Uploaded for D. Griffiths, who thought it was a slime mold.
BDC-0096-23
Growing in moss at the base of a Tasmanian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus).
KOH n/a too small; UV reactive; odor powdery; taste not observed; cap 1-6 mm; height 9-15 mm.
Growing on cow patty along the trail.
Found inside of a puffball.
Associated observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207302106
seemingly multiseptate on Mylia taylorii
Growing from soil. Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia) dominated forest.
KOH red/black; UV basal mycelium reactive (KOH also reactive); odor earthy; taste indistinct; size 4-5cm wide.
Notes: large specimen easily turning into blackish-brown spores.
On Falcateria, Guava or Eucalyptus.
Stroma 12mm thick, margin abrupt.
Black in KoH.
Waxy tuberculate crust on Ohia - M. polymorpha. Spreading up to 30cm, in well decayed and damp wood, found when flipping a chunk of wood.
Size: 2cm. KOH: lime/yellow. Notes: No apothecia, fibrils emerging from lobe edges.
Size: 4cm across. 1-3mm lobes. KOH: Neg. Notes: No apothecia, subtle pruina on lobes, marginal paler lobules(?) Possibly a Pannaria sp.
Peridium of immature fruitbodies staining stronlgy purple, long expansive rhizomorphs present, odor was mild, becoming foetid throughout the day.
Fruits 1.2-2.5 cm. fruiting around rotten Ohia, M. polymorpha, with Strawberry guava close by.
BDC-0340-23
Growing on fallen wood, host Acacia koa most likely.
KOH n/a; UV reactive (faint orange, green, yellow, and blue); odor indistinct; taste mildly bitter (delayed); size 19-22 mm W; 2.5 cm-19 mm H.
Notes: striped and striated when fresh, turning white quickly when dry.
BDC-0101-23
Growing on fallen Ohia wood.
KOH brown; UV reactive (orange), odor talcum powder; taste bitter/astringent.
up to 2cm tall, appear to be growing on seeds of some kind. In moss and peat in subalpine streambed. Falcate conidia formed on slimy heads.
Size: pileus 1.5mm-2mm. stipes 5mm-8mm. Odor: None. Taste: N/A. KOH: pale yellow brown. UV: base moderately bright whitish.
Notes: Possibly a Cuphophyllus sp. Very small, abundant fruiting in small muddy cove along disturbed trail edge.
KOH: None UV: None Size: < 1mm
On fallen leaves of Ohia, M. polymorpha. Seemingly common, but very easy to miss. Fruitbodies <1mm wide, to 1.7mm wide at most.
Given my lack of knowledge with these tiny foliar fungi, I can't exactly rule out that this could be in the Stictidaceae, but the growth on foliage is more typical of a member of the Rhytismatales
On well decayed Falcateria. Perethecial, white to cream. Clustered/forming a subiculum like growth.
On fallen wood in Guava, Eucalyptus dominant forest, but other trees nearby.
Caps rugulose/pleated, with minute reddish fibrils especially towards disc.
Odor = Mild
Taste = mild, becoming unpleasant
KOH - Neg.
UV - Neg.
BDC-0202-23
folks widely disagreed with me when I took this to species level last time, we'll see if barcoding can help
Basidia 4-sterigmate. Spores ellipsoid to lemoniform, inequilateral in side view, pronounced hilar appendage, hyaline, inamyloid.
Spore Measurements:
7-10.5µm x 4-5µm (x=7.8µm x 4.2µm, m=20, s=1)
9×4
8×4
7×4
8.5×4
7×4
7.5×4.5
8×4
10.5×5
7×4
8.5×4.5
7.5×4
8×4
7×4
8×4
7×4.5
7.5×4.5
7.5×4
7×4
7.5×4
7.5×5
In high-elevation Quercus forest in the Talamanca mountains.
Collected for the 2012 Organization for Tropical Studies “Fungi and Fungus-Like Organisms” Course, lead by Drs. Andy Miller, Priscila Chaverri, Greg Mueller, Carlos Rojas and Julietta Carranza.
Size: 0.5-3cm. KOH: dark green, more noticeable under UV. Taste: None. Odor: Zingy.
BDC-0107-23
Growing in moss at the base of a dead tree. Ohia and Cheirodendron in the area.
KOH not tested; UV reactive (green gills); odor indistinct; taste not tested; cap 19 mm; height 9 mm.
Notes: brown-yellowish brown striated cap with light spot in the center.
BDC-0145-23
Growing on a downed tree covered in moss. Acacia koa and Ohia lehua dominant forest.
KOH not tested; UV maybe slightly reactive (yellow?); odor indistinct; taste not tested (too small); cap 1 mm; height 1 cm.
Notes: Very diminutive. Growing in moss. Ephemeral. Growing on the same log as BDC-0280-23 & BDC-0279-23.
Associated observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190245293
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190187130
BDC-0115-23
Found in a muddy ravine growing in compacted clay and moss. Ohia, Cheirodendron, and Kalia (Elaeocarpus bifidus) in the area.
KOH not tested (possibly novel); UV reactive; odor indistinct; taste not tested (possibly novel); cap 3mm-1.5cm; stipe 1cm-1.5cm.
Notes: Cap hygrophanous with small projections on the tip on some specimens. Decurrent to subdecurrent gills, cream to yellow (pale). Stipe opaque yellow. Ohia roots nearby. Possibly Hygrocybe puaena.
On living Eucalyptus trunks.
Requires a recombination in Gymnopus.
BDC-0113-23
Growing from wood, Eucalyptus sp in the area.
KOH not tested; UV not tested; taste n/a too small; cap 7mm; height 15mm
On Falcateria or African tulip.
Strawberry guava and Eucalyptus nearby.
UV= Neg.
KOH = Black
Individual fruits spanning up to 10cm when resupinate. Pileate/Radial growths spanning 5mm-6cm.
Pores appxt. 6-9 per mm.
BDC-0201-23
Growing on wood, most likely Falcataria falcata.
Odor indistinct; taste mild turning slightly hot; UV weakly active at the base; cap 1.5cm; height 9mm.
On decaying California grass (Urochloa mutica) in mud.
Caps 3-12mm
Stipes 4-9 mm
UV = Neg.
KOH = Neg.
Very small Pseudoscorpion on one of the multiple Trametes fruiting bodies I harvested from LBA park woodlands. Came along for ride home in my tacklebox. Gently carried it out back to the patio and released after photographing.
Entoloma cibotiicola perhaps?
Under Cibotium, Guava, Eucalyptus, w/ Leucobryum moss nearby. Cap 1.3cm wide, Stipe 3.5cm long.
UV neg,
KOH - Collection too small.
Under Guava, soft bark tree, Eucalyptus. Scattered, mostly along the trail.
On a gigantic ficus with aerial roots, caps 8-20cm or more. pores strongly pink in UV (as is material found on Falcateria). Pores approximately circular, 3-4 per mm, fruitbodies quite soft when fresh. Brown where scratched.
Vouchered. From Kat and John Poppy’s residence. Growing predominately from aerial and typical roots.
BDC-0099-23
Growing in duff of Norfolk pine.
KOH not tested; UV reactive on stipe; odor mild; taste mild.
Maybe Collybiopsis subpruinosa.
IN Eucalyptus, Melaleuca, Straw. Guava habitat.
Odor mild to faintly pleasant.
Taste mild, slowly becoming unpleasant.
KOH = Neg.
UV = Neg, but faint color in mycelial base.
Finely pruinose stipes along the whole length.
BDC-0090-23
Growing from leaf stems of Nephrolepis sp.
KOH n/a; UV n/a; odor indistinct; taste n/a; cap 3-8 mm; height 4-15 mm.
Notes: Lamellulae present, stipe base with white fuzz.
BDC-0094-23
Growing in soil/duff. Hibiscus tiliaceus/Falcataria in area.
KOH not observed; UV reactive (yellow); odor indistinct; taste mild; cap 1-2 cm; height 3-4.5 cm.
Notes: Becoming very fragile. Specimens grow at a considerable rate after collecting. Cap surface very powdery.
BDC-0095-23
Growing from horse dung in grass (Axonopus compressus, Paspalum conjugatum).
KOH no reaction; UV no reaction; odor anise-like; taste sour/farinaceous; cap 1-2cm; height 3cm-14cm.
Notes: Gill edges white, mottled. Cap with bloom. Longitudinally striated stipe that spirals.
BDC-0091-23
Growing on fallen stems of Freycinetia arborea.
KOH not reactive; UV no reaction; odor sweet/mild; taste mild/slightly sour; size 3-17mm x 1-2mm.
Notes: white bases with rudimentary stipes.
Growing from Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla) wood.
KOH reddish-brown; UV reactive (gills orange); odor indistinct; taste mildly bitter; cap 4 cm; height 4 cm.
Notes: Cap with patches of depressed fibrils. Gills with darker spots. Whitish ring of color on stipe near cap.
Size: stipe-5cm, pileus-1.8cm
KOH: None
Odor: None
BDC-0102-23
Growing in Pyrrhobryum sp. underneath Dicranopteris. Ohia dominant forest.
KOH red on cap surface; UV reactive (especially cap surface); odor indistinct; taste indistinct; cap 1-1.5 cm; height 14 mm.
Notes: Base with white fuzz, rhizomorphic strands attached to the moss. Cap with brown striations. Light blue stipes. Growing in P. spiniforme most likely.
Growing in soil.
KOH not reactive; UV egg reactive (orange); odor very bad like feces and death; taste not tested; size 4 cm wide x 7.5 cm height.
Microscopic work by @jackjohnsonn below:
From a quick look into it, the margins of difference between descriptions of C. archeri and A. rubra are slight. C. archeri is described as having minutely shorter spores (one half a micron), and sphaerocysts of up to 5um smaller than those of A. rubra. That being said, the microscopy is consistent with C. archeri on both accounts.
Spores cylindric, hyaline, sometimes with guttules.
(4.5) 4.8 - 6 (6.8) × (1.6) 1.7 - 2.1 (2.2) µm
Q = (2.1) 2.7 - 3.1 (3.5) ; N = 30
Me = 5.5 × 1.9 µm ; Qe = 2.9
Sphaerocysts
15 - 36.4
Me = 25 um ; N = 25
Micro sources I compared to
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/clathrus_archeri.html
https://ultimate-mushroom.com/poisonous/185-aseroe-rubra.html
On Calypogeia muelleriana - identified by Brad Scot & George Greiff
Just over a year ago we had a record of a Clathrus from Auckland that started an interesting discussion ...
http://inaturalist.nz/observations/1554070
We collectively decided there might be a new species in Auckland, common on wood chips, that was neither Aseroe rubra or Clathrus archeri, but had features of both. Specifically it has a long stalk and bifid arms like Aseroe, but big like Clathrus and with the gleba along the arms rather than the centre, also like Clathrus. In some collections the tips of the arms are fused, even appearing somewhat clathrate like Clathrus ruber. Recently we sequenced a number of these Auckland collections, collected by the late Ross Beever together with typical Aseroe rubra and typical Clathrus archeri. This record is the typical Clathrus archeri. The sequences indicate the Auckland species is Clathrus archeri, as Tom May originally suggested, and it is very variable (if we trust the sequences to indicate species). The only consistent difference is the position of the gleba which is central in Asero rubra and not in the middle in Clathrus archeri.
The collection photographed here has more or less the same ITS /LSU/ATP6 sequence as all these quite different looking Auckland collections ...
https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/PDD%20100846
https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/PDD%20100847
https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/PDD%20100630
https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/PDD%20100848
I'll trust the sequence data and call all these C. archeri.
The data we have now suggests Aseroe rubra may have an identity issue, with some sequence variability in what looks like typical Aseroe rubra.
New name for G. versicolor, which is described from Sri Lanka.
On Roots of upturned large Falcateria falcata, the trunk of which was appxt. 5 feet in diamete.
Fruitbodies large and expansive, andwhere from 5cm wide to a meter. spines a vibrant yellow, irpicoid to rounded, easily bent but not fragile. Fruitbodies soft with a cushiony texture. A pleasant fungoid odor, taste and texture, all of which were reminiscent of Boletus edulis. White flesh becomes greenish when cut. KOH on spines is brown, KOH on cap is red orange. UV negative.
Same material as Humphrey's observation here.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190369241
Interesting to note per the expertise of local naturalist Humphrey - These roots usually holds a fruiting of a Ganoderma sp., but this year Gyrodontium was fruiting instead.
UV = Deep red! Fruitbodies. 3-8mm high.
glows yellow under UV light
BDC-0114-23
Growing from a small twig - unknown origin.
KOH too small to test; UV slight gold-yellow; taste n/a too small to test; odor indistinct; height 5mm; hair-like.
Very small pleurotoid mushroom growing on the "inside" of bark which had separated from the stem of - likely a hardwood. Unusual dark gray gills.