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Loweomyces fractipesObserver
ilookaftertherainDescription
-several
-mixed forest, growing from ground
-white
-not easy to unearth and strong
-irregular pores
-retained specimen
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Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
-INat ID
-dead conifer
-several including some identified as gyms (might be incorrect)
-fresh cap, moist, golden, two-toned cap with darker areas in circular pattern
-yellow, slightly decurrent gills, some short
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Leccinellum albellumObserver
calvinwalfordDescription
Substrate: soil
Flora: hardwoods
Habit: single
Odor: none
Taste: n/a
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Garland Roundhead (Stropharia coronilla)Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
Single
Woodchips
Ring
Purple gills, attached
Spores purple/black
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Petticoat Mottlegill (Panaeolus papilionaceus)Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
-four specimens
-ground but could be buried wood or horse droppings that have washed due to rain
-cap tan/gray with veil fragments
-gills attached, color matches cap, some short gills
-stem strong, turned reddish where held. Approx 16-17cm, stem more tan than gray/brown
-black spore print
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Frost's Amanita (Amanita frostiana)Observer
calvinwalfordDescription
Substrate: soil
Flora: pines
Habit: many scattered
Odor: n/a
Taste: n/a
Notes: white flesh and whitish gills; yellow veil remnants around basal bulb; ring remnants; could also be Amanita flavoconia
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Warlock's Butter (Exidia nigricans)Observer
calvinwalfordDescription
Hardwood
Firm and rubbery
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Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
-mixed woods, can’t determine type of wood
-mostly hardwood, few conifers
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Psychedelic Ovoid Mushroom (Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata)Observer
mpearlsteinDescription
Growing in wood chips and other wood debris.
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Oak Mazegill (Fomitopsis quercina)Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
New one
-iNat says T. cervina,, F. quercina, T. betulina
-Dead Oak
-Two specimens, one has a cap like structure while the other does not, both have similar pore structures
-pic 1, pore walls thick and variable, color white/tan
pic 2
-has a cap-like structure which is more clear in pic 3, pores variable, and mostly tan
pic 3
-specimen approx 3.5- 4 cm long
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Cups (Genus Peziza)Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
Wood chips and dung
Many
Specimens retained
Appear to be at different stages of maturity as some are dryer and darker
Spores in pic 8?
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Golden-gilled Gerronema (Gerronema strombodes)Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
INat generated ID
Mixed forest but growing on dead pine
Moist, golden cap
Darker in center
1.5” stem more red towards bottom
PURPLE at stem base
Strong, pleasant mushroom scent
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Wanterpilz (Flammulina velutipes)Observer
calvinwalfordDescription
Hardwood stump
Habit many in singles or small clusters
Hair base of stem with dark coloration
Translucent orange cap
White spore print (and a ton of spores)
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Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
Is this another rust gill?
Growing in pine needles/wood chips in sandy area, several,
Cap approx 3 cm, moist, crowded decurrent orange gills, stem 4.5 cm, fibrous and hollow, moist, unusual scent:herbal/chocolate, gray mycelium
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Poisonpies (Genus Hebeloma)Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
Smells of radish, several in one clump, buff cap with darker center approx 7cm, stem 8-10 cm and hollow, brown gills, appears to cinnamon spores.
Growing in mostly hardwoods, near moss and water
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American Sunrise (Brigantiaea leucoxantha)Observer
giffbeatonDescription
On hardwood
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Christmas Lichen (Herpothallon rubrocinctum)Observer
giffbeatonDescription
On hardwood
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Alkaline Mycena (Mycena alcalina)Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
Growing out of a rotted log, cap 1.5 inch approx, smelled of chlorine
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Oak Bracket (Pseudoinonotus dryadeus)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Ridiculously large!!! Might be P. dryadeus but am not sure. Last photo has dog for scale.
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Routfleckege Lamelleporling (Daedaleopsis confragosa)Observer
ilookaftertherain
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Wrinkled Psathyrella (Typhrasa gossypina)Observer
ilookaftertherainDescription
Spores purplish brown to black, residue appeared on the stamens
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White-pored Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus cincinnatus)Observer
calvinwalfordDescription
Base of dead hardwood tree
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Pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Mycoheterotrophs. Nice.
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Peach-Colored Fly Agaric (Amanita persicina)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Growing under yellow pine tree. Could be Amanita muscaria var. persicina.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Growing next to decomposing log, about 5 feet away from creek.
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Jackson's Slender Caesar (Amanita jacksonii)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Amanitas emerging from universal veils.
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Genus XeromphalinaObserver
carolinabeanDescription
Found decomposing a pine log. The pictures don’t do it justice. There were hundreds more!
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Flaming Gold Bolete (Aureoboletus auriflammeus)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Stained fingers yellow
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Agaricus Subg. Agaricus (Subgenus Agaricus)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Could this be Agaricus augustus? It didn’t have a particularly pungent “bitter almond smell”.
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Ochsenzong (Fistulina hepatica)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Found growing on a living oak tree. Had small hairs on top and a squishy texture.
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Indigo Milk Cap (Lactarius indigo)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Gills seem to be covered by type of mold.
Stains blue very quickly.
Has blue latex.
Found in mixed forest.
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False Caesar's Mushroom (Amanita parcivolvata)Observer
calvinwalfordDescription
This was in sandy soil next to a lake and hardwoods. I’m not sure on the ID as I have found A. Jacksonii a few feet away last year
