Substrate: fallen tree fern
Habitat: Northwest Andean montane forest (NT0145)
Collectors: D. Newman & R. Vandegrift
Collection #: RLC1339
Photomicrography and molecular data forthcoming
= Boletus kermesinus
Holotype of Boletus kermesinus
Found on a mossy bank on Arohaki Lagoon track, Whirinaki. Mostly Podocarp forest area.
Found between Plateau Rd carpark and the swingbridge on the Whirinaki track leading to Central Whirinaki Hut. Mixed beech, mostly red beech on a bank.
Austroboletus olivaceoglutinosus K. Das & Dentinger
sp. nov., 2015 first reported from Sikkim
Limestone woodland verge.
grown on an oak twig brought home from the forest (in a greenhouse)
It looks a bit like Hirticlavula elegans, but the stipe is darker and the basidiomata have a bluish and darker color went it is mature. The sterigmata do not seem to be as thin and long as H. elegants and the hairs on the stipe do not seem to be septate. The specimens were found growing on the underside of decaying bark and also growing on a dead leaf. The basidiomata is about 1mm long maximum
Fungarium: FG0126
Observed 12 macoun"s just east of Lake Traverse
Dr. Priscila Chaverri and her teaching assistant, Efraín Escudero-Leyva of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico, were the course’s resident ascomycetologists. As this initially resembled one of the green Hypocrea/Trichoderma spp., I passed it off to them, thinking light work would be made of the ID process. After some microscopy and reference checking, Efraín returns with the name Dactylospora, a (mostly) lichenicolous genus in the Lecanorales.
This is one of the most beautiful fungi I have ever seen, and I greatly look forward to discovering the rest of its name.
UPDATE 8/28/16: Believed to be a member of the genus Abrothallus by multiple members of the “Ascomycetes of the World” Facebook group. Name updated accordingly.
Substrate: unk. foliose lichen (Observation 249900)
Habitat: Costa Rican Páramo
Ecoregion: Talamanca Montane Forests (NA0167)
Collector(s): D. Newman
Collection #: n/a
Collected for the 2016 Organization for Tropical Studies “Fungi and Fungus-Like Organisms” Course
On forest floor/litter with moss under hemlock in an old-growth Eastern hemlock stand.
Odour of anise.
Partial ITS sequence identical to MO#489321.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Apr. 23, 2022.
Rx fire April 28, 2021
getting subsumed by coltsfoot by the western "trailhead" but seems to be happy closer to the creek. very nice. very nice
on mossy tree bark (Cercis siliquastrum)
Rickenella fibula??
Usually on pine needles, but sometimes on oak leaves or other organic debris such as twigs, seed pods and nut shells.
These fungi first appeared in the forest in June and new ones can still be seen in October.
Prairie restoration, whoever chose the seed mix sure likes their gentians!
Under Monterey cypress, taste mildly farinaceous. Little to no odor. From one of the locations listed in the original species description of P. deckeri.
Rockland hammock. Sporocarps connected to horizontal roots (roots appear to be dead, easily broken, not pliable and leathery). Sporocarps numerous in hammock, after weeks of wet weather.
On rotten oak wood.
Spore print WHITE
Growing in short, native alpine grassland & herb field, in poorly drained area surrounded by tarns & bogs.
On a well decayed Picea sitchensis stump.
With Rosecomb mutation
Attracted to front porch light.
Probably on oak.
This may be the best set of trail cam images we've ever captured here on Salton Drive. Before the rains of Tropical Storm Beta began several days ago, I had let the bird bath dry out in an attempt to deter a flock of Common Grackles which were overwhelming our nearby bird feeders. I'm sure that was annoying to all the other resident birds and wildlife but notice how our local Gray Fox took it in stride! The fox showed up at 9 a.m. in the morning and spent nearly 20 minutes hanging out and resting on top of the bird bath. I have a long series of images of the fox occasionally getting up, circling around for a more comfortable position, snoozing, scratching an itch, etc. So cute!
I saw the dorsal side briefly. Not long enough to remember details or to get a photo.
On Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple).
A common, possibly undescribed parasite of palm seeds, occurring throughout low-elevation Amazon forest. Known from Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. A sequence from Observation 220973 points toward Penicilliopsis, but matches nothing in GenBank.
Substrate: on seeds of “Chonta” palm (Bactris? Astrocaryum?)
Habitat: secondary lowland tropical rainforest, regularly subject to landslides and some human disturbance. adjacent to golf course and horse pasture.
Ecoregion: Southwest Amazon Moist Forests (NT0166)
Collectors: D. Newman, P. Kaishian, D. Ettlinger & T. Padilla
Collection #: CHOC042