bobby b Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 I've been seeing this LBM in the leaf litter lookin for morels. Looks like it's a Gymnopus. Whitish spore print. A cap that's darker in the center but can be zonate. The cap flattens or cups a little. Close white gills that darken. The stem is reddish brown and attaches to both sticks and leaf litter. One had a short stout root with rhizos. It grows alone or in small groups. Maybe there's more than one species represented. None of the examples on mushroomexpert seemed to be matches. I tried to follow thru Kuo's key for this type but didn't succeed. Gymnopus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 I think these are Gymnopus semihirtipes http://www.mushroomexpert.com/gymnopus_semihirtipes.html . I find this spring species on leaf litter and/or woody debris while hunting morels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted May 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 Thanks Dave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 G. spongiosus is very similar, except it occurs much later in the summer/fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted May 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 Here's a photo where you can see new babies to mature and faded. They were growing in the litter on a log & inside the bark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 The young ones are very interesting. Not sure I'd recognize those dark-capped mushrooms as G. semihirtipes. Always something new to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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