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malacothrix

Date

December 29, 2021 10:43 AM PST

Description

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

Flammulaster - Photo (c) Benjamin J. Dion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Benjamin J. Dion
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Flammulaster, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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mandymushii

Date

October 19, 2023 11:27 AM PDT

Description

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

Flammulaster - Photo (c) Benjamin J. Dion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Benjamin J. Dion
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Flammulaster, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 11:40 AM PST

Description

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

Flammulaster - Photo (c) Benjamin J. Dion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Benjamin J. Dion
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Flammulaster, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 11:40 AM PST

Description

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

Flammulaster - Photo (c) Benjamin J. Dion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Benjamin J. Dion
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Flammulaster, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 01:58 PM PST

Description

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

Collybiopsis californica - Photo (c) corndog, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by corndog
ssquazzo's ID: Collybiopsis californica, a member of Parachutes (Genus Collybiopsis)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 29, 2024 03:36 PM PST

Description

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

Steccherinum bourdotii - Photo (c) Eugene Popov, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Eugene Popov
ssquazzo's ID: Steccherinum bourdotii, a member of Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)
Added on May 1, 2024
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Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus (Gymnopilus luteofolius)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

February 10, 2024 11:36 AM PST

Description

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

Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus - Photo (c) LJ Moore-McClelland, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by LJ Moore-McClelland
ssquazzo's ID: Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus (Gymnopilus luteofolius)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 12:29 PM PST

Description

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

Hypomyces microspermus - Photo (c) Zeka Elaine, all rights reserved, uploaded by Zeka Elaine
ssquazzo's ID: Hypomyces microspermus, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on May 1, 2024
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Purple-edge Bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 01:05 PM PST

Description

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

Purple-edge Bonnet - Photo (c) orofeaiel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by orofeaiel
ssquazzo's ID: Purple-edge Bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca)
Added on May 1, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 01:34 PM PST

Description

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

Heterobasidion irregulare - Photo (c) Django Grootmyers, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Django Grootmyers
ssquazzo's ID: Heterobasidion irregulare, a member of Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)
Added on May 1, 2024
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Yellow Stainer (Agaricus xanthodermus)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 18, 2024 09:35 AM PST

Description

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

Yellow Stainer - Photo (c) Damon Tighe, all rights reserved
ssquazzo's ID: Yellow Stainer (Agaricus xanthodermus)
Added on April 30, 2024
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Lichen Agaric (Lichenomphalia ericetorum)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

November 20, 2023 03:15 PM PST

Description

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?

Lichen Agaric - Photo (c) Adam Bryant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Adam Bryant
ssquazzo's ID: Lichen Agaric (Lichenomphalia ericetorum)
Added on April 30, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 10:50 AM PST

Description

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

Clitocybe violaceifolia - Photo (c) Jonathan Frank, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jonathan Frank
ssquazzo's ID: Clitocybe violaceifolia, a member of Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)
Added on April 30, 2024
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Common Fiber Vase (Thelephora terrestris)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 17, 2024 02:58 PM PST

Description

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

Common Fiber Vase - Photo (c) tombigelow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tombigelow
ssquazzo's ID: Common Fiber Vase (Thelephora terrestris)
Added on April 30, 2024
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Brittlegills (Genus Russula)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 11:32 AM PST

Description

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

Brittlegills - Photo (c) Gordon C. Snelling, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Gordon C. Snelling
ssquazzo's ID: Brittlegills (Genus Russula)
Added on April 30, 2024
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Hypomyces - Photo (c) Keara R. Giannotti, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Keara R. Giannotti
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Hypomyces, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on April 30, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 27, 2024 01:45 PM PST

Description

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

Hypomyces - Photo (c) Keara R. Giannotti, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Keara R. Giannotti
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Hypomyces, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on April 30, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 27, 2024 01:45 PM PST

Description

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

Hypomyces papulasporae americanus - Photo (c) tombigelow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tombigelow
ssquazzo's ID: Hypomyces papulasporae var. americanus, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on April 29, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 27, 2024 01:45 PM PST

Description

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

Hypomyces papulasporae - Photo (c) Taye Bright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Taye Bright
ssquazzo's ID: Hypomyces papulasporae, a member of Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)
Added on April 29, 2024
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Brittlegills (Genus Russula)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 12:59 PM PST

Description

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

Brittlegills - Photo (c) Gordon C. Snelling, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Gordon C. Snelling
ssquazzo's ID: Brittlegills (Genus Russula)
Added on April 29, 2024
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Brittlestems (Genus Psathyrella)

Observer

jackjohnsonn

Date

October 30, 2023 02:44 PM HST

Description

On decaying California grass (Urochloa mutica) in mud.
Caps 3-12mm
Stipes 4-9 mm
UV = Neg.
KOH = Neg.

Brittlestems - Photo (c) noah_siegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by noah_siegel
ssquazzo's ID: Brittlestems (Genus Psathyrella)
Added on April 29, 2024
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grahamsteinruck

Date

November 2023

Place

Hawaii, US (Google, OSM)

Description

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.

Cyanula - Photo (c) Mike Potts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Mike Potts
ssquazzo's ID: Subgenus Cyanula, a member of Pinkgills (Genus Entoloma)
Added on April 29, 2024
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jackjohnsonn

Date

November 1, 2023 02:56 PM HST

Description

On Ohia, Metrosideros polymorpha.

Club-like Tuning Fork - Photo (c) Stuart Tingley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stuart Tingley
ssquazzo's ID: Club-like Tuning Fork (Calocera cornea)
Added on April 29, 2024
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Candy Cap (Lactarius rubidus)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 18, 2024 11:33 AM PST

Description

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

Candy Cap - Photo (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christian Schwarz
ssquazzo's ID: Candy Cap (Lactarius rubidus)
Added on April 29, 2024
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Fiber Caps (Genus Inocybe)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

November 11, 2023 11:22 AM PST

Description

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

Fiber Caps - Photo (c) noah_siegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by noah_siegel
ssquazzo's ID: Fiber Caps (Genus Inocybe)
Added on April 28, 2024
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Bark Bonnet (Phloeomana speirea)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

November 24, 2023 12:35 PM PST

Description

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

Bark Bonnet - Photo (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe
ssquazzo's ID: Bark Bonnet (Phloeomana speirea)
Added on April 28, 2024
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Olive Lute (Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 01:19 PM PST

Description

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

Olive Lute - Photo (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christian Schwarz
ssquazzo's ID: Olive Lute (Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum)
Added on April 28, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

November 10, 2023 10:23 AM PST

Description

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

Cyanula - Photo (c) Mike Potts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Mike Potts
ssquazzo's ID: Subgenus Cyanula, a member of Pinkgills (Genus Entoloma)
Added on April 28, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

November 11, 2023 12:44 PM PST

Description

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

Ramariopsis - Photo (c) birdgal5, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Ramariopsis, a member of Antler and Spindle Fungi (Family Clavariaceae)
Added on April 28, 2024
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symbiiotica

Date

January 21, 2024 01:59 PM PST

Description

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

Hygrophoropsis - Photo (c) Federico Calledda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Federico Calledda
ssquazzo's ID: Genus Hygrophoropsis, a member of Boletes and Allies (Order Boletales)
Added on April 28, 2024
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