A July 8th mushroom foray with John Ford (can you call a two-person mushroom hunt a “foray”?) resulted in a whole bunch of new species for me. Here are some of the species we found. If you can identify some of the “mystery” species, please leave me a comment. Thanks!
Brown Sugar Waxy Caps, Hygrocybe subovinaHygrocybe subovinaHygrocybe subovina, brown sugar waxy capAmanita jacksonii?Amanita jacksonii? should there be a partial veil?Mystery mushroom growing on wood: Golden-gilled Gerronema?
One of the boletes; Tylopilus?One of the boletes; Tylopilus?Amanita vaginataAmanita vaginataHairy Rubber Cup, Galiella rufaBlack Trumpet harvestAmanita vaginata, The GrisetteAmanita vaginata, The Grisette
And finally, found the same day in my yard, growing on a mulched trail, was the crab-claw-like stinkhorn:
Stinkhorn: The Stinky Squid, Pseudocolus fusiformis
More photos and post about the “stinky squid” are here.
The Cortinarius iodes might actually be Cortinarius alboviolaceus
The mystery mushrooms that you thought might be Chanterelle have true gills and might be Citocybe or some “Funnel Cap” mushrooms but also just might be any gilled mushroom overexpanded from the rain
Mystery: red waxy cap? might be the Fading Scarlet Waxy Cap from Lincoff’s Audubon Guide
The Pale Bolete might be some type of Tylopilus
The Amanita verosa? is probably Amanita fulva or Amanita vaginata
The Disk fungus? is Galiella rufa, I think
The Stinkhorn: species? is Clathrus columnatis, I think
Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos! i say “might” on everything because ID from photos is so hard
Thanks, Becky! I looked at the stinkhorn, Clathrus, and compared it to the “stinky squid”, Pseudocolus fusiformis. The “arms” seem to radiate out from a central stem, so I think these are Stinky squids. I had a lot of them last year in the same spot (in mulch) and they just started popping up again this week. You certainly smell them before you see them!
John thought the disc fungi might be hairy rubber cups too (Galiella rufa).
Thanks for the ID help, Brock! And yes, there were a lot of black trumpets out there once I finally knew what to look for. But boy, are they camouflaged!
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Very nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
The Cortinarius iodes might actually be Cortinarius alboviolaceus
The mystery mushrooms that you thought might be Chanterelle have true gills and might be Citocybe or some “Funnel Cap” mushrooms but also just might be any gilled mushroom overexpanded from the rain
Mystery: red waxy cap? might be the Fading Scarlet Waxy Cap from Lincoff’s Audubon Guide
The Pale Bolete might be some type of Tylopilus
The Amanita verosa? is probably Amanita fulva or Amanita vaginata
The Disk fungus? is Galiella rufa, I think
The Stinkhorn: species? is Clathrus columnatis, I think
Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos! i say “might” on everything because ID from photos is so hard
Thanks, Becky! I looked at the stinkhorn, Clathrus, and compared it to the “stinky squid”, Pseudocolus fusiformis. The “arms” seem to radiate out from a central stem, so I think these are Stinky squids. I had a lot of them last year in the same spot (in mulch) and they just started popping up again this week. You certainly smell them before you see them!
John thought the disc fungi might be hairy rubber cups too (Galiella rufa).
Thanks again for helping me with the ID!
Wow! The mushrooms are amazing and so colorful.
How many of these can you eat?
Beautiful pictures,and you identified most of them and some are very good edibles.
I guess that depends on who you are, Anne! There aren’t many wild mushrooms that I will eat myself. I just don’t have the experience.
Thanks, Elke! All the identification credit goes to John and Becky!
Great photos! The “disk fungus” is Galiella rufa (Schwein.) Nice black trumpet haul!
Thanks for the ID help, Brock! And yes, there were a lot of black trumpets out there once I finally knew what to look for. But boy, are they camouflaged!
You take very nice photographs!
I think your ‘mystery’ mushroom is the Golden-gilled Gerronema (Gerronema strombodes)
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/gerronema_strombodes.html