ssquazzo's Identifications

FDS-CA-00749
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest near the south fork of the Gualala River
Growing on the side of dirt road from moss and lichen covered soil near Arctostaphylos
Radially fanning from central, tapering stipe. Surface dark brown with white margin, underside smooth to slightly wrinkled, grey/purple in color
Smell like fish food
Blue green KOH

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in soil in a patch of dried thistle stems underneath large burned Pinus sabiniana
Diminutive mushroom with yellow/golden smooth, dome-shaped pileus. Lamellae beige to brown, broadly attached, serrate margins. Stipe white to brown, fibrous, fragile covered in fine chevrons concentrated near apex. Some sporocarps with a reduced annulus
Taste mild
Smell indistinct
Bright red KOH on pileus

Annadel State Park, Lawndale Trail, in an open mixed Oak woodland/shrubland
Growing on side of trail from disturbed soil under Arctostaphylos
Metalic reddish/brown, slightly umbonate pileus, white equal stipe, brown narrowly attached lamellae
Smell like tootsie rolls or cheap chocolate candy
Taste bitter and slightly spicy
Stipe fluoresces yellow
Dark grey KOH on cap

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in soil in a patch of dried thistle stems underneath large burned Pinus sabiniana
Large Coprinoid with striate, hygrophanous pileus covered in fine white tufts of tissue. Stipe pure white, equal, smooth, fibrous and fragile. Lamellae crowded, free, beginning white, swiftly turning black
Smell slightly fishy

FDS-CA-00712
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing on (Bishop?) pinecone. No pines in sight though
White to cream to beige resupinate fungus, lumpy, with spots of bright orange (not from bruising) and bright orange/red rhizomorphs
KOH from blue to green to yellow to orange a to brown
Smell indistinct

FDS-CA-00714
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in a Quercus agrifolia and Arbutus menziesii grove
Grey, sulcate pileus with thick "skullcap" universal veil remnant, staining brown. Stipe hollow, peeling in age. Lamellae crowded, white, finely attached. Volva adhered to stipe base but flaring with rusty brown stains
Taste sweet
Smell fishy in age
No KOH
Fluorescing a pale yellow on lamellae and stipe tissue

FDS-CA-00716
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing from soil under Baccharis pilularis and Frangula californica
Fibrous pileus, forming a cortina-like, cobwebby partial veil when young. Whole fruit body white. Base of stipe slightly bulbous
Smell instinct
Taste mild
No KOH

In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Gaultheria shallon dominant understory
Growing from disturbed, clay rich soil in a ditch on the side of the road
Highly tomentose, bell shaped brown pileus with a white frilly margin. Stipe white/light brown, fibrous also tomentose near the apex. Lamellae white, free
Smell instinct
Tate mild
No KOH

Salt Point State Park, Central Trail near the water towers. Confier/hardwood mixed coastal forest; Sequoia sempervirens, Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, Pinus muricata, Arbutus menziesii
Growing in blackened, diseased part of a young Pseudotsuga menziesii
Tiny, orange, stipitate Ascomycete. Exciple and margin covered in white hairs

Salt Point State Park, near Central Trail. Mixed confier/hardwood coastal forest; Sequoia sempervirens, Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, Pinus muricata, Arbutus menziesii
Growing on a well rotted and de-barked Notholithocarpus densiflorus
Tiny, pea sized orange pleurotoid fungus. Laterally attached stipe with distantly spaced, subdecurrent lamellae. Pileus striate, so thin you can almost see through it. Reduced stipe covered in tiny white hairs.
No noticeable smell, taste mild

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in soil in grassy area
Brown Ascomycete with incurved margins. Margins white, exciple covered in fine nodules. Flesh fragile.
Taste slightly bitter
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct
Margin fluorescent yellow

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in rocky soil on side of pullout in thicket of dead thistle
Coprinoid with heavily striated pileus covered in fragile white flecks. Stipe mostly equal, pure white, flocculose. Lamellae crowded, black, free
Taste mild
Slightly rancid smelling

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in mixed organic matter in open area with thickets of annual grasses
Smooth, dome-shaped brown pileus, strongly hygrophanous with a white, slightly sulcate margin. Stipe equal, brown, fibrous. Lamellae brown, broadly attached to subdecurrent
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
Indistinct KOH

Annadel State Park, Lawndale Trail. Mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing from assemblage of leaf litter on a trail cut underneath Pseudotsuga menziesii. Looks as if there was a relatively mild burn in the area within the past decade. Maybe a low-intensity patch from the 2017 Tubbs fire
Pileus covered in fine, rusty orange scales, more concentrated in center of cap and becoming dispersed near the margin. Margin with tufts of white tissue adhered. Stipe equal, thin, fibrous and very fragile. Lamellae narrowly attached to free, white to cream colored with serrate margins. Tissue slightly staining red when touched
Smell indistinct
Lamellae fluoresce bright yellow

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in soil and mixed organic matter on a deer trail
Coprinoid with extremely striate pileus, beginning brown and egg-shaped and becoming light brown and increasingly striate in age. Lamellae white when young, grey to black in age, broadly attached. Stipe white, equal, smooth, fibrous, extremely fragile
Smell indistinct
Taste mild

FDS-CA-00711
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing from clay-rich soil under Baccharis pilularis and Diplacus aurantiacus
Brown/orange Ascomycete with jagged margin and fine scales covering the exciple

Taste and smell indistinct
No KOH rxn

FDS-CA-00725
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated suburban forest
Growing in organic matter near Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia
White to off white fibrous pileus, light brown broadly attached lamellae. Dense white, equal stipe
Smell spermatic
Taste mild
No KOH

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on bark layer of in-tact but fallen Pinus sabiniana. Seems to be radially growing from little holes in the bark/cambium layers (insect?)
Zonate, resupinate, with fleshy folds throughout. Growing in concentric zones of color starting from deep red to orange, and white near the slightly tomentose margin. One fruit body slightly reflexed
Smell indistinct
Orange brown KOH in white light, fruit body orange under UV, KOH streak turning blue

Annadel State Park, just off Lawndale Trail. In robust chaparral habitat under large power line system
Growing in soil under Baccharis pilularis and Diplacus aurantiacus
Large orange/brown Ascomycete with a ruffled/semi-serrated margin and very fragile tissue. Slight white "bloom" covering exciple
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
KOH indistinct

FDS-CA-00733
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing in grass near Quercus agrifolia and Pinus radiata- seem to be growing in the pine duff
Rather nondescript mushroom with white, opaque pileus with long, fibrous equal stipe. Lamellae white, broadly attached
Snell indistinct
Taste mild
KOH indistinct