Spore print
Wood mulch pile.
[admin – Sat Aug 14 02:03:46 +0000 2010]: Changed location name from ‘New Waterford OH’ to ‘New Waterford, Ohio, USA’
Fruiting on a very pithy hardwood stump. My friend said it used to be a large standing maple that was cut down years ago. We found Trametes hirsutum on the other side of the log last season.
Very yellow, vibrant gills.
Purple hued cap, textured flocculose apex(similar to young honey mushrooms). Cortina esque webbing leaves a universal veil.
Cap margin has light white flocking prior to expansion. most specimens have a deeply incurved margin.
Stem is striated and somewhat fibrillose when dried.
Dried specimens available in situ(we took the whole piece of bark to dry). Young specimens were still evident on the log- we will go back no doubt for more later this season once the rains come.
Found at sea level.
Temp: upper 60’s.
ID REQUESTED Found growing in a dense patch on the verge of mulched white pines(black mulch covered in pine duff) and public lawn . RUSSULA, BOLETES, and TRICHOLOMA MYOMYCES(aka T. Terreum) in huge numbers all sharing the same habitat. Some showed bluing at the base, but it was highly variable. These are shown fresh just before I picked them as well as dried after stem and cap abuse and damage from thawing. They were frozen solid when I found them but they still gave me orangish brown to yellowish buff spore prints. They seem ti have green staining In the caps but I cant say for sure as I am color blind. If anyone would care to help, please list the colors you see in the caps and any bruising u notice. They were quickly and cleanly frozen by fierce icy winds. I slowly thawed them in the 40 degree garage overnight and they were surprisingly all able to produce a few sets of prints per cap. Here's a link to a well-accepted gymnopilus luteofolius observation which captures all the traits Ive seen in this collection of gymnopilus luteofolius
https://mushroomobserver.org/65431?q=15rNC
Under white pines and grass clippings. Brownits were found closeby as well.
On wood chips
ID REQUESTED. Dried specimems from my collection. I have no reason to think they aren't ovoids, but I triple check with experts before using them or transplanting spores. Spores appear rhomboid and some eliptical at 150x.