lothlin 的最愛

Possibly C. affinis? Specimens ranging in size from <1mm to 10mm. Fuzzy stem above and below. Edges Browning with age. Smash them into an almost clear mush. Highly decayed log with a colony featuring potentially hundreds or thousands of specimens. mixed hardwood (oak, rhododendron, maple, magnolia, beech) very few conifers.

Under hemlock and yellow birch, on almost an island.
Staining: slight reddish brown staining resolving to black on cut flesh and pores, musty odor
chemical tests-
cap: NH4OH (Ammonia): Discoloration on margin of where the drop hit, droplet was distinctly yellowish amber colored
KOH: vinaceous red droplet resloving to dark purple
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Bluish gray, dark (cap was dark)
stipe:
NH4OH (Ammonia): dark on dark part of stipe (couldn't see droplet, absorbed, and looks black still)
KOH: vinaceous red, resolved dark slightly vinaceous
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): blue gray, slightly darker on light part of stipe
cap context:
NH4OH (Ammonia): at first yellowish amber, then dark scaley on light background, noticeable indentation
KOH: at first vinaceous red, then dark scaly on light background, deep indentation
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): blue gray resolving to blue gray

These are young fresh wood ear growing in the sunlight along with an abundance of traditionally colored wood ear. They have a different (but tasty) flavor. Causing me to wonder if this is a different species rather than an albino variety. Sampled for MycoFlora and Ayda Hayden herbarium.

I'm guessing this is most likely E. frostii, but I haven't found any examples of E. frostii with such a bright yellow stipe like this one.

Edit: I went back and found the cap with bites taken out of it and mo stipe, but the little bit of stipe still attached definitely has red in it. Adjusting the identification to E. frostii