rgthorn's Identifications

old and nasty

Growing on decaying white oak stump

Mesic, sandy slope in open oak woodland. The dominant sedge is oak sedge (Carex pensylvanica).

WDV 295

Under maple and hemlock at the sandy margin of an organic maple slough.

Mycelium consistently white.

WDV 322

In mesic, sandy-gravelly oak woodland under red oak (Quercus rubra) and witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana). Deep duff layer.

WDV 369

Dry-mesic, sandy forest under hickory, oak, and maple.

WDV 381

Dry-mesic, sandy forest under hickory, oak, and maple.

WDV 381

Few, in mesic, sandy loamy beech-poplar forest.

WDV 406

Growing abundantly on hardwood leaves.

WDV 417

On the ground under red and white pines. Dry, gravelly till ridge.

Spores inamyloid (Melzer's -).
Odor mild, taste indistinct.

Second photo is dried specimens under UV.

WDV 455

Scattered in moist-mesic sandy soil under hemlocks and beech.

WDV 465

Growing in a deep bed of white pine needles (Pinus strobus) in mixed oak-pine woodland.

WDV 335

In a sand barren with grasses (Poaceae), asters and goldenrods (Astereae), and near poplars (Populus sp.).

WDV 360

Looks like A. placomyces but much smaller, more delicate. Stipe stained yellow after collecting.

Under oaks in a mature oak-hickory forest.

WDV 331

Mesic sandy rise within a maple swamp under sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis).

WDV 323