Hydnum repandum

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Ecology: Mycorrhizal with hardwoods or conifers, especially spruces and beech; growing gregariously on the ground; summer and fall; widely distributed in Europe. The illustrated and described collection is from northern Italy.

Cap: 6-15 cm wide; broadly convex, becoming planoconvex or flat; the margin inrolled at first, becoming wavy and broadly scalloped; dry; bald; becoming finely pocked; pale orange to nearly white.

Undersurface: Usually just beginning to run down the stem; covered with densely packed, soft spines that are round in cross-section and measure 2-5 mm long; creamy to very pale orange; not bruising.

Stem: 3-6 cm long; 1-2.5 cm thick; sometimes somewhat off-center; dry; smooth; whitish; not bruising.

Flesh: Whitish; unchanging when sliced.

Odor and Taste: Sweetish, not distinctive.

Microscopic Features: Spores 6-8 x 5.5-7 m; subglobose to broadly ellipsoid; smooth; hyaline in KOH. Basidia 4-sterigmate; 29-34 x 5-6 m; subclavate. Pseudocystidia 30-40 x 3-8 m; mostly cylindric with rounded apices, but occasionally irregular or sublageniform; thin-walled; smooth; hyaline in KOH. Pileipellis not clearly differentiated; cap surface hyphae tangled, 2-6 m wide, hyaline to ochraceous in KOH, with clamp connections.

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„𝘓𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘢, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱; 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 - 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘺𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 - 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.“

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Hygrocybe insipida

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Ecology: Precise ecological role uncertain (see Lodge and collaborators, 2013). The illustrated collection was growing gregariously under hardwoods, in summer, in Illinois. Largent (1985) reports this species under coast redwood in fall and winter.

Cap: 5-20 mm; convex, becoming broadly convex; thinly sticky when fresh; bald; bright yellowish orange; darker over the center; the margin becoming thinly lined.

Gills: Beginning to run down the stem, or broadly attached to it; distant; thick; dull yellow.

Stem: 25-30 mm long; 1-2 mm thick; equal, with a slightly tapered base; thinly sticky when fresh; reddish orange, with a whitish base.

Flesh: Thin; yellowish to orangish.

Odor and Taste: Not distinctive.

Spore Print: White.

Microscopic Features: Spores 5-6.5 x 2.5-3.5 ; smooth; more or less ellipsoid, but occasionally constricted at the apicular end; hyaline in KOH; inamyloid. Basidia 4-sterigmate; up to 45 long. Hymenial cystidia absent. Lamellar trama parallel. Pileipellis an ixocutis or ixotrichoderm.

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Honey Mushrooms (2023)

Maybe a slightly uncomfortable image, but I see these #Mushrooms everywhere in our local #Forests and so I really wanted to try capturing the way they stack in these closely packed bunches. Due to the recent rains this bunch didn't have the usual dirt and leaf debris leaving them relatively pristine. The added moisture from the recent rainfall also gave them a special moistness.

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Craterellus cornucopioides

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Ecology: Mycorrhizal with hardwoods and, less frequently, with conifers; growing scattered, gregariously, or (usually) in tightly packed clusters, often in mossy areas; summer and fall; widely distributed in Europe. The illustrated and described collection is from northern Italy.

Fruiting Body: 3-5 cm wide; 5-9 cm high; without a clearly defined cap and stem; tubular at first, becoming deeply vase-shaped; the upper edge rolled under when young and often partly rolled under in maturity; thin-fleshed.

Upper/Inner Surface: Black to dark gray; finely roughened or finely scaly with dark fibers and scales over a paler, grayish or grayish brown base color.

Under/Outer Surface: Smooth or very shallowly wrinkled; dark gray to black, with a whitish bloom.

Flesh: Thin and brittle; blackish.

Odor and Taste: Taste mild; odor not distinctive, or somewhat sweet and fragrant.

Spore Print: White to creamy.

Microscopic Features: Spores 11-14 x 7-9 broadly ellipsoid; smooth; hyaline and uniguttulate in KOH. Basidia to 75 long; 2-sterigmate. Elements of upper surface cylindric; septate; hyaline to brownish; 5-20 wide. Clamp connections absent.

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Tricholomopsis decora

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Ecology: Saprobic on the wood of conifers, especially (but not exclusively) that of hemlocks; growing alone, scattered or gregariously; summer and fall; widely distributed in North America; also known from Europe and Australasia. The illustrated and described collections are from Colorado, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Cap: 2-5 cm; convex at first, becoming broadly convex, flat, or shallowly depressed with an uplifted margin; moist when young but soon dry; yellow to brownish yellow; covered, at least over the center, with small brownish to grayish scales and fibrils.

Gills: Broadly attached to the stem; close or crowded; yellow to brownish yellow; short-gills frequent.

Stem: 2-5 cm long; 3-6 mm thick; more or less equal; bald; hollow; pale yellow; basal mycelium white.

Flesh: Yellowish; not changing when sliced.

Odor and Taste: Odor not distinctive; taste bitter.

Chemical Reactions: KOH red to pink or orange on cap surface.

Spore Print: White.

Microscopic Features: Spores 4-8 x 4-6 m; broadly ellipsoid to subglobose; smooth; hyaline in KOH; inamyloid. Lamellar trama parallel. Basidia 4-sterigmate. Pleurocystidia not found. Cheilocystidia 50-62.5 x 10-15 m; cylindric to subclavate; smooth; thin-walled; hyaline in KOH. Pileipellis a cutis; elements sometimes agglutinated, 3-10 m wide, smooth, golden in KOH en masse (individually yellowish)—interspersed with bundles of uplifted brown elements (the scales); clamps present.

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Russula tenuiceps

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Ecology: Mycorrhizal with oaks--especially northern red oak--and perhaps with other hardwoods; growing alone, scattered, or gregariously; summer and fall; widely distributed in eastern North America.

Cap: 7-12 cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex to flat, sometimes with a shallow depression; sticky when fresh or wet; fairly smooth, or with low wrinkles; bright red but sometimes fading in age; the margin lined at maturity; the skin peeling fairly easily, often over halfway to the center.

Gills: Attached to the stem or running slightly down it; close or crowded; white when young but dull yellow with maturity.

Stem: 5-9 cm long; 2-2.5 cm thick; fragile and soon hollowing; flushed red over a white base color; dry; fairly smooth.

Flesh: Fragile; white; unchanging when sliced.

Odor and Taste: Odor not distinctive; taste strongly acrid (sometimes slowly so).

Spore Print: Yellowish to orangish yellow.

Chemical Reactions: KOH on cap surface negative to yellowish or orangish; iron salts on stem surface negative to slowly pinkish.

Microscopic Features: Spores 6-9 x 5-7 ; with warts <NOBR>.5-1 </NOBR> high; connectors scattered, or occasionally forming partially reticulated areas. Pileipellis a cutis of hyaline elements embedded in a gelatinous matrix. Pileocystidia cylindric to subclavate or sometimes subfusoid to subcapitate; to about 100 x 10 ; positive in sulphovanillin and ochraceous-refractive in KOH.

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Lachnellula subtilissima

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Ecology: Saprobic on the bark and wood of conifers; growing gregariously to densely gregariously; summer and fall; distributed in western North America in montane regions; also known from Europe and Australasia. The illustrated and described collection is from Colorado.

Fruiting Body: Cup-shaped, becoming flattened with age; 1-3 mm across; without a stem.

Upper Surface: Bright orange when fresh, fading to orangish yellow; bald.

Undersurface: White; hairy.

Flesh: Orangish; fairly brittle.

Odor: Not distinctive.

Microscopic Features: Spores 5.5-8 x 1.5-2 m; subfusiform; sometimes a little curved; smooth; hyaline in KOH; often with a few small oil droplets. Asci 80-95 x 4-6 m; 8-spored; tips amyloid (may require IKI, or soaking in KOH before mounting in Melzer's). Paraphyses 70-90 x 2-3 m; cylindric below subclavate, straight apices; septate; smooth; with globular contents that are golden in KOH and amyloid in Melzer's.

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