stmcnalley's Identifications
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What
Genus HericiumObserver
wholewheatboleteDescription
Spruce tree. North of Fairbanks.
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What
Boletes and Allies (Order Boletales)Observer
laurenthacherDescription
A Bolete looking mushroom observed in a mossy area of a coniferous logging forest south of Union, WA. Cap convex, yellowish orange, looks somewhat like a pancake. Gills off-white to tan, adnate and spongey. Stalk yellowish tan to beige and reticulate closer to the base.
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What
Bear's Head (Hericium abietis)Observer
lucretius_secretiusDescription
Found growing in a small group with doug firs, snags, hemlocks, huckleberry, cedar, Usnea spp. Substrate: conifer wood (downed)
Sporocarp type: tooth fungi
height: 15 cm
Width: 30 cm
odor: fragrant
taste: DELICIOUS. creamy, crablike without "fish" pallet
Shape: coral-like. "cauliflower"
Consistency: fleshy
Flesh color: cream, white. yellows with age.
Grows tufted from a holdfast.
Spores are spherical and smooth
Spores 4-5 um x 4-5 um
Clamp connections present. Cystidia absent.
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