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Russula pulchraObserver
joe59Description
Growing in soil under oaks, abundant
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Deer Mushroom (Pluteus cervinus)Observer
joe59Description
Growing in cluster on dead/dying root of windthrown oak
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Reddish Brown Bitter Bolete (Tylopilus rubrobrunneus)Observer
joe59Description
Solitary in lawn under oaks. Flesh bitter.
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Ornate-stalked Bolete (Retiboletus ornatipes)Observer
joe59Description
Tastes bitter. No distinct odor. On the ground in oak woods. Not staining when bruised.
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Amanita Mushrooms (Genus Amanita)Observer
joe59Description
Growing on leafy oak hickory forest soil. Cap scurfy. Ring very high on stalk (just under gills). Stalk base is very abruptly bulbous, rooted, lacking a vulva, and very minimally scaled; flesh has no distinct odor.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
joe59Description
Genus Cortinarius? On soil under oak and hickory. Cuticle of cap brownish. Surface pinkish under cuticle.
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Old-Man-of-the-Woods (Strobilomyces strobilaceus)Observer
joe59Description
S. confusus? Under hickory in yard. Staining orangish.
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Amanita Sect. Caesareae (Section Caesareae)Observer
joe59Description
No distinct odor, taste. Found on ground in mixed oak, red maple.
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Brittlegills (Genus Russula)Observer
joe59Description
Cap smooth with striated margin. Flesh white, odorless, tasteless. Found on the ground in mixed oak.
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Lactarius psammicolaObserver
joe59Description
Cap scaled forming concentric rings. Stalk lightly scaled, hollow. Flesh acrid, latex becoming somewhat acrid. Latex seeping. Broken flesh not staining. Bruised gills staining cinnamon.
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Observer
joe59Description
Cap smooth, dry, concave. Flesh pale yellow. Large specimen pictured gradually stained light bluish, then faded within minutes. Smaller specimen stained instantly and remained stained. Odor, taste not distinctive. Solitary under a large red oak in yard.
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Eastern American Jack-O'-Lantern (Omphalotus illudens)Observer
joe59Description
Jack o' lantern mushroom
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Observer
joe59Description
Cap smooth, domed, tan. Pores on underside orange-yellow, rapidly staining blue-black when rubbed. Taste mild (not bitter). Stem pale yellow, smooth, 3/4 inch thick.
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Frost's Bolete (Exsudoporus frostii)Observer
joe59Description
Leccinum sp.? Cap and pores underneath cap red. Tan stalk with red netting. Spongy layer of cap stains greenish when cut. Fleshy layer of cap stains blue-black.
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Velvet-footed Pax (Tapinella atrotomentosa)Observer
joe59Description
Cap smooth, evenly tan, sunken in middle. Tan, thin-edged gills attached to short, stout, bulbless, ringless, solid stalk. Base of stalk covered with furry dark brown coat. Taste bitter.
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Common Milkcaps (Genus Lactarius)Observer
joe59Description
Cap dull orange, smooth with sunken center and concentric ringed pattern. Gills tan, attached to stalk, not running down, exude white milk when broken. Stalk solid, brittle, without bulb. Taste very peppery (delayed).
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Milkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies (Family Russulaceae)Observer
joe59Description
Looks like R. emetica The sickener, but tasteless (not peppery). Cap bright red, smooth, domed. Gills white. Stalk white, brittle, solid, smooth, without ring. Mild odor.
