ssquazzo's Identifications

HAY-F-004189
Grand Point, Somerset, CA. 2800' elevation between summits on the north face.
Burnt standing conifer with blackberry and poison oak at the edge of a grassland.
Substrate- Wood/burnt wood.
KOH- slight darkening.
UV- pink on mycelium with some blueing. A brightening on the cap surface.
Odor- Sweet pine, sugary and woody.
Taste-N/A
Pore opening with beetles inside. Cap yellowish pale with some speckling.

-One mile upriver at Purdon crossing south Yuba River. NE bank 10’ from river.

• Madrone, Black oak and interior live oak.
  -Growing on oak branches and trunk covered in black oak leaf litter and twigs.
  -KOH became greenish.
  -No UV

• Fruiting with decayed false turkey tail, T. Betulina and an ant colony.

HAY-F-004183
Ingahee Rd, Pollock Pines. 100’ from a dam on the valley floor NE bank, 10’ from water's edge.
Cedar, pine, fir, alder and maples. Blackberry abundant.
Growing on a standing dead needle-bearing tree.
Hardwood substrate.
No odor. No taste.
KOH negative/indistinct.
UV negative.
Flesh firm but fluffy. Growing out from under scales of bark. Like bubbly burnt charcoal. One other tree affected within 5’. When bitten into flesh was ‘feathery soft’