John Smalldridge Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I took a short walk at lunch and thought I'd take a few photos to liven things up around here. We had rain a few days back and the temps have stayed above freezing. The first is a Lactarius with acrid tasting latex growing under pine. The next is an odd one. I found this one in the bottom of a hole that a squirrel dug at the base of a pine tree. The squirrels here eat a lot of mushrooms and dig a lot of holes. Because of this I often look in the holes to see if I can figure out what they are after. The next is unknown to me. Found growing under pine. The next I believe are Cortinarius. The next area species of Laccaria that seems to be growing everywhere under pines and oaks. The seemingly ever present, hard to pin down to exact ID, red Russula. And the last one is Tricholoma caligatum. Found under oak and as bitter as a bitter bolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 John, that white one after the Lactarius... is it a stalkless spherical thing? That's what I'm reading in the photos. Looks like the cross-section shows a greenish center. I think this may be a Stinkhorn egg. The white mushroom with the off-white gills... I don't recognize this one either. But my first guess is Entoloma. Spore print color would help. We're still getting mushrooms up here in northern PA, even some mycorrhizal species. Unusually late in the year for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Dave, the round white ball with white root looking things was found in a hole dug by squirrels and I cut it open to make sure it was not an amanita. It may be a stinkhorn egg, but I've never seen a stinkhorn in this group of pines. It smelled foul after cutting it open and I thought the green mass was spores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutddicted Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'm jealous - that red russulla we eat if there is nothing else to find. They seem to grow under many conditions.... pretty sure after the world ends we will find styrofoam and those red russullas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 ... and cockroaches :-) Maybe the (alleged) stinkhorn egg was carried there by a squirrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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