Fruiting in soil/duff/needle litter/debris beneath Western red cedar and Douglas fir.
Unusually large/meaty fruiting bodies.
Stems/lower portion dark coco brown contrasting the all black caps.
Harvested 4 specimens.
Analayzed exterior with my Apexel macro lens attachment. NO SETAE=Geoglossum. Also not viscid.
Removed a portion of exterior tissue from multiple fertile cap points and crush mounted in Lugol’s solution and drop of 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: 7 septate(with 8 sections). All analyzed are 7 septate and slightly curved.
Asci: 8 spored.
Paraphyses: long, thicker than any Geoglossaceae I’ve analyzed. Swollen/curved/curled tips. Extending longer than Asci.
All features match for Geoglossum umbratile.
Dehydrating specimens for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-
Creamy crust,
On downed alder next parking lot,
White UV,
Brown KOH,
Near sitka spruce/hemlock
On hardwood
Pale, applanate cap,
Creamy gills,
Slender stipe with white fuzzy at base,
Indistinct taste,
Cardboard odor,
Growing next to parking lot,
Near redwood
Found on older downed conifer. 6-8 images in "stacked" height, about 6" in 6-7" in diameter. Multiple individuals growing in similar form on same conifer.
Underside spore surface is pure white, and scratches similar to G. applanatum.
Rounde, bumpy, black top,
Stipe becomes yellow towards base,
Growing trailside in mossy soil,
Near sitka spruce/alder,
Broke off and could not find truffle
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a fallen and well-decomposed Umbellularia californica branch Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant section of the forest
White, resupinate fungus with small, blunt, serrate "teeth"
Smell indistinct
No KOH
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a piece of a well-decomposed twig right off the trail in a Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant section of the forest
Neon yellow astipitate Ascomycetes
Fluoresces bright orange
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on cut woody Toxicodendron diversilobum vine which was lying on the ground under a canopy of Quercus agrifolia
Tiny, black lumps growing on the exterior of vine, about 25% displaying a vertical, rectangular ascomata resembling compressed layers of carbon
Fuzzy white ascos growing on evergreen Huckleberry leaves trailside
Found a half dozen of these strange growths attached to redwood twigs. Several have a spiral pattern. Texture is brittle. Seems fungal?
I would have dismissed this as banana slug poop, except that it was hard and encrusted on redwood twigs, the spiral surface on "top" was smooth on the "bottom", and there were many in one area.
Bohemia Ecological Preserve- mixed hardwood/conifer forest with scattered grasslands on serpentine vein, adjacent to Duvoul Creek
Growing on dead branch of Pickeringia montana on the edge of a grassland
Orange/brown resupinate poroid fungus. Velvety to the touch
Smell and taste indistinct
KOH black
Weird gelatinous mass growing on moss. Fungal? Cyanobacterium? Jelly lichen?
On old Porodaedalea pini fruits on Pseudotsuga menziesii snag
Resupinate, black crust,
On tan oak,
No UV
Elfin Sadle with gray top and Creamy stipe,
Indistinct odor/taste,
Yellow UV on stipe,
Growing trailside on mossy part of stairs,
Near doug fir/redwood/alder
Most fruitbodes 2 - 3 mm in diameter, some smaller. Growing on wooden post. Basidia shaped liked tuning forks, 55 - 80 x 4.8 - 7.3 µm. Spores 1 - 5 septate, 13.8 - 20 x 5 - 7.5 µm.
Xerocomellus behrii. Under interior live oak. Odor indistinct
On Ceanothus crassifolius. Orange-pink KOH.
Off Spring Creek Trail in a damp Umbellularia californica and Sequoia sempervirens dominant forest, Annadel State Park
Growing on the cut ends of dead Umbellularia californica
Dusty, "fuzzy" mold-like fungus which sporulates heavily when disturbed. Growing in thin, crust-like layers. White to tan to blueish in coloration
Found in an open deciduous oak woodland/shrubland/grassland right off to the side of the trail near the entrance of Vietnam Memorial Trail, Annadel State Park
Growing on moist wood (bark and inner wood) near the base of Baccharis pilularis
Lumpy resupinate crust ranging in color from yellow to cream to grey to brown with spots of pink. Incredibly thin, only penetrating about 1mm into wood
Yellow/brown KOH
Smell indistinct
Fluoresces bright blue with KOH turning grey, inner wood of Baccharis pilularis fluorescing bright yellow
Creamy, dentate like crust fungus,
White UV,
Brown KOH,
Growing on log next to trail,
Near sitka spruce/doug fir
Bracket fungi on a stick,
Tan upper surface with bands,
Creamy pored underside,
White UV on pores,
Near sitka spruce/Doug fir/alder
Fruiting from holes in fallen Quercus agrifolia branch.
i have no clue what this is, had a firm gelatinous texture
Exidia truncata is closest visual similarity i could find
i collected a tiny bit of this specimen
Found by @graysquirrel
Under Chamise
Growing on pieces of scrap wood from construction. Irregularly toothed hydnoid-resupinate with dingy tan colors at maturity and white towards the margins. Teeth often appear flattened and elongated, flesh soft.
Thin resupinate polypore, 2mm thick at most, on bay laurel branch, not very well decayed
On succulentous decayed Rhus integrifolia stick
On Catalina ironwood
Black club shaped fungus,
Yellow towards base with yellow hyphal strings,
Attached to brown truffle,
No UV,
Indistinct odor,
Near sitka spruce/alder
2024 Westminster Woods SOMA Outing
SOMA24-0226
Bohemia Ecological Preserve- Hesperocyparis sargentii and Arctostaphylos bakeri donimant forest/shrubland on serpentine soils
Growing by the hundreds on disturbed, gravely and sandy serpentine soils on road and trailsides. Also in mossy zones and in mixed organic matter. Some in broad daylight with no vegetative canopy, others growing under the shade of nearby bushes/trees
Small bright to dull orange astipitate Ascomycete cups with a lobed, inconsistent shape. Margin lighter than rest of fruit body and often cracked
Taste mild
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct
Agaricus/ leucoagaricus?
Almond smell, yellowing on cap stipe and flesh when disturbed. Under chamise. Vouchered by @flygrl67
Tan,Campanulate cap,
Wide spaced cremey gills,
Wiry stipe that darkens towards base,
No UV/odor,
Growing trailside in dunes
White polypore with bands on top,
White pores,
Pleasant, almost sweet odor,
White UV,
Near sitka spruce
immediately dark red with KOH (photo 4), black spores revealed under the orange upper surface when scratched
maybe a slime mold or lichen? or Corticoid?
shout out to morgan/julien for sending me the spot!
larger specimen (photos 1+2): from stipe base to cap apex: 2.4 cm
cap diameter: 0.4cm
the smaller one: 1.3cm stipe to cap
same location as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198255114 (18 days ago) and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197638529 (25 days ago)
check out those observations for a detailed description of the environment ^
specimen collected
On a sycamore leaf (non-native tree in this area)
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)
Blue/yellow resupinate fungus with round lumps scattered throughout
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct
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
Distinct anise odor. Spores too small to be T. suaveolens. Spores (5) 5.9 - 7.5 (8.2) x (1.7) 1.8 - 2.18 (2.2) µm, Q = 2.9 - 3.6 (3.8), N = 25, Me = 6.6 x 2 µm, Qe = 3.3. Growing on Scotch Broom.
Sames as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194232772 but later
Growing on decorticated wood of elderberry. White, lumpy fuzzy crust.
On street birch
Maybe Salmon Eggs, or Raspberry Slime Mold?
Tentative ID. Toothed crust Basidioradulum radula also a possibility?
Growing on base of decaying stump