Today's featured letter is B.

Boletellus chrysenteroides.

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Baorangia bicolor... the new name for Boletus bicolor. Many species listed under genus Boletus are being shifted into new genera. These "Two Color Boletes" are sun-faded.

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One of my more interesting find of the year. I think these are an example of what North American Boletes calls "NAB-13", an undocumented species. I found what I believe to be this species in two different locations, and preserved some material.

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Late June was one of the best fruitings of Boletus edulis I've seen.

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Boletus hortonii, a species featuring a distinctively wrinkled/pitted cap. Probably now placed into a different genus.

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Boletus miniato-olivaceus, a toxic bolete that seems to favor hemlock. Sometimes the stalk is flushed red, which may cause confusion with bicolor.

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Boletus separans. Sometimes the stalk is distinctly reticulate, sometimes not at all.

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Boletus subcaerulescens. A delicious King Bolete that grows under pine.

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Boletus subvelutipes. A strong stainer that's generally considered inedible, but eaten by some when par-boiled and well-cooked. Very common in my area.

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Boletus vermiculosus... or Boletus vermiculosoides. Difficult to tell these species apart.

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Bovista species. The spores of these common puffballs are cool-looking.

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Butyriboletus brunneus, formerly Boletus spceciosus var. brunneus. This strong stainer is edible, even without resorting to prolonged repeated cooking. But I would assume it hasn't actually been consumed by that many people. So... not really well-tested.

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That's some of my letter "B" photos from 2015.

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The Chaga was on a birch right outside the bathroom window. In fact, that's where I spotted from.

What a pleasant surprise :P

Dave - this was a cool find. I was portaging 8 km into a backlake when I stumbled upon these. About 10 were growing in a small mossy patch. They looked so cool because of their small cap on such a tall stalk. I swear some of these were almost a foot tall! Hopefully I can find them again next year and this time around harvest some of them. Thanks for posting up your pictures - really look forward to the rest of the alphabet ;)

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It was good year for Black Trumpets here in northeastern NA. During the week when they were peaking, I was busy. So I managed to collect only 2-3 pounds.

Next up, the best of the letter "C".

Craterellus ignicolor, the Flame-Colored Chanterelle.

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Cantharellus lateritius, the Smooth Chanterelle. Got lots of these this summer.

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Caloboletus inedulis, an uncommon bolete. This singly-occurring specimen was in perfect condition. As the name implies... not edible.

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Cantharellus cinnabarinus. A patch of Cinnabar Chanterelles on my property fruits mostly every summer.

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Cantharellus minor. This group of Small Chants was also found on my property.

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Cantharellus, one of the classic Yellow Chanterelles. There are several different NA species. This one had an unusually long stem.

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Chalciporus piperatus, the Peppery Bolete.

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Clavaria fumosa, the Smoky Clavaria.

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Clavulinopsis fusiformis.

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Clitocybe odora. This bluish mushroom has a strong anise odor.

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Clitocybe phaeophthalma. This Clitocybe has a strongly foul odor. Name recently changed to Singerocybe adirondackensis, an increase in number of syllables, but at least I can say the new name without spraining my tongue. ^_^

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Unidentified Clitocybe species. The smallish white Clitocybes include some dangerously toxic types.

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Clitopilus prunulus. A young specimen like this, with white gills, is easily confused with Clitocybe.

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Coprinellus sect. Micacei. C. micaceus is probably the most common species in this cluster of similar species.

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Coprinopsis atramentaria, (or a similar species). The Alcohol Inky. Causes sickness if consumed within 5 days of ingesting alcohol.

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Coprinopsis lagopus, a common garden/wood-chip mushroom.

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Cortinarius argentatus. IDed for me on Mushroom Observer.

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Cortinarius anomalus, represents a group of closely related species.

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Cortinarius armillatus. The Bracelet Cort is one of the most common species of the genus here in NE NA.

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Cortinarius cinnamomeus... at least this is what I'm calling them for now. There are a few other orange-gilled species.

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Cortinarius distans has very widely-spaced gills.

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Cortinarius harrisonii is one of several red Corts that occur in eastern NA.

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Cortinarius iodes is one of the easy-to-ID species... except that C. iodoides (a southern NA species) is virtually identical.

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Cortinarius luteus. I found this uncommon Cort while participating in the Eastern Penn Mushroomers' annual Helen Miknis Foray.

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One of many unidentified Corts I found this year.

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Craterellus fallax, our eastern NA Black Trumpet. I find it most often in oak woods.

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Craterellus tubaeformis, the Trumpet Chanterelle.

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Crepidotus applanatus, a small thin-fleshed, brown-spored Oyster look-alike.

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Cyanoboletus pulverulentus, a drastic blue/black stainer that is actually edible!

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Cyathus striatus, Bird's Nest Fungus.

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Double feature... Chlorociboria aeruginascens and Crepidotus versutus. The Green Stain Fungus produces the blue cups. But they are not commonly observed.

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Finally, for the letter "C", Cyptotrama asprata, a pretty little golden yellow wood inhabitor.

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I don't remember how I noticed the Bird's Nest Fungi. I think they may have been attached to a thin dead branch elevated above ground. The photo shows them at ground level probably because I paced them there in order to get a good photo.

Matt, I like those Parasol Mushrooms with the very thin stalks. You've also got Hericium corraloides (Comb Tooth), a Calvatia species (one of the Skull-Shaped Puffball species), and Artomyces pyxidatus (Crown-Tipped Coral). I wonder why your photos are posting sideways?

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My photos post sideways as well when posting from iPhone, and normal orientation from computer. I guess some kind of setting on a mobile version of the site or the phone itself.

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Some mushrooms I found this fall.

The first one I don't know, it was on hardwood over the creek. The second may be Phaeolus Schweinintzii.

The third is turkey tail. Fourth I don't know but could find our if I wanted. The rest I never got to before I got side tracked learning about Amanitas... But I found lots of mushrooms this fall. Great year to start for me. I found around 50 different kinds of mushrooms.

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Amara, nice photos.

First photo is interesting because, due to the viewing angle, I could believe it is either Armillaria (edible Honey Mushroom) or Galerina marginata (Deadly Galerina)! I think it's Armillaria.

I think the polypore in 2nd photo is not Phaeolus schweinitzii. The white pores don't fit this species. Also, although I have seen scweinitzii growing directly from standing live/recently-dead coniferous wood, it usually is found on the ground from the roots. The ones seen above appear to be growing directly from long-dead wood. Possibly Ischnoderma resinosum.

4th looks like it's growing on hardwood (deciduous). If so, then it's Witrch's Butter (Tremella mesenterica). If the wood is coniferous, then it's a Dacrymyces species.

5th may be a species of Fominotopsis... low confidence here.

Cluster of brick-colored caps is probably a species of Hypholoma. But Flammulina cannot be ruled out. Spore print color would settle this.

Last polypore is likely a species of Ganoderma.

You mention an interest in Amanitas. Got any nice photos?

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Thanks everybody for posting your pics, they motivate me to get out there searching for that next find. Dave, when you cook the Cyanoboletus pulverulentus, does it turn everything you cook it with blue? I have a pic of a blue staining bolete I found this spring (I believe) that stained blue that I never posted. I'll try to get them posted on this thread this evening. Thanks again.

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I do have multiples of photos of my mushroom collections to show gills, stems, cross cuts, ect.Ill double check the suggestions. If I knew two weeks ago what I know now, I could of collected a sample and printed it. Ishnoderma Resinosum should have a white print. One thing that is distinct about the polypore is the velvety skin, almost fuzzy to touch. I'll have to check into it more.

I have not found Amanitas, but I have a strong interest in posions, so I am looking.

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