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I watched a group of 4+ American red squirrels chasing each other around for an extended period of time. It seems likely this may have been a group of males trying to mate with a female, given that they are solitary for much of the rest of the year. (Saunders Woods Preserve)

Found on the roots of Atlantic white cedar. MF#09601 It is currently housed at the Raymond M Fatto Eugene H Varney Herbarium of the NJMA in the Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick #3213. It was previously named Calliderma indigofera

Swampy area in Pine Barrens; with Atlantic white cedar.. First it is of an intense indigo blue that fades from margin towards center of cap. It is a robust mushroom. Spores 7.4 x 10-14.8 um. Basidia 37 x 12.3 um. Cystidia on edge of gills has one papilla or sometimes one off center tip 7.9 x 33.6 um.

Swampy area in Pine Barrens; with Atlantic white cedar. . First it is of an intense indigo blue that fades from margin towards center of cap. It is a robust mushroom. Spores 7.4 x 10-14.8 um. Basidia 37 x 12.3 um. Cystidia on edge of gills has one papilla or sometimes one off center tip 7.9 x 33.6 um.

At edge of creek in a swampy area with Sphagnum moss present and some liverworts; spores widely elliptical with a prominent apiculus and a big drop; 2-4 sterigmata. The proportion of cap to the size of stipe was small; decurrent gills; hollow stipe, wider towards base. There were several fruitbodies growing in the same spot. There was some wavy immersed hyphae in cap. Pine Barrens habitat; swampy are with Sphagnum moss, white cedar, maple, poplar, oak, tupelo, birch, blueberry and pines.