theplanets Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Found this one in the garden under a Dahlia when I was replanting. A first I thought it was a piece of trash, an old piece of styrofoam because that's what it looked like. It is light weight, like a tough piece of sponge or very compacted styrofoam. There are visible pores on the surface. I managed to break it in half (not very easy with your hands) and it is brown, woody, and velvety inside. Smells woody. There used to be a wild mulberry tree in its current location. The stump is still under the flower bed. Hope that helps identifying this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Whoa! This one has me stumped. Was it found above or under the surface? Maybe a button of a polypore... in which case it may be difficult to get an idea until it expands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplanets Posted November 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 above ground. I thought it was trash until i saw the mycelium attached to its root. It looks polyporous... too bad it didn't grow larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 The inner flesh appears to be somewhat zoned... like some polypores. The whitish covering may be a bloom, or it may be a Hypomyces... fungus growing on a fungus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Look what I found! http://mushroomobser...rg/81832?q=ol9u Abortiporus biennis looks like a pretty good possibility here. and, ironically, it looks like I may have encountered this species a month or so back. I had no idea what it was. But doing a little quick online research, I made the A. biennis proposal, and it has already been supported by one of the NA mushroom identifiers. Link below... http://mushroomobserver.org/112131?q=oyEL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeightonBankes Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Walt Sturgeon (mycowalt) is one heck of an identifier! I generally take his word for it He was a co-host at the Ohio mushroom society fall foray last month and did the majority of the table id's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Agreed, Leighton. In fact, in the post which I had made earlier (above)... "I made the A. biennis proposal, and it has already been supported by one of the NA mushroom identifiers." I had mistakenly omitted the word "best" preceding "NA". Walt generally works the ID table at the big eastern NA forays like NEMF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplanets Posted November 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 wow, sounds like an excellent resource! Wish I knew a local guy like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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