Dave W Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 2018 was a good year for mushrooms here in NE PA, especially from mid July through most of November. The annual precipitation measured at our local NOAA set a new record by over an inch! Remembering some nice finds. Boletus edulis. The ones in the photo are more red than usual, for the local type(s). I submitted several samples of local edulis to a researcher in Utah. Mycena crocea is the "Walnut Mycena". These were part of a group found growing on nuts/debris from a shagbark hickory tree. Most field guides use the name "Mycena luteopallens". I'd call this Hydnellum peckii, although there is a look-alike species. A species of Bisporella, very likely B. citrina. Even with spore measurements it's difficult to confidently ID to species. The always photogenic Amanita muscaria var. guessowii. Amanita jacksonii is the classic North American "Caesar's Amanita". The provisionally named species Amanita cyclops is presently only known to occur in one small patch on a path in the northwest corner of my property. Caloboletus inedulis has a very bitter taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasso Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Marvelous photos Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutddicted Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Love it 🍄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bre_543 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Wow, great photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 I use a $100 Cannon "point and shoot" camera, settings on automatic, model name written on the unit is no longer legible. Actually, I think my old SONY that fell into a creek a few years ago was a better camera. I like the manual macro setting better than the auto-macro focus on my Cannon. But, one way or the other, my best photos are usually the result of snapping lots of pics from several different angles in variable lighting that is intentionally manipulated. I think that Mycena crocea pic was the only one out of 20-30 that I really liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Oak Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Great pics Dave!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staveshaver Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Nice pics. Mushrooms are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatTheWeeds Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 Hey Dave. Do you post photos on Instagram too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted March 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 I haven't used Instagram. Mostly I post mushroom photos here and on Mushroom Observer. Here's a few more from 2018. Horse Mushrooms (Agaricus, a species from section Arvenses. Agaricus section Xanthodermatei, with medicinal odor, probably a sickened. Agrocybe species (I think A. putaminum). Amanita brunnescens. Amanita rooseveltensis, a new provisionally named species that is common on lawns near oak or hickory. Amanita sinicoflava Auricularia (Tree Ears). For a short time the NA Tree Ear was called A. americana. Currently split into a few newly-named species. Baorangia bicolor, the classic "Two-color Bolete" (formerly Boletus bicolor). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vault Dweller Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Dave can I assume the 'cyclops' Amanita is one you discovered on your own? I'm really hoping to hear you found an undiscovered species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted March 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Amanita cyclops is a provisionally named species. Hopefully, the viability of this taxon at the level of species will stand the test of time. I am listed as one of the three co-authors of the species. Rod Tulloss and Linas Kudzma are other two coauthors. Rod is an authority on the genus Amanita; he has authored many species. Linas is a retired chemist who extracts DNA sequences in his basement lab. To date, I haven't seen any amanita observations that really look like A. cyclops, other than those I have collected. Rod has been studying section Vaginatae of genus Amanita for several years now. (It has been a daunting task, classifying the species that comprise this diverse group.) He has been accepting collections for study, and when I first collected this type --growing on a mowed path on my property-- it seemed to be unique. Subsequent fruitings of this fungus in the same spot produced mushrooms that had the same macro-characteristics... cap with dark central umbo and deeply grooved margin, short/squat stature. DNA sequences were obtained. Name looks good so far. Rod designated me as co-author on a few other provisional species names, including A. rooseveltensis (seen in the group directly above). We worked on one name together, Amanita advenienticometa ("Arriving Comet" Amanita). It was my idea, based upon the cap having streaks radially emanating from a dark disc... looked like material streaking off an approaching comet. But, as luck would have it, DNA analysis eventually showed "advenienticometa" is the same taxon as what Yves Lamoureux had previously named "Amanita elongatior". The older name took preference, and so my "comet amanita" disappeared into myco-space 😞 But, like other comets, it may return. Rod likes the name; he wants to eventually use it again. Pictured below. (Photos from 2014). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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