Bohemia Ecological Preserve- Hesperocyparis sargentii and Arctostaphylos bakeri donimant forest/shrubland on serpentine soils
Growing by the hundreds on disturbed, gravely and sandy serpentine soils on road and trailsides. Also in mossy zones and in mixed organic matter. Some in broad daylight with no vegetative canopy, others growing under the shade of nearby bushes/trees
Small bright to dull orange astipitate Ascomycete cups with a lobed, inconsistent shape. Margin lighter than rest of fruit body and often cracked
Taste mild
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a piece of a well-decomposed twig right off the trail in a Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant section of the forest
Neon yellow astipitate Ascomycetes
Fluoresces bright orange
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a ~2in diameter Umbellularia californica branch in a Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant forest by creek
Reflexed body form with a dark brown/black cap and margin. Hymenophore dingy, off-white to grey with irregular, angular pores
Smells like an auto mechanic shop- hints of petrochemicals and slightly metallic
KOH indistinct
Found in an open deciduous oak woodland right off to the side of Vietnam Memorial Trail, Annadel State Park
Growing on deciduous Quercus bark at the base of tree
Resupinate to reflexed fungus with smooth to bumpy white hymenophore studded with dark specks
Smell indistinct
Orange brown KOH
Growing on tanoak bark. White, resupinate fungus with cracking hymenium
Bohemia Ecological Preserve- mixed hardwood/conifer forest with scattered grasslands on serpentine vein, adjacent to Duvoul Creek
Found growing on very well decomposed (conifer?) wood under an Arctostaphylos bakeri on the edge of grassland
White to off-white poroid resupinate fungus, pores irregular
Taste slightly sour
Smell indistinct
KOH yellow/brownish
FDS-CA-00721
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated suburban forest
Growing resupinately on the inside of bark on decomposing Pinus radiata log
Greenish to olive brown lumpy resupinate fungus dotted with white tufts of tissue. Highly branching, thin mycelium extending in all directions
Smells like Pinesol
Black KOH
Salt Point State Park, Salt Point Loop Trail. Mixed confier/hardwood coastal forest; Sequoia sempervirens, Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, Pinus muricata, Arbutus menziesii
Fruiting directly from well decomposed Pinus muricata
Bright orange/yellow resupinate crust with extended tubes ending in irregular shaped pores
Taste mild
Smell like blue cheese
Bright orange KOH
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a fallen and well-decomposed Umbellularia californica branch Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant section of the forest
White, resupinate fungus with small, blunt, serrate "teeth"
Smell indistinct
No KOH
Dark olive yellow crust with white margin Growing on deadwood trailside,
Near redwood/doug fir/sitka spruce,
Orangey brown KOH rxn,
UV,
No spore deposit obtained. Growing on a moss covered conifer log. 2 - 3 pores/mm. KOH red on the cap.
No spore deposit obtained. Growing on a Sitka Spruce log. 1 - 3 pores/mm. KOH red on the cap.
Growing on small diameter twigs of Quercus kelloggii. Bubblegum pink, irregularly cushion-shaped fruibodies.
Growing on madrone scale bark in hill country forest. Pileus off- white with a brown center and tan striations; shallowly umbilicate. Lamellae whitish, decurrent. Stipe smooth, tan at apex, fading to brown at base.
Under white oak hybrid (!) in hill country savannah.
Black cups,
Growing in moss trailside,
No UV,
Indistinct odor,
Near sitka spruce