Observations by davidwhyte

Under beech. Apologies for out of focus, turns out when I'm cold with cold hands, and wanting to get back to the car my attention to getting things in focus isn't great.

This was fruiting somewhat close (10's of meters) to an observation keyed out to C icterinoides. I think this is different, as it lacks the darker tones. The fruit bodies were old so unable to determine the color of the gills when young.

With beech. Light tan colored gills. So not a cortinarius. Also no obvious evidence of a cortina. Straight stem without a bulb. Stipe was fibrous in nature.

Dry wind had been blowing and last few days had been sunny. So caps starting to show signs of desiccation.

Aroma spermatic(?) as well as fungal

Does not look at all like an inocybe, so hebeloma is my suggestions. Looking at the key, End up at 11 - With beech. Stipe cylindrical. Pileus brown. leurocystidia? Spores 9.5-11.5 x 6-7um - H. mediorufum

Fruiting under beech. Gills when young light yellow.

Looks identical to C icterinoides in Kerr's field guide. Keying out using soop end up at C chrysma or C icterinoides. So happy to go with C icterinoides.

Singles or a double fruiting in less than 1 square meter under beech. It has been dry with dry wind blowing so fruit bodies were drying out instead of expanding to normal adult presentation.

Very surprised to see white gills so not a cortinarius. No bulb, the mature fruit body had an edge that was striate / sulcate.

No bulb, no evidence of being viscid. Looks like the photograph used as the icon on T pessundatum. However this is only found with pines. https://inaturalist.nz/taxa/194452-Tricholoma-pessundatum

What is found with beech and looks very similar is T elegans

Ring present
tufts on the stem
Cap always had nipple, and dark patch in the middle
No bulb

Was thinking Heimiomyces in the field but clearly not. Don't think it is galerina as gills are not dark enough / doesn't look like a garlerina. Did wonder about Armillaria given the stem, but the cap doesn't appear to match any of the species.

With manuka / kanuka. Green cap with yellow 'bits' on it. Gills had pink tones in them

Cap was viscid
Stem I don't think was viscid. Had lines/tufts on it
Did not appear to have bulb

I thought that I have observed before and got to species level ID. However this doesn't seem to be the case.

Two fruit bodies on manuka / kanuka wood debris.

Visually similar to
Pseudobaeospora sp. 'Kaihoka Lakes (PDD 105720)
https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/8fddd621-96a7-4409-ba40-a9f00d33889e
as well as
Pseudobaeospora aciculifera
https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/d35aa438-272d-4328-86c8-3d57a9839207

With manuka / kanuka. These seem much more common this year compared to previous years. I read somewhere that they are 'common' with manuka / kanuka in the North Island (or was it upper NI). Yet I would have called them rare or unusual based upon previous years experiences.

This year however they are common at this reserve. I suspect that this last summer was average rainfall for the Waikato - which means that the grass never browned off.

In previous years dry summers with brown grass have been the norm. So I wonder if this fungi does better when the host gets regularly rain.

3 fruiting bodies under manuka / kanuka and regrowth. Further along two more larger fruiting bodies. Agaricus often fruit here, eg
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/202773189

I haven't recorded every time I have seen them here.

Under manuka / kanuka. Was a wilding pine within root distance, however this was not within its drip zone.

Two fruiting bodies, not viscid rain had fallen a few hours before so would be viscid if that was their property.

Almost waxy in feel / cross section. Stem was distinctly hollow and had evidence of cortina on them. No bulb

Olive - yellow tones throughout.

Two clusters of fruit bodies on soil under manuka / kanuka. The way they clustered out from the same point indicated they might be growing on wood, but could not find any evidence of this.

Was not viscid. Had rain a few hours before so would be viscid if they had this characteristic.

Obvious cortina evidence on the stem, although no ring. No bulb, stem slightly hollow.

Single with manuka / kanuka. This species fruits regularly here, and inat will have many observations for it. It goes strongly Infundibuliform with age, although it starts off convex. Gills start white and go pink.

Strongly suspect that it is E. sericellum

Multiple fruiting bodies on manuka / kanuka trunks on the forest floor. Was two different trunks with a few meters of each other.

Ring remnants on the young / fresh frb, but this had gone on the older.

On one of the older frb looked like veil bits on the cap.

Not sure if there were rust spots on the gills. I can't tell if it is just old gills or rust spots.

Could be exactly same location as
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/159008186
If it is not the exact log then will be with a few meters of it.

Single growing from the soil, 10's of meters away was another older single, and within a few meters of the older one, a degrading fungi which was most probably this species as well.

Stem solid, didn't appear to have pink tones in the cap.

Was a raised button in the middle, I think this is Subumbonate

Gills did not appear to be attached to the stem

No bulb, stem solid and no evidence of cortina

Common scattered over a few square meters. Right on the edge of the manuka / kanuka regrowth forest and urban landscape.

Many were Infundibuliform / strongly-Infundibuliform V shaped when mature, but not all.

Milk flow from damaged areas. Dark colors so Lactarius sp. ‘Hauroko’

Looked at 5 different fruiting bodies for the totum at the base. Not obvious on any of them.

Fruiting bodies under manuka / kanuka planted out in a grove.

Very pleased to see range of indigenous mycorrhizal fungi with the manuka / kanuka. It may have come from the nursery if these were eco sourced, traveled in from the ranges with lots of manuka / kanuka 8-10km away as the crow flies, and these are west of the ranges. Or maybe as this has always been public land that manuka / kanuka has been present in the area continuously for centuries. I could not see any mature trees present though.

trees were planted in a grove ~ a decade ago(?) not to sure how to judge ages and impact of local conditions on growth. Were ~4m tall.

This lake is a small peat lake, and has been revegetated with most indigenous tree species. When I walked it last ~20 years ago, there was a lot less trees / bushes / natives about.

Multiple fruiting bodies in two different patches ~10m apart. Under English oak, which were planted a long time ago as this is a historic homestead and garden. Both patches down a bank in the garden. Not in the mown grass.

Seemed to have yellow mycelium at the very base / going into the soil. But white mycelium above the soil level.

Cap was always cracked, and we have had dry weather over last week. Stem smooth with linear lines and red tones at base.

Rapid bluing across the cut face, and red inside the stem.

Single cort under planted out manuka / kanuka. Brown spores, evidence of cortina on stem. Stem hollow.

Very pleased to see range of indigenous mycorrhizal fungi with the manuka / kanuka. It may have come from the nursery if these were eco sourced, traveled in from the ranges with lots of manuka / kanuka 8-10km away as the crow flies, and these are west of the ranges. Or maybe as this has always been public land that manuka / kanuka has been present in the area continuously for centuries. I could not see any mature trees present though.

trees were planted in a grove ~ a decade ago(?) not to sure how to judge ages and impact of local conditions on growth. Were ~4m tall.

This lake is a small peat lake, and has been revegetated with most indigenous tree species. When I walked it last ~20 years ago, there was a lot less trees / bushes / natives about.

Common coming up through moss under manuka / kanuka trees. Seems to be mycorrhizal

Very pleased to see range of indigenous mycorrhizal fungi with the manuka / kanuka. It may have come from the nursery if these were eco sourced, traveled in from the ranges with lots of manuka / kanuka 8-10km away as the crow flies, and these are west of the ranges. Or maybe as this has always been public land that manuka / kanuka has been present in the area continuously for centuries. I could not see any mature trees present though.

trees were planted in a grove ~ a decade ago(?) not to sure how to judge ages and impact of local conditions on growth. Were ~4m tall.

This lake is a small peat lake, and has been revegetated with most indigenous tree species. When I walked it last ~20 years ago, there was a lot less trees / bushes / natives about.