Compiled from my notes and the species filenames on class folder on Dropbox.com.
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Substrate = litter or roots. Classic bell-shaped caps. White-spored. One of the "little brown jobbers." One participant found what was identified as Mycena rutilantiformis.
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Bioluminescent gills, mycelium glows like crazy, foxfire. Substrate--wounds in live trees. RV finds a lot of it around Jordan Lake.
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Bird's nest fungus. Wood substrate. When immature, easy to mistake for a puffball.
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One of this species was the first to have its genome sequenced.
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Cobwebby veil, brown spores. The gypsy mushroom species is edible, found in pine forests.
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Small, common, mycorrhizal. Group found white and lilac species.
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Patches from universal veil may wash off. Our area is one of the greatest in Amanita diversity.
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Poisonous--when fresh, can have the odor of raw potatoes.
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Stains pinkish red as it matures--much developmental variance.
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White spores. Smell like dried fruit, apricots.
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When fresh, has a medicinal odor. Dried, maple sugar odor. One of the "candy caps."
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Polypore, on ground. Polypores in general are decomposers, but this species is mycorrhizal.
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No pores. Leathery spore-bearing surface. Green color = algae--microhabitat.
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Around 12 species in our area, including a species that's orange.
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