allhisblessings Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 I found this very interesting little mushroom this morning on my walk in the woods. Its white cap had a faint pink center and was holding a very thick layer of gooey slime. The edges of the cap seemed to have tan spikes sticking out of the slime. Its stem is yellowish and has a ring. It has slightly beige gills. It was growing on an oak branch on the ground. Small, about the size of a half-dollar coin. I would love to know what this is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 A very interesting little mushroom, indeed! I have no confident proposal. To me it looks like the gills have a grayish tinge, which brings to mind genera Stropharia and Hypholoma. There are some wood-inhabiting species of Stropharia that feature the velar deposits along the cap margin and lower stem sheathed in scales. These types have dark grayish spore prints. Hemipholiota populinea, which has brown spore print, has the marginal velar deposits, but this type is a large brownish mushroom that grows on poplar wood. I'm guessing this is a dark-spored mushroom. If it's actually white-spored or pale-spored then I'm really stumped. Spore print color would be interesting to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allhisblessings Posted December 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 1:09 AM, Dave W said: A very interesting little mushroom, indeed! I have no confident proposal. To me it looks like the gills have a grayish tinge, which brings to mind genera Stropharia and Hypholoma. There are some wood-inhabiting species of Stropharia that feature the velar deposits along the cap margin and lower stem sheathed in scales. These types have dark grayish spore prints. Hemipholiota populinea, which has brown spore print, has the marginal velar deposits, but this type is a large brownish mushroom that grows on poplar wood. I'm guessing this is a dark-spored mushroom. If it's actually white-spored or pale-spored then I'm really stumped. Spore print color would be interesting to know. I wish I'd had the opportunity to take it home with me to do a spore print! But, that wasn't the case. I'll have to keep an eye out for more, though it was one I'd never seen, so probably pretty rare. I could possibly describe the gills as gray, also. More research needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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