Single fruiting in muddy soil beneath solid Alnus rubra canopy.
Stem: extremely long in comparison to cap.
15cm tall. Apex widening and covered in dense chevrons appearing pruinose. Stem flexible(not brittle). Chevrons/streaks appearing grayish blue once home.
NOT DEEPLY ROOTED, just very tall.
Cap: with low umbo/subtle upraised central disc. Tacky subviscid.
Gills: notched, slightly decurrent, with numerous incomplete short gills.
Odor: non-descript.
Taste: non-descript.
Carefully harvested entire specimen.
Spore printed cap directly on a glass slide.
Spore print: brown.
Mounted spore printed slide in KOH.
Spores: HUGE! Approximately 16um long. lemon shaped, pumpkin seed shaped, very thick walled, slightly roughened/wrinkled, golden brown in KOH. Two interior glandular dots present in most all spores analyzed.
Dehydrated specimen thoroughly and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Single fruiting in muddy soil /grass. Solid Alnus rubra stand surrounding area.
Harvested specimen and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
In area of moisture from year long seep - near black muck.
At sea level, Madrone, Doug fir. Odor indistinct. Growing in duff.
Fruiting beneath Douglas fir and Western red cedar.
Cap: brownish gray, greasy/waxy, depressed at disc/infundibule. Faintly/tightly striate at incurved margins. Hygrophanous(fading to grayish tan).
Gills: slightly decurrent.
Stem: cylindrical to slightly flattened. Concolorous with cap. Faint white bloom at base.
Odor: not distinct.
Harvested 6 specimens.
Spore printed a single cap directly on a glass slide.
Spore print: White.
Mounted spore print in KOH.
Spores: Ellipsoid, smooth, some slightly curved. Medium/small in size.
Dehydrated all specimens thoroughly and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Fruiting beneath Douglas fir and Western red cedar.
Cap: brownish gray, greasy/waxy, depressed at disc/infundibule. Faintly/tightly striate at incurved margins. Hygrophanous(fading to grayish tan).
Gills: slightly decurrent.
Stem: cylindrical to slightly flattened. Concolorous with cap. Faint white bloom at base.
Odor: not distinct.
Harvested 6 specimens.
Spore printed a single cap directly on a glass slide.
Spore print: White.
Mounted spore print in KOH.
Spores: Ellipsoid, smooth, some slightly curved. Medium/small in size.
Dehydrated all specimens thoroughly and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Found on a fallen conifer log(Western hemlock).
Orange, long, tapered stem base. Dense, white flesh. Spotted to cracked cap at maturity. Universal veil remains at maturity. Incurved margin to cap. Floccose stem, somewhat brownish in age, thick/dense.
Elevation: approx. 3400ft.
Temp: low 80’s.
Link to information regarding newly discovered antibiotic properties derived from this species:
http://www.nature.com/ja/journal/v60/n6/abs/ja200753a.html
Fruiting in grass. Harvested/dried 4 fruiting bodies for home herbarium. Spore printed directly on glass slide and performed microscopy(images of spore microscopy included). https://mushroomobserver.org/410855?q=1EA4t
These little lepiotas were fruiting all over the Douglas fir, Spruce and Hemlock forest. They had a dark brown velvety center at the top of the cap, a cottony cortina on the young specimens and remnants around the margin on the older ones. Stipes were shaggy when young as well.
Spore print white, microscopy at X100, X400, X1000 in DI water.
Growing on decayed western red cedar. Initial thought was Callistosporium but not really sure that fits. Only one so don't want to check KOH since I will be sending in.