What
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)Observer
outofdoorsDescription
Identified by “tremolo” call, then confirmed visual. Gray morph. Video and audio collected.
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Old-Man-of-the-Woods (Strobilomyces strobilaceus)Observer
outofdoorsDescription
Unmistakable
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Reddish Brown Bitter Bolete (Tylopilus rubrobrunneus)Observer
outofdoorsDescription
Large (~15 cm) soft grayish/purple cap, bitter, tannish stalk stained dark, pore surface bruises dark brown
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Caloboletus inedulisObserver
outofdoorsDescription
Tannish/orange/yellow cap, yellow pores, rapidly staining blue, stem slightly reticulate near apex and yellow/red near base. Under oaks in small colonies.
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Frost's Bolete (Exsudoporus frostii)Observer
outofdoorsDescription
Candy apple red pored terrestrial mushroom, deeply reticulate stalk with oranges/yellows/reds, bruises a darkish blue, under oaks
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Chestnut Bolete (Gyroporus castaneus)Observer
outofdoorsDescription
Stem and cap chestnut/orange/brown, yellow spore print, stem hollowing with age. No bruising colors, oak hickory/mixed hardwood forest, terrestrial - growing from leaf litter. Abundant in patches separated by considerable distance.
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Golden Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus citrinopileatus)Observer
outofdoorsDescription
Growing on dead wood, and small clusters, gills the current running down the stem.