Beech tree Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Hello, I'm a complete novice when it comes to mushrooms. Recently I stumbled upon a fallen Beech tree and I was impressed with the many different kinds of fungi were growing from it. I'm hoping you guys can perhaps identify a few. The forum rules state that you can only ask for identification of one mushroom per thread, so I am going to post multiple threads asking for identification of each mushroom on the tree. Each one was found on the same tree in New York during the fall season. For the first mushroom I'm not sure if this is one species or two separate ones. I thought perhaps the latter two were juvenile versions of the first, but of course I have no idea. The latter two are darker in color, smaller, rounder, have more puss looking things growing on them and grew under the bark of the tree. If any of you guys can identify these I would greatly appreciate it, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutddicted Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Pholiota? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Generally best to harvest a few specimens and photograph different aspects... undersides, entire stalks. I think these all may be Hemistropharia albocrenulata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemistropharia . As seen in the last two photos, the white triangular scales along/near the margin of the dark brown caps point toward this species. The ones in the top photo have less prominent scales, perhaps due to rainfall/erosion.I feel less confident about suggesting H. albocrenulata for the ones in the top photo. With the ornamentation (presumably) washed off the caps, they look somewhat like Galerina marginata, a deadly poisonous species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beech tree Posted November 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Thanks Dave, I believe you're right and I will remember those pointers. I'm impressed you were able to figure it out, there is sparse information about them online. All of the sources I found online seem to repeat the same few sentences about Hemistropharia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 I find H. albocrenulata in my local woods. At the end of my driveway there's an old sugar maple that occasionally gets one or two on the base of the trunk https://mushroomobserver.org/283283?q=12Adu . Once the scales are washed off the cap surface, IDing this species is trickier https://mushroomobserver.org/322780?q=12Adu . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 I like Dave's ID. They all look to be the same species. You can see the scaled stems in the first photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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