John Smalldridge Posted December 31, 2014 Report Posted December 31, 2014 I had a great few days off for Christmas and took advantage of it with a walk in the fine 65 to 70 degree temps. Unfortunately, my new camera and computer had a rough beginning to their new relationship. Any how I lost some photos of some oyster mushrooms, a small white mushroom with waxy decurrent gills, and a amanita muscaria. These are the mushrooms I was able to transfer to the computer.the first I believe is a pluteus cervinus. Pinkish spore print. The next is what I believe is a gymnopilus species and also a small surprise ganoderma. The next two I believe are two different types of cotta arias. Both had brown spore prints. This one I thought was very beautiful And finally two unknowns. The first growing on disturbed soil. And growing under pine.
Dave W Posted December 31, 2014 Report Posted December 31, 2014 Pluteus cervinus sounds good to me. A species of Pluteus, almost certainly. I agree, probably Gymnolipus surrounding the lone Ganoderma. Spore print should be rusty brown/orange. Another possibility is the purplish/grayish-brown (dark) spored Hypholoma genus. Two Cortinarius species. First one is thick-fleshed, difficult to pin a species name on this one. Second one with yellowish stalk and red gills comes from subgenus Dermocybe, likely C. semisanguineus. First unknown looks like something from genus Laccaria. L. laccata is a name commonly applied, and may refer to a group of different species. Second unknown... A few possibilities come to mind. Clitocybe clavipes, or maybe a species of Hygrophorous. Damage on gills adds to level of difficulty. Nice photos!
John Smalldridge Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Posted December 31, 2014 Thanks DaveW. Your suggestions look to be correct as usual. It sure is nice to have an expert like you to help with mushroom identification.
Dave W Posted January 1, 2015 Report Posted January 1, 2015 Mushroom ID can be pretty tricky. It's important for people to do more research beyond just getting my opinion. I try to get this point across. Learn about the ones that may resemble what has been proposed. And learn the technical trait-ID vocabulary. For instance, I really should have already mentioned... with those Pluteus you posted above. The most important character to know about genus Pluteus is that the gills are completely free of the stalk. Large types of Entolomas have pink spore prints but gills exhibiting some level of attachment. A few types have sinuate attachment, with may consist of only thin threadlike 1-3 mm strands extending the tapered gills. Here's a young pale-gilled slightly dry P. cervinus showing free gill "attachment". Viewing spores at 400x magnification puts any doubt to rest. Entolomas have angular/polygonal spores. The temperature reached a high of only 26F up here today. An online mushroom hunt is usually as good as it gets for me at this time of year. I'm enjoying all the mushroom photos from warmer places.
John Smalldridge Posted January 2, 2015 Author Report Posted January 2, 2015 Thanks DaveW, the gills were completely free, I do try to gain as much info as I can to make good IDs but it is very helpful to have experts to help.
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