Half buried; under nut tree; edge of creek. Five units. Thick exoperidium and inside is marbled and with chambers. Fine pyramids on exoperidium. Smells of something edible. 1.2 -1.5 cm in diameter. They were connected to roots and with soil attached to them. Spores: round and ornamented: 24-49 um in diameter. Capillitium thin: 1.2-2.4 um. Second photo in situ and first photo after being cleaned. Park.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493537/
Hypogeous, few cm under the ground, attacked by Tolypocladium ophioglossoides and connected by yellow golden threads. 1.8 cm wide. Spores matured to a brown tone and from 20.9-27 um. There was a clear capillitium with septa. At the base of a huge deciduous tree. The outside skin was woody and tough to cut. It has a nice edible fungus smell, mixed with spices. The truffle had several thin cordons on the outer surface. Ornamentation outside is made of tip but not like pyramids as I saw on another truffle. The photos 2,3 and 4 don't show the right color which is more towards yellow than orange. Last photo shows the tuber in situ with its parasites. Park.
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Mar. 5, 2018.
Truffle measured about 23 mm by 25 mm and was found with snake tongues.
It was growing underground under Tsuga canadensis. The largest 2.7cm.
Spores dark brown, globose, measured
*(28.6) 29.9 - 33.1 (33.5) µm
N = 31
Me = 31.3 µm
Does anyone have an idea what this might be?
Giant fruit next to creek in coniferous forest
9500’ elevation
Average spore size is 24 x 10 microns. Biguttulate, smooth.
Paraphyses slightly clavate, no granular contents and branched at the base.
A very dense Hydnotrya, with a powerful aroma that is generally pleasant but difficult to pinpoint. Combination of sweet and savory, notes of soy sauce. Under pine and fir, soil very dry.
Conifer Log. Average spore size is 42 x 15 microns. Smooth to slightly roughened with one large and two small oil drops when mature.
Paraphyses clavate, septate, filled with colored granules that are released when you make a squash mount.
The above photos are of immature specimens. Luckily, there was a remnant of an old fruit body further down the log.
Not a clear DNA ITS match.
Found this at 2600 ft elevation in a disturbed forest, Douglas fir/hemlock forest. These were growing everywhere in the CAT tracks.
entire specimen 10cm tall
6cm reddish brown, brain-like head
stipe 55 mm long, bulbous base (30mm wide) and apex (15mm wide), blushing pink on creamy white stipe.
abhymenium same color as stipe
stipe stuffed cottony mater
inrolled margin, attached to stipe in some places
Head turns black in age.
flesh 4mm thick
Microscopy:
smooth, hyline, elliptical spores, with two guttules at each end, 10x23um
Found on a rotting log in soil in a clearing in a Douglas-fir mixed forest. 2600 ft elevation
Dark reddish/black cup fungi
26mm wide
rudimentary stipe, but there are long mycelia hairs, that look like roots coming off the stipe.
flesh brown, 1mm thick
This was rubbery and not brittle or fragile.
No distinct smell
Did not taste.
Microscopy:
I did not find may spores, but the ones I did seemed to be smooth, with gutules, and tapered at both ends. Measured 10x28um
Found just outside a patch of melting snow at 2900 ft elevation. In a mixed Hemlock forest. I found 4 specimens in different ages in the gravel roadside, in soil within about a foot of each other.
40mm wide cup fungi
5 mm thick flesh/creamy white
hymenium: medium relish brown tones
Abhymenium: creamy white/translucent
rudimentary stipe
Was brittle and fragile.
Did not bruise or stain.
Did not taste due to the potential poisonous nature of Gyromitra.
Smell: indistinct
Microscopy:
I think these specimens were still very young. I was not able to see any asci with spores inside. I do think I saw asci, but they just had granules of matter in them. I did find some immature spores, but they had not fully developed (see photos).
I measured the immature spores at 10x23um, they were smooth, and appears to be developing 2 guttules.