symbiiotica's Favorites

In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Gaultheria shallon dominant understory
Growing from moss on grassy, mossy mound with young forbs growing on forest edge next to road
Very thin and fragile almost translucent white clubs

San Vicente Redwoods- Mixed hardwood/conifer forest that burned in the 2020 CZU fire
Growing from a burned piece of wood under Quercus agrifolia, Arbutus menziesii and Pseudotsuga menziesii. Found on the side of the forest that burned at low intensity in the 2020 CZU due to cultural fire
Pink to purple to brownish Ascomycete. Exciple distinctly lighter in coloration and ornamented. Shape circular to lobed and irregular to quite flat
Smell indisitnct

Found in my personal garden
Growing on dead, woody twigs of Malva assurgentiflora
Minute cups with a textured, greyish hymenophore, outer excipulum covered in dense white hairs. Many of the sporocarps have internal growth giving them a donut-like appearance

Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a dead Ilex aquifolium leaf under a young Ilex aquifolium in a forest transition ecotone between Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant to deciduous Quercus dominant
Globular, irregular black dots on surface of leaf. Some seem to be "outlined" with a white ring

Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest, private property in Gualala
Growing out of a thick blanket of Hypnum circinale and other mosses on large, old nurse log near side of road
Pileus white to cream to light brown in color, bell shaped, strongly hygrophanous, striate. Lamellae narrowly attached to free, white when young becoming more brown in age. Stipe thin, fragile, translucent
Smell indistinct

Found in Abies and Pinus dominant mixed hardwood/conifer forest, about 1500 meters in elevation. Trout Creek Campground, Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Growing on a charred Pinus log near snow
Brown, lobed, folded hymenophore with smooth, white exterior, pseudo-stipitate, firmly adhered to substrate
Smell indistinct
Taste slightly bitter
KOH indistinct

FDS-CA-00751
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest near the south fork of the Gualala River
Growing from grassy area on edge of a large decomposing pile of wood
Beige, slightly tomentose pileus with tufts of white tissue decorating margin. Equal, fibrous, white stipe. Narrowly attached to notched lamellae, white when young becoming mottled brown in age
Smell a little radishy
Taste slightly sweet
KOH mildly orange brown
Lamellae fluorescing dull green

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on burned, dead but standing Pinus sabiniana
Reflexed polypore with white hymenophore and surface speckled in brown. Tissue tough, dense, leathery
Taste extremely bitter/acidic
Smell indistinct
Slightly yellow KOH in white light
Whole sporocarp fluorescing blue/yellow/pinkish. KOH turning bright yellow

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on underside of severely burned and decomposing log (most likely Pinus sabiniana)
Taste slightly sour
Smell like chemical cleaner/play dough
Yellow KOH
Whole fruit body blue/green in UV

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on underside of severely burned and decomposing log (most likely Pinus sabiniana)
Blue/yellow resupinate fungus with round lumps scattered throughout
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct