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gray-white irridescent brackets on richly populated well rotted and wet log. Other fungi on same log: Peziza, Lentinellus ursinus , Mycena, Crepitotus

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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Oct. 8, 2016.

It was LARGE. The cap was maybe 4" wide and the stipe was longer than that or the same. Tall. It was bruised in many places before I cut so you can see that deep blue. The flesh was BRIGHT yellow on the cap but as soon as I opened it, it started staining blue. Beautiful rusty underside with pores.

Photos by Nancy Nabak

Growing underwater in the river at a depth of about a third of a meter. Location was almost the same as a sighting from the previous week
Spores: (10.2) 10.3 - 11.5 (12.1) × (6.1) 6.3 - 6.65 (6.7) µm
Q = (1.6) 1.64 - 1.8 ; N = 9
Me = 11.1 × 6.5 µm ; Qe = 1.7

11.53 6.39
10.62 6.46
11.33 6.68
11.09 6.51
10.21 6.14
10.33 6.43
11.54 6.27
10.83 6.55
12.13 6.65