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King Bolete (Boletus edulis)Observer
danmortonDescription
Growing under conifers. Pore surface white, does not bruise. KOH orange on pileipellis. FeSO4 pale grayish green on context.
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Amanita Sect. Vaginatae (Section Vaginatae)Observer
danmortonDescription
Cap 6 cm across, stipe 10.5 cm long. Spores in Lugol's solution at 400x, 10.25 - 11.25 um in diameter.
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Psilocybe Mushrooms (Genus Psilocybe)Observer
danmortonDescription
Cap has long trailing marginal fibers. Cap not expanding in age. Gills rusty brown. Spores in KOH at 400x.
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Observer
danmortonDescription
Fruitbody 6 cm tall, 4 cm across. Mid branches salmon-orange, branch tips and bases yellowish. Stipe context weakly amyloid. Odor indistinct. Growing under conifers. Spores roughened, narrowly ellipsoid, 9.6 - 11.3 x 3.4 - 4.6 um.
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Burnt Knight (Tricholoma ustale)Observer
danmortonDescription
Spore deposit white. Growing under black oak.
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Conifer Woodtuft (Kuehneromyces lignicola)Observer
danmortonDescription
Growing on conifer wood.
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Amanita Mushrooms (Genus Amanita)Observer
danmortonDescription
Fruitbody white, fragile, large, cap 15 cm across. Growing under conifers. Spores in Lugol's solution at 400x.
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Observer
danmortonDescription
The 4 subsequent observations follow the progression in age of this collection.
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Observer
danmortonDescription
Spore deposit grayish. Cap turns red with 3% KOH. Flesh turns pink with 3% KOH. Stipe base turns brownish red with 3 % KOH. Cap, stipe and flesh turn bluish black in Lugol’s solution. Spores 21 x 6 µm, smooth, subfusiform. Flesh is very firm, dense, rubbery to almost corky. Gills broadly attached, thick, wrinkled, enveloped in folds of flesh that become exposed as the cap expands and matures. Growing under Incense Cedar and 3 needle pines. Black oak close by.
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Giant Hygroscopic Earthstar (Astraeus pteridis)Observer
danmortonDescription
Fruitbody 17 cm across. Spores size (excluding spines) (7.3) 8 - 10.1 (11) x (7.2) 7.8 - 9.8 (10.7) µm, Q = 1 (1.1), N = 30, Me = 9 x 8.9 µm, Qe = 1.
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Giant Hygroscopic Earthstar (Astraeus pteridis)Observer
danmortonDescription
With rays fully extended would measure approximately 10 cm across. 10 rays. Spore sac 3 - 3.5 cm across, peristome absent.
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Needle Bonnet (Mycena clavicularis)Observer
danmortonDescription
Cap up to 1.5 cm across, striate, sulcate. Gills decurrent. Stipe viscid. Odor not distinct. Spores 8-9 x 4.5 micrometers, ellipsoid.
