Resupinate polypore on Pinus rigidus. Park. Growing again on old self. 4-6 pores per mm. Pores have a sugary aspect. When younger pores are white and at maturity they take a grayish color. It has a stink bug smell. Skeletocystidia of various widths ~ 4.9 um. A second type of hypha was seen 2.4 um wide, with simple septa. No spores or basidia spotted.
Resupinate spongy polypore growing on Atlantic white cedar. Pine Barrens. Swampy area. 1 1/2-3 pores per mm. Margin fribrose and delicate. Pale yellow inside pores. On the second sample there are powdery areas. Basidia: 19.7-27 x 4.9-5.1 um. Hyphae with clamps and thick walls: 2.7 um.
Fruiting on top of a cut hardwood- oak, honey locust and cottonwood in the canopy.
Elevation: 1500ft.
Temp: mid 60’s.
UPDATED 3/26/15-New images of this aged, blackened sporophore in situ below(approximately 5 months from the original post).
Location: Cottonwood creek bottom, 10 mile creek near Spring Meadow State Park
Weather: Cold, 27*F, mostly clear and still, back waters are icing up
Habitat: grassy creek bottom, forested with cottonwoods
Substrate: Populus angustifolia log
Nearby Species: P. angustifolia, P. trichocarpa, Rosa sp., graminoids, Verbascum thapsus, sharing log with Daedaleopsis confragosa.
Phenology: rose hips present, no non-polypore fruiting bodies found, many plants still have green leaves despite the cold temps, maybe they were frozen too early?
Features: perrenial, very firm, almost rubbery, pores mostly circular but some irregular, white spores, KOH- or slightly brown, slightly pleasant odor, no red banding
On ground under birch, maple, beech and balsam fir. No rain for 2 weeks. Yellow spore deposit.
Growing in grass by the side of a gravel road in mixed woods. Cap up to 5 cm.—there appear to be minute white fibers under the hand lens but it has a waxy feel. Mild odor and taste.
Transition for chaparral to live oak woodland. Minutely toothed corticioid with stellate apices. Tan to cream color. KOH+ reddish
On dried specimen 2 months later, a drop of FeSO4 on white margin turned teal-green, a drop of FeSO4 on spines turned dark green.
Collected along the Blackbird Knob trail. Growing on a Picea rubens stick near Betula alleghaniensis, Fagus grandifolia, Acer spp., and Picea rubens. Co-occurring with Phanerochaete sp. DG2308124. Not fluorescing under 365 nm UV light.
—
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Aug. 23, 2023.
Pale yellow resupinate polypore; bruising vinaceous/orange; binding leaves and branches, and also growing on wood. Perennial. With cordons running in different directions under litter. Spores 4.9-6.1 x 4.4um. Basidia with four sterigmata22.2 x 4.9um. Skeletocystidia very thin. No clamps seen. No cystidia seen. The smell is fragrant and agreeable. Pores are round 7-8 per mm. On hardwood.
Huge resupinate polypore on a giant hollow deciduous tree. Gloeocystidia present and several types of cystidia. No spores or basidia seen. KOH turned it some sort of brown. Even touching it bruised it. Exudation present. Velutinous aspect of pores and margin. 1 pore per mm. Very fragrant smell. Park.
On willow (don't know species); very strong anise smell. I have a specimen if someone wants to do microscopy.
on a dead Alder branch in a swampy area/ largest is 1 cm wide/ did not produce spores today
2 pores per mm. Flesh is marbled. Polypore seems perennial. Lighter tones of flesh fill up space between layers of pores. KOH turned dark brown-honey pore surface. Cap surface is not cottony but appressed chocolate hyphae. Its aspect reminds of cliffs or rock formations that are eroded. The tallest cap was 2.3 cm. Caps look like miniature hooves. Spores ~ 10.2-12.8 x 3.8-5.1 um. Skeletocystidia ~3.8 um wide and some kind of cystidia with broader tip and simple septa with thick walls. Clamps were seen. Melzer reaction amyloid. On beech. Park.
The fungal flesh turns black and dissolves in KOH. Spores measure 5.7 - 7 x 1.1 - 1.6um
Second to last photo shows KOH reaction
Growing on a Pinus twig. All structures inamyloid. Generative hyphae clamped. Lamprocystidia abundant in the spines. Spores smooth, inamyloid and thin-walled. Spore measurements: (3.7) 3.9 – 4.7 (5) × (1.6) 1.7 – 2.5 (2.9) µm, Q = (1.6) 1.65 – 2.6 (2.7); N = 22, Me = 4.3 × 2.2 µm; Qe = 2
Ecoregion: Southern Outer Piedmont
Habitat: Growing on the bark of a fallen branch of Pinus taeda/Loblolly pine.
Substrate: Wood, dead conifer
Nearest_Tree: Conifer, Pinus taeda/Loblolly pine
Habit: Few
Fruitbody: Largest, ca 11-12 cm long x 5-6 cm wide; ca. 1-2 mm thick on open face of bark. Smaller fruitbodies in recessed areas were thicker – 4-5mm deep. Ochre hymenium with white margin; pores angular to irregular on thinner fruitbody 4-5 pores/mm; larger elongated pores on thicker fruitbodies.
Chemistry: Unchanged with KOH (3%)
Collection_#: FYA-20190225-06
Remark: ID confirmed by ITS sequencing
Tan, chalky fungi growing on slippery slope under redwood,
Growing in mud and moss,
Light cap with depressed center and a light margin with ribbed edges,
Creamy, wide spaced gills,
Slender, curved, hollow stipe,
White basal tomentum,
Indistinct odor,
Bitter taste,
White UV on gills,
Indistinct KOH; fluoresces purple
Fruiting on small diameter hardwood log. Very small (1-2mm) spines on underside. Slowly bruising smoky grey around cap edge and on underside with handling.
on extremely rotten wood in a wet area/ 5,5 cm high/ no taste, mild odour/ spores angular and verricose: 6.9 - 8.0 x 5.3 - 6.9 microns
Onforest floor/litter with moss in an old-growth Eastern hemlock stand.
Spore print white. Spores 7.5-8.5 × 4.5-5.5 uM, smooth, inamyloid.
ITS region DNA sequence >99% similar to Genbank voucher reliably identified as this taxon.
—
Image #3: Basidia and basidiospores in Melzer’s reagent.
—
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Nov. 16, 2021.
Hygrophorus speciosus, larch waxy cap, growing under mixed conifers, along Camp Creek in Lincoln County, Montana
Image #11: Spore 1000x meltzer’s
Image #12: Caulocystidia
Image #13: Caulocystidia
Image #15: Pileipellis hyphae
Image #16: Cyanophobic trama elements
Image #17: Cyanophobic pileipellis
—
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on May 17, 2019.
Growing on decaying log- likely Pinus, but there are hardwoods in the area as well.
On forest floor/litter with moss under hemlock in an old-growth Eastern hemlock stand.
ITS sequence >99% similar to GenBank vouchers identified as this taxon.
—
Additional sequences:
Nuclear ribosomal ITS region: GenBank OQ076932
—
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Jul. 25, 2022.
Polyporales 7. Hardwood log. Beech hemlock maple. Average spore size 7 x 6 microns.