Found growing on the outer bark at the base of a Eucalyptus
Only 1 nucleotide difference from "Flammulaster carpophilus" from the UK EDIT: Sequence mislabeled https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/MZ159616.1
Trace file located at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lwHpHkPhtuPwf3iN7RWhG4WCXXidbNKb?usp=sharing
Small tan fungi growing on decaying leaves/grass trailside,
Pruinose stipe,
Marginal appendiculae,
Hairy cap,
Growing under silk tassel bush,
Near salyx/wax myrtle/alder/sedge/ polybody fern/blackberry,
No UV/KOH,
Mild cleaner odor/taste
FDS-CA-00706
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in leaf litter and moss under Eriogonum fasciculatum
Cap and stipe beige to peach in color covered in finely flocculate hairs. Lamellae widely spaced, broadly to narrowly attached, beige
Smell instistinct
FDS-CA-00706
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in leaf litter and moss under Eriogonum fasciculatum
Cap and stipe beige to peach in color covered in finely flocculate hairs. Lamellae widely spaced, broadly to narrowly attached, beige
Smell instistinct
FDS-CA-00713
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing directly from Pseudotaxiphyllum moss on the base of Umbellularia californica
Benign looking white to brown mushroom with widely spaced beige lamellae and a darker brown thin stipe studded with very fine hairs, disappearing in age. Cap hygrophanous
Smell indistinct
Annadel State Park, Lawndale Trail, Mixed oak/hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on rotting Umbellularia californica log in association with Peniophora. Looks as if there was a relatively mild burn in the area within the past decade. Maybe a low-intensity patch from the 2017 Tubbs fire
Spongy resupinate to reflexed fruit body with tomentose pileus, zonate. Color ranging from dingy grey to brownish with white margin. Hymenophore white to cream colored, with tiny, blunt teeth
Smells like fresh- like “scentless” laundry detergent
Taste indistinct
KOH indistinct
Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing from burned, dead but standing Pinus sabiniana
Mature specimens with ornage/maroon pileus with appressed hairs. Lamellae bright orange, close, narrowly to broadly attached. Stipe dense, striate, fibrous. Internal tissue yellow/white. Young specimens have a deep maroon red/purple dome-shaped pileus covered in fine hairs. Partial veil cobwebby, cortina-like, yellow
Taste extremely bitter
Smell indistinct
Black KOH on pileus and stipe
Lamellae fluoresce bright yellow
FDS-CA-00736
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on Bolete (most likely Xerocomellus sp., host photos in post) in grassy area near large Quercus agrifolia
Smell fishy
Fluoresces bright yellow
FDS-CA-00738
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on Pinus radiata cones
Pink Mycenoid with bell shaped cap, deep purple/red when young and becoming more pink in age with a distinctly darker pink/pruple margin. Stipe fragile, opaque. Lamellae white with distinct pink/purple margin
Smell and taste indistinct
FDS-CA-00800
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing underneath the bark layer on large, decomposing Pinus radiata log
Reflexed fruit bodies with elongated white to cream pores and a rusty/red to brown surface becoming orange and white at margin
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
Mild yellow KOH on hymenophore
FDS-CA-00719
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated suburban forest
Growing from wood chipped, disturbed soil covered in Oxalis by house near, near large planted Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
Felted, scaly tan to brown pileus, thick ruffled annulus. Lamellae free, beginning pink and turning chocolatey brown in age. Base of stipe starkly bulbous in some specimens. Faint yellow staining on cap and stipe. White rhizimorphs present
Phenolic smell on base of stipe
Taste mild
Bright yellow KOH on cap
Salt Point State Park: Pygmy forest
Growing in Cladonia and Coccomyxa-covered soil under Vaccinium ovatum, Rhododendron groenlandicum and Cupressus pygmaea
Pileus tan/beige (darker in center), striate, convex to plane with a wavy margin. Lamellae decurrent, distant. Stipe smooth
Smell and taste indistinct
No KOH
Bright red UV rxn on lamellae, presence of algae?
FDS-CA-00703
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing on leaf litter and organic matter under Baccharis pilularis and Frangula californica
Dingy lilac/ brown smooth pileus with light lilac lamellae and slightly bulbous stipe base. Thick, white rhizomorphs. Seems to be slightly bruising brown/orange on lamellae when touched
Taste mild
Faintly of the classic "frozen orange juice" smell
No KOH
FDS-CA-00718
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in maps on soil, moss, leaf litter, etc. Carpeting the clay/sandy soil in a live oak forest/chaparral ecotone
Mostly growing resupinately in purple to grey lumpy mats, three dimensional fruit body projections red to orange to beige hairy, crystalline-like, fan shaped. Hymenophore purple to grey, smooth to lumpy
Black KOH
Smell and taste instinct
FDS-CA-00732
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing in deep duff of Quercus agrifolia
Pileus slimy when wet, variable in color ranging from pink to yellow to cream to white and mottled with all colors. Lamellae white, crowded when young, turning a dingy yellow in age. Stipe club shaped, white, interior solid
Taste mild
Smell Instistinct
KOH indistinct
Stope and lamellae fluoresce bright yellow/orange and pileus white
FDS-CA-00746
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest near the south fork of the Gualala River
Growing in duff-covered soil on the side of the road
White to yellow parasitic fungi on Trichoglossum
Smell a little like seafood
Fluoresces orange/pink
FDS-CA-00746
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest near the south fork of the Gualala River
Growing in duff-covered soil on the side of the road
White to yellow parasitic fungi on Trichoglossum
Smell a little like seafood
Fluoresces orange/pink
FDS-CA-00746
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest near the south fork of the Gualala River
Growing in duff-covered soil on the side of the road
White to yellow parasitic fungi on Trichoglossum
Smell a little like seafood
Fluoresces orange/pink
FDS-CA-00737
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing in thick pine duff under Pinus radiata
Pinkish-purple viscid pileus, white equal stipe with broadly attached lamellae, white and crowded when young becoming cream to yellowish and more broadly spaced in age. Solid internal stipe
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
Bright red KOH on pileus
Stipe and lamellae fluorescing bright yellow, pileus bright blue
On decaying California grass (Urochloa mutica) in mud.
Caps 3-12mm
Stipes 4-9 mm
UV = Neg.
KOH = Neg.
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.
FDS-CA-00729
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated suburban forest
Growing in duff under Quercus agrifolia and Pinus radiata
Brick red/orange flay to slightly sunken pileus, creamy broadly attached lamellae. Fragile, chalk-like stipe with white mycelial fuzz at stipe base. Latex opaque, with the consistency of skim milk
Taste sweet
Smell sweet, slightly of cinnamon and curry
Indistinct KOH
In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Gaultheria shallon dominant understory
Growing next to road in disturbed soils on edge of forest near Iris douglasiana
White to beige, smooth pileus with some remnant partial veil tissue on margin, slightly umbonate. White fibrous stipe. Pileus white to cream colored when young, tuning light brown to orange/brown in age.
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
No KOH
Bright green/yellow fluorescence on all parts. Specifically yellow on base of stipe
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest on edge of Alpine lake, Cataract Trailhead, MMWD
Growing on the inside of peeling bark on dead Notholithocarpus densiflorus
Tiny mycenoid, pileus white/yellow/brown, striate with wavy margin. Stipe white to yellow, almost translucent covered in tiny white dots. Lamellae white, distant, subdecurrent. Mycelium visible at substrate attachment point
Taste and smell indistinct
Whole mushroom yellow under UV
FDS-CA-00740
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on well decomposed and partial buries Pinus radiata log
Brown, smooth pileus becoming bright yellow towards the margin. Lamellae white, broadly attached to slightly notched. Stipe equal, olive green at apex becoming rusty brown near base
Deep red KOH
Smell instinct
Taste bitter
Incredibly bright yellow/green fluorescence on all parts
In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Gaultheria shallon dominant understory
Growing in sandy soils in Sequoia sempervirens duff, Vaccinium ovatum and Myrica californica near pullout on side of logging road
Dark blue/grey pileus, unrolled when young and cracking in age. Fibrous lighter blue stipe. White/blueish lamellae. Larger mushroom partially secotioid
No KOH
Smell a little fishy
Taste farinaceous
In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Polystichum munitum dominant understory
Growing from mossy, duff covered soil
Small, white to off white branching coral. Branching abruptly at tips. Pointed tips. Very fragile
Smell indistinct
Taste farinaceous
Bright blue/green UV rxn especially on branches and tips
FDS-CA-00741
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on edge of Pinus radiata wood chip pile
Pileus flat to depressed, velutinous, brown with faint concentric rings. Lamellae bright orange, crowded and ruffled in come specimens. Flesh very soft and delicate
Smell slightly funky, off-putting, like sewage
Taste indistinct
Bleaching KOH on cap