Dave from tn. Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 Found first pic yesterday on hardwood tree and found other two pics today a few miles away growing on a decomposing hardwood tree by a creek in the hills of Tn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dude12o Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 I want to see a picture of the underside. That would be helpful. Spore print should be white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 Maybe Flammulina velutipes. I usually see it growing from under the bark of dead elm trees, one time from sumac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 Here in PA I find Flammulina velutipes most often during early to mid spring; usually on dead hardwood trees with bark remaining. But sometimes on wood with no bark. Stalks are usually --but not always-- dark and velvety on the lower half. Spore print is starkly white. Unless found in dry weather, the caramel-colored cap surfaces are usually viscid to sticky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNY Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 52 minutes ago, Dave W said: Here in PA I find Flammulina velutipes most often during early to mid spring; usually on dead hardwood trees with bark remaining. But sometimes on wood with no bark. Stalks are usually --but not always-- dark and velvety on the lower half. Spore print is starkly white. Unless found in dry weather, the caramel-colored cap surfaces are usually viscid to sticky. Hi Dave, You have said this before about Enoki. Yet, it contradicts virtually all field guides and on-line sources that say to look for F. velutipes in late fall and early winter. On the other hand, the only specimens I ever found were on a dead Elm in mid August. Makes me think that seasonality listed in field guides is not totally reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave from tn. Posted May 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Yes because I found 4 different clusters of them throughout the woods that day. The last couple days or so the heat has spiked up over 10 degrees to nearly 90 and they are all dried up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Falcone Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 On 5/22/2021 at 10:28 PM, JOHNY said: Hi Dave, You have said this before about Enoki. Yet, it contradicts virtually all field guides and on-line sources that say to look for F. velutipes in late fall and early winter. On the other hand, the only specimens I ever found were on a dead Elm in mid August. Makes me think that seasonality listed in field guides is not totally reliable. Mushrooms are the best at following rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Hoover Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Of course they are. Last fall, our mushroom club had a walk in one of our state parks. Our group found a large birch polypore. When we got it back, one of the more knowledgeable guys looks at it and points out how it grew in several different directions. He said, “This must have grown on a log lying on the ground. After it started growing, someone apparently kicked the log and rolled it. Then later it was kicked and rolled again. And then again, as all mushrooms are geosynchronous.” Then we pointed out to him that we had to use a stick to knock it down from where it was growing about 14 feet up in a tree. It would have made an interesting lamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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