Search Results for: Mushrooms of the genus agaricus
growing on hardwood stumps, logs, and standing trees. it is easily recognized by its large size, its colors, the flattened scales on the cap, the black and velvety stem base (present on mature specimens), and its strongly mealy odor. although polyporus squamosus is annual (unlike some of the perennial
, woody-fleshed polypores), its fruiting bodies are quite durable and, given the right conditions, can last for many months. when this happens the mushrooms can look very different, and in fall specimens are sometimes encountered in which the scales have all-but vanished and the caps are essentially...
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saddles: the genus helvella (mushroomexpert.com) major groups > saddles saddles: the genus helvella [ ascomycetes > pezizales > helvellaceae . . . ] by michael kuo the mushrooms in helvella, sometimes called the "elfin saddles," are among my favorites. many of them are stunningly beautiful, and even
those that are not beautiful somehow manage to be interesting. species of helvella have irregular caps that are saddle-shaped, lobed, cuplike, or downright irregular. the caps are not brightly colored, and are usually white, cream, buff, brown, gray, black, or tan. helvella species grow on the ground...
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