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Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
judymacDescription
On fallen oak log. Small caps 1/2" across, in clusters. Dye with alum on wool was light gold. (Sorry about the photo--I forgot to take a photo in the woods, and had to pull the mushrooms out of the dye soaking water to take the photo, the colors had definitely changed, the stem no longer being straw yellow, and the gills no longer stained purple by the spores.)
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Brick Cap (Hypholoma lateritium)Observer
judymacDescription
On fallen oak log with Sulfur Tuft. Caps approx. 1" across. Dye color on wool with alum was soft yellow.
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Ruffle Lichens (Genus Parmotrema)Observer
judymacDescription
Fallen from hardwood oak/maple/hickory forest. About 2" across. Dye was rusty orange on wool.
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Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)Observer
judymacDescription
On fallen log, mixed conifer/hardwood forest.
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Stairstep Moss (Hylocomium splendens)Observer
judymacDescription
Under mixed conifer/hardwoods. Very frilly moss, stem about 5" long to roots.
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Snaketongue Truffleclub (Tolypocladium ophioglossoides)Observer
judymacDescription
In moss, mixed conifer/hardwood forest. Fungi pimply black, about 2" high.
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Typical Shield Lichens (Subfamily Parmelioideae)Observer
judymacDescription
Cluster approx. 2" across, mixed hemlock/hardwood forest.
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Variable Wrinkle-Lichen (Tuckermanopsis orbata)Observer
judymacDescription
Cluster about 3" across, thallus gray, white on the back. Mixed hemlock/hardwood forest. On twig.
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Crumpled Rag Lichen (Platismatia tuckermanii)Observer
judymacDescription
Lichen cluster is approx. 4" long, mixed hemlock/hardwood forest, gray thallus has a "hammered" look. Perched on small twig.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
judymacDescription
On hardwood tree, near base, mixed oak/maple/cherry forest. Cap brick red/brown, about 1" across, gills white.
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Loweomyces fractipesObserver
judymacDescription
On smaller fallen hardwood, unusual fleshy texture, pores so tiny you don't really see them. Odd shaped caps, more kidney-shaped than round, about 2" across. Oak/maple/cherry forest.
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Fairy Fingers (Clavaria fragilis)Observer
judymacDescription
In soil under mixed oak/cherry/maple.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
judymacDescription
In grass under mixed oak/cherry/maple. Brown caps 3-4" across with umbo, caps cracked along the edges.
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Scarlet Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe coccinea)Observer
judymacDescription
In moss under hardwood mixed oak/maple/cherry. Emerging caps are only 1/4" across.
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Common Fiber Vase (Thelephora terrestris)Observer
judymacDescription
In soil under mixed white pine/oak. Caps about 1" across.
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Scalycaps (Genus Pholiota)Observer
judymacDescription
Large groups of Pholiota scattered on fallen log, mixed hemlock/oak forest.
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Collybia Clouds (Syzygospora mycetophila)Observer
judymacDescription
Strangecreamy white jelly-like growths on Collybia.
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Crown-tipped Coral Fungus (Artomyces pyxidatus)Observer
judymacDescription
On fallen, well-rotted hardwood log; mixed oak/cherry/maple forest.
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Genus SebacinaObserver
judymacDescription
Waxy white, almost semi-translucent coating on fallen hardwood leaves. Oak/maple/cherry forest.
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Stinky Squid (Pseudocolus fusiformis)Observer
judymacDescription
Under fallen hardwood branch, under 2" high. This fungus has such an unusual texture, it actually feels like you're holding animal parts instead of fungi.
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Hexagonal-pored Polypore (Neofavolus alveolaris)Observer
judymacDescription
On 1" hardwood twig
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Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)Observer
judymacDescription
On common pear stump.
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Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)Observer
judymacDescription
On fallen hardwood log, mixed oak/cherry/maple forest
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Oak Bracket (Pseudoinonotus dryadeus)Observer
judymacDescription
On large mature oak.
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Smooth Chanterelle (Cantharellus lateritius)Observer
judymacDescription
Under oak.
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Black-staining Polypore (Meripilus sumstinei)Observer
judymacDescription
Oak/cherry/maple forest. Cluster approx. 10" across.
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Genus PostiaObserver
judymacDescription
On fallen log in mixed conifer/oak forest. Oldest cap on top is grayish, younger caps off-white with ocher-tinted edges. Guttation from caps. My guess with the grayish cap is Postia tephroleuca, but the guttation suggests P. stiptica, now Amaropostia stiptica.
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Coral-pink Merulius (Phlebia incarnata)Observer
judymacDescription
On fallen hardwood log with Stereum ostrea. Pink caps with white merulloid pore surface, approx. 2" across.
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Cross-veined Troop Mushroom (Xeromphalina kauffmanii)Observer
judymacDescription
A large troop of small brownish yellow gilled mushrooms on fallen hardwood log, caps small, most around 1/2" across. Found in mixed oak/maple/cherry forest.
