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Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-very strong smell of anise (the book said this was typical of ostreatus?)
-microscope pic w/ spores + cheilocystidia
-this was pretty high up the tree, so we had to throw multiple rocks to get some down
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Gilled Polypore (Trametes betulina)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-huge gills at the bottom!
-found in Tilden on an old log
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Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-just added all the collections I found this weekend into one iNaturalist post (first young one found at Tilden - other one found in Berkeley half a block down from Unit 3)
-solo mushroom pic included
-microscope pic w/ tons of cheilocystidia
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Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf (Laetiporus gilbertsonii)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-not entirely sure about the species, but definitely a Chicken of the Woods
-don't know enough about trees to know what the substrate is :/
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Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-so pretty! and quite young - not nearly as crusty as I thought it would be
-smooth underside
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Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-looked like a big, fuzzy egg in Tilden
-was a lil baby next to it, but didn't harvest that because it looked too small to do anything with (though kind of regret that now)
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Leafy Brain (Phaeotremella foliacea)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-jelly fungus growing on a log in Tilden
-kind of cool to see a young one and an older one on the same log!
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on an old log
-not sure if it was hirsutum because the top was very fuzzy?
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Silverleaf Fungus (Chondrostereum purpureum)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on a decaying log in Tilden
-felt very unexpectedly rubbery
-in the microscopic pics, you can kind of see clamp connections and encrusted hyphae
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Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on a decaying log in Tilden -- nearly stepped right over them because they are so small and nondescript!
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Genus SimocybeObserver
shivanimathurDescription
-tiny mushroom growing on wood
-microscopic spores look light brown
-other two pics are of the pileus - don't know if they are too helpful though
-tried to key this out in my book to no avail!
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Deer Mushroom (Pluteus cervinus)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found in Tilden by the base of a tree
-spore pics and basidia pics included
-accidental pink spore print in the bag!
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Poor Man's Licorice (Bulgaria inquinans)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on an old log in Tilden
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Cramp Balls (Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on a decaying log in Tilden
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California Agaricus (Agaricus californicus)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on the VLSB lawn day after it rained
-didn't stain yellow when I scratched the stipe
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Yellow Stainer (Agaricus xanthodermus)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on a lawn by VLSB day after it rained
-immediately stained yellow after I scratched it
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Chip Cherries (Leratiomyces ceres)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on VLSB lawn
-by eucalyptus
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Nitrous Bonnet (Mycena leptocephala)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on a lawn
-by eucalyptus
-strongly smelled of bleach when fresh
-slightly pink edge seen with hand lens
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Yellow Fieldcap (Bolbitius titubans)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on a lawn on the way to FSM
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Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-on woodchips in the eucalyptus grove
-found day after rainfall!
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Pleated Inkcap (Parasola plicatilis)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on the lawn outside 100 GPB on UC Berkeley campus
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Brittlestems (Genus Psathyrella)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on the lawn outside VLSB (by LSA)
-very smooth cap
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Deceiver (Laccaria laccata)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on the lawn by Mulford Hall
-microscopic pic with cool Laccaria spores + 2 sp basidia
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Suborder AgaricineaeObserver
shivanimathurDescription
-found on a lawn outside LKS
-a bit young, unfortunately, so it hadn't opened up yet
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Field and Button Mushrooms (Genus Agaricus)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on a lawn in Piedmont Cemetery
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Common Fieldcap (Agrocybe pediades)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-found on a lawn at Piedmont Cemetery
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Weeping Widow (Lacrymaria lacrymabunda)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
-collected on the lawn by Mulford
-can see spores with a snout!
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
Found on the lawn by Mulford
-can see two sp basidia + rough spores in the first microscopic pic
-can see the tons of cystidia on the gill edge on the second microscopic pic (but also in the pic with the dissecting scope - loads of cystidia on the gill edge and the stipe)
-Else's suggestion was descolea
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Bearded Truffle (Genus Rhizopogon)Observer
shivanimathurDescription
Microscopic pics included - found on the lawn by Tolman
