Pink fungus parasitizing insect(aphid?),
Found by Phil Dekat on underside of salal
Eating a Chinese red-headed centipede
Growing on very wet, decayed wood (tanoak I think) along Zayante Creek
Voucher Collection of 10525 DLL was collected in a conifer forest on 13 November 2021 and basidiomata were scattered in redwood branchlet humus, in Cutten, Humboldt County, California. A complete description of the macroscopic features of fruiting bodies is available.
An ITS sequence was obtained by Sharon Squazzo who determined that this sequence was a 100% match to the sequences of DLL 10520, 10523 (Inat 171868045), 10533 (iNat193540206), MM10 and Buck McAoo (INat 30337093).
Description of the Microscopic Features of 10525dll
Basidiospores 5–6-angled, angles distinct, apex acute, obtuse, or flat, typically single droplet, in profile view subsodiametric to heterodiametric, on the average decidedly heterodiametric, 9–11.5 × 7.0–9.5 μm (xavg = 10.4 ± 0.56 × 8.2 ± 0.51 μm; Q = 1.1–1.4; Qavg =1.27 ± 0.08; n = 89).
Basidia clavate and tapered to a narrow base, a few with granules, separate easily, sides typically smooth, rarely with one or very rarely two indentations, 35.0–52.0 × 7.0–14.0 μm (xavg = 42.2 ± 3.34 × 11.7 ± 1.44 μm; Q = 2.9–5.3; Qavg =3.66 ± 0.53; n = 52); typically 4-sterigmate, rarely 2-sterigmate, sterigma length 1.00–6.39 μm (n = 50).
Gill Edge sterile in cross sections of the lamellae partially sterile but not on the entire lamellae; Hymenium 32.0–51.5 μm (n = 7). Subhymenium composed of tightly entangled hyphae, 8.5–15.0 μm wide (n = 8; Gill Trama 76.0–200.0 μm (n = 6) subbparallel and longitudinally entangled.
Lamellar Trama Hyphae in squash mounts of the gills, long to very long and narrow to broad, 35.0–153.0 × 4.5–20.0 μm (xavg = 81.3 ± 29.98 × 9.8 ± 3.55 μm; Q = 3.6–21.0; Qavg =9.1 ± 4.07; n = 47.
Cheilocystidia more abundant on one end of the lamellar edge, typically protruding 24.0–56.5 μm (n = 14) beyond the hymenium, solitary to scattered in the middle of the gill edge, at times very abundant, easily verifiable in mounts of a single lamellae if the cystidia protrude beyond the hymenium, colorless, thin-walled, aciculate to aculeate, then lanceolate, and most commonly rostrate ventricose with the rostrum narrow or cylindrical, short to very long and often capiculate or cylindrically lanceolate, 48.0–119.0 × 4.5–21.5 μm (xavg = 84.8 ± 16.07 × 12.2 ± 4.09 μm; Q = 2.6–19.5; Qavg =7.83 ± 3.37;n = 38).
Pleurocystidia similar to the cheilocystidia in shape and size47.67–118.73 × 4.43–21.55 μm (x = 84.81 ± 16.07 × 12.22 ± 4.09 μm ; E = 2.64–19.41; Q =7.83 ± 3.37;n = 38)..
Pileipellis in radial sections of the pileus up to 177–400 μm (n = 7). deep in the pileus center, elsewhere 65–128 μm deep; in the pileus center a trichodermium with the terminal 10 cells pigmented, erect and tightly entangled; these terminal cells are semi-erect to somewhat erect near the pileus center and entirely prostrate from the middle to the pileus margin; Pileocystidia cylindrical to narrowly clavate in shape, rarely clavate, 20.0–72.0 × 6. 0–11.5 μm (xavg = 47.1 ± 11.7 × 9.1 ± 1.43 μm; Q = 2.7–8.2; Qavg =5.3 ± 1.37; n = 28).
Subpellis not differentiated from the pileal trama.
Pileal Trama in radial sections of the pileus composed of a colorless layer from the pileipellis to the hymenium; Pileal Tramal Hyphae loosely to tightly entangled and subparallel, individual hyphae long to very long and narrow to broad, 14.0–73.0 × 2.0–13.0 μm (xavg = 36.3 ± 16.5 × 6.4 ± 3.00 μm; Q = 2.4–13.0; Qavg =6.42 ± 2.93; n = 25).
Stipitipellis 21.–58.0 μm (n = 7 )deep.. The stipe apex composed hymenial elements at the stop ½ inch; Caulocystidia similar in shape and form very smaller than the hymenial cystidia.
Stipe Tramal Hyphae composed of subparallel and longitudinally entangled hyphae in longitudinal sections of the stipe; individual hyphae were measured in squash mounts of the stipe trama, 17.5–171.0 × 8.0–26.5 μm (xavg = 92.2 ± 36.60 × 14.5 ± 4.01 μm; Q = 1.11–18.16; Qavg = 6.8 ± 3.36; n = 37).
Clamp connections absent in all tissues.
Pigmentation brown, intracellular and uniform in the pileipellis, colorless in the stipipellis; possibly colorless in the lamellar hyphae; some the stipe tramal hyphae with encrustations that are often difficult to determine. .
Oleiferous Hyphae abundant in the tramas of the pileus, stipe, and lamellae.
Lipoidal Hyphae absent.
Stipe Tramal Hyphae devoid of granules.
Medium-sized fungi growing on deadwood,
Brown, hairy cap with lighter margin,
Creme colored, free gills,
White apex of stipe with yellowish brown base,
White basal tomentum,
Growing near Doug fir/chinquapin/madrone/tan oak/bay laurel, maple/evergreen Huckleberry/salal,
Strong, White UV rxn all over,
Indistinct odor
Brown crust with light margin,
Growing on deadwood,
Near redwood,
No UV/odor,
Black KOH
Parasitized russula,
Reddish brown medium sized fruitbodies covered in white cobwebby fungus,
Growing near sitka spruce,
Eraser odor,
Tastes like it smells,
Strong UV rxn,
Indistinct KOH
Hard/round/Brown fungus growing on deadwood(big leaf maple) next to trail
Near sitka spruce,
Concentric bands on interior,
No odor/UV,
No KOH; neon green under UV
Medium sized asco on deadwood,
Dark green center with mustard yellow margin,
Growing near tan oak/doug fir/bay laurel/maple/madrone/chinquapin,
Orange UV rxn,
Golden fungi with veiny underside,
Growing near sitka spruce,
Strong UV on gills/stipe,
Mild acrid taste,
Indistinct KOH,
Mild cleaner odor
Brown fungi with pink spores and white basal tomentum,
Growing next to blacktop in disturbed soil,
Near redwood/sitka spruce/Doug fir/big leaf maple,
Yellow UV on gills,
Play dough odor,
Tastes like it smells,
No KOH
Growing under mature, widely spaced Pinus attenuata amongst chaparral. Chocolate to yellowish brown cap with distinct pointed umbo when young, radially fibrillose. Lamellae notched, narrowly attached, yellowish orange to vermillion orange at maturity, KOH+ bloodred. Stipe yellowish beige, silky-looking, KOH+ dark violet. Smells earthy, similar to Stropharia or Psilocybe.
Brown short fungi with reddish yellow pores and blue staining,
Near sitka spruce,
No UV,
Eraser odor,
Orange KOH
Found by Phil Dekat,
Black insect with white fungus
Growing under log,
Near pine
Brown fungus with specks on umbonate and striate cap,
Longitudinal striations on stipe,
White tomentum,
Growing near pine next to creek,
No UV,
Mild cleaner odor,
Tastes like it smells,
Brown KOH
Found by Phil Dekat,
White fungus parasitizing spider,
Growing on the underside of salal
Salal leaf
Host here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171609096
Found by Phil Dekat,
White fungus parasitizing spider,
Growing on underside of salal leaf
Red brown medium sized fruitbodies with white gills/stipe
Growing near sitka spruce/hemlock,
Strong UV on gills,
Orange KOH,
No taste/odor
Light colored,rounded dots of fungi growing on rotting conk,
Near sitka spruce/pine/hemlock,
UV,
Indistinct mushroomy odor
Brown polpores growing on deadwood,
Near Doug fir/redwood,
Strong UV on margin and pores,
Indistinct odor/KOH
Puff balls found on ground near horse stalls at 3000 ft elevation about 3 weeks after the snow melt.
Had pyramid pointed structures on immature specimens.
Whitish puff ball with white stuffing inside. 32mm wide and smaller
Microscopy: 4um globose smooth dextrinoid in Melzer's. Had a bit of a point on one end and large dark spot in center of spore.
White ball shaped fungus growing near pine,
Indistinct mushroom odor; mild chocolate odor when cut,
Green KOH on gleba
observed and photographed from dried material at the S. M. Tracy Herbarium (TAES) with D. Lewis, K. McCabe, C. ____ & R. Cronce.
perithecia turning violet/purple in KOH.
host more likely a different sp. of Lentinus.
observed and photographed from dried material at the S. M. Tracy Herbarium (TAES) with D. Lewis, K. McCabe, C. ____ & R. Cronce.
Note mandibles clasped around terminus of bryophyte stalk
Microcharacters not observed due to paucity of material (singleton).
Found in fog drip saturated Sequoia sempervirens dominant coastal forest with Pseudotsuga menziesii and Notholithocarpus densiflorus understory MMWD
Growing in Sequoia sempervirens duff
Blue stiped Entolomataceae with a completely inverted cap. Lamellae grayish
Smell indistinct
Pileus: (3) - (57)mm, hemispheric when young, rarely subplane in age, hygrophanous, staining strongly bluish. gills attached, sets of short gills of differing lengths.
Stipe: exannulate, staining bluish to blackish, hollow in age, base strongly rhizomorphic.
Spores: ellipsoid to mango shaped (9.2)10-13(14.6) by 5.7-7.3(9.7) microns. dark purple-brown in deposit.
Cheilocystidia: 19-31 by 5.3-8.6 microns occasionally bifurcate, very rarely trifurcate.
Pleurocystidia: absent or very rare. a few bifurcate structures observed that might be pleurocystidia.
Basidia: 26-32 microns. all basidia appear to be 4 spored.
Bioassay: strongly active.
Found under a holly bush in man-made mulch at the edge of a lawn. The spores are slightly larger than what has previously been described for Psilocybe baeocystis.
Microscopy photos by Alan Rockefeller. Additional microscopic measurements and photos by Workman (sporeworks), in 2007.
Difficult to tell if it was on alder wood or a piece of a leaf that had fallen into a crack in the alder log that it was emerging from. ~4-7mm in length
Fruiting next to and under melting snow in sandy soil chaparral with Artemisia nova
Large, densely cespitose groups in planter with tomatoes and rosemary, appearing after tropical storm. Downy/fuzzy universal veil tissue dense on cap, extending down the stipe, also present on annulus which is weak and falls away easily. Veil tissue very soft to touch, becoming sleek on cap with desiccation. Stipe bases enmeshed in stringy mat of plant roots (both rosemary and tomato.) Strong fungal smell, rotting fruitbodies were attracting flies. Very mild taste, almost flavorless. No UV fluorescence. Even the fresher fruitbodies are weak and floppy, falling over easily without plant/planter wall/other fruitbodies to lean on. Rotten fruitbodies very strong smell, turning black/brown.
Orange cap and yellow pruinose stipe mushrooms growing on incense cedar leaves creekside,
No UV/odor,
Brown KOH
Spider being parasitized by white fungus,
Growing trailside on underside of salal,
Found by Phil Dekat
Growing from Fir on the edge of the 2022 Barnes fire burn scar, Warner Mountains, Modoc NF (this particular area did not burn)
Some of the largest Cryptoporus volvatus I’ve ever seen!
White polypore growing on burnt log
Mag. 400x
Staurastrum (5-arm). Size: 55µ W (with arms), 18µ W (without arms). Possibly Staurastrum arachne as seen here http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/Images/Chlorophyta/Staurastrum/Eustaurastrum/Processiformes/5_arms/arachne/index.html.
Mag. 400x
Onychonema as seen here http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices/Charophyceae/Desmids/desmid_filaments/ONYCHONEMA/Onychonema_Image_page.html.
Mag. 400x
Staurastrum (4-arm). Size: ~30µ L x 55µ W (including arms), 18µ W (without arms); isthmus ~10µ.
Mag. 400x
Staurastrum. Size: 22µ L x 30µ L; isthmus 9µ. Similar in size, lateral spines, and granular surface as seen for Staurastrum polymorphum, https://www.outerhebridesalgae.uk/desmids/desmid-species.php?id=585 and http://www.digicodes.info/Staurastrum_polymorphum.html.
Mag. 400x
Cosmarium. Size: 30µ L x 20µ W; isthmus 7µ. For reference images for C. impressulum, see http://www.digicodes.info/Cosmarium_impressulum.html and https://www.outerhebridesalgae.uk/desmids/desmid-species.php?id=580. Also note that an additional specimen was observed in a periphyton sample from this same location, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167995781.
Asci IKI+, croziers, 210-260 x 22-26µm
Spores hyaline, mostly biguttulate, ellipsoid with tapered ends, 10.5-11.8 x 4.4-5µm
Duplicate of https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179274112
Collected for the 2023 Purchase Knob AscoBlitz
Large eyelash cups growing on wet oak litter at the edges of a small stream. Exciple covered in long, thick, many-ranked brown hairs. Hymenium dark orange.
Tannish orange fungi growing in soil next to watery roadside ditch,
Near willow/fir/pine,
No UV,
No odor,
Found by Phil Dekat,
White fungus growing on insect attached to deadwood,
Next to watery roadside ditch
Spider being parasitized by white fungus,
Found on underside of salal leaf growing next to downed redwood
Small tannish-purple fruitbodies growing near mossy deadwood under shore pine,
When I dug up the smaller one it was attached to a stick and had more lavender tones,
Partial veil visible,
No odor/taste,
UV,
Indistinct KOH
Fuzzy/pink fungi growing on what looks like a dried up/old bug under shore pine,
Also found more on what looks like plant matter/bark?,
No odor,
Mild UV,
Reddish brown KOH; yellow green under UV
Red cups with black hairs on margin growing on deadwood
Growing on Doug fir cone,
Has teeth,
Brown cap with lighter/hairy margin,
UV,
Indistinct odor,
No odor
Gray finger like fungi growing out of mossy soil near Huckleberry/sitka spruce,
Sclerotium at base,
Indistinct KOH,
Stinky odor,
UV; stronger rxn on cut interior
Back cups with orange exterior growing on Huckleberry root near redwood stump,
Near redwood/doug fir/sitka spruce,
UV on interior,
Black KOH rxn; Deep purple when dabbed with piece of paper,
No odor