has pseudohydnum gelatinosum in his mouth, since this mushroom looks for all the world like a tiny, gelatinous tongue in need of a shave; its underside is covered with tiny spines. it is a jelly fungus that looks like a toothed mushroom , found on conifer wood or on woody debris in conifer forests. two...
elsewhere, due to the environmental and climatic conditions in italy products of tradition italian the whole production of canned tomatoes is treated with particular care during all stages of production and processing: starting from the preparation of the land in fall to prepare to accommodate the spring sowing...
ganoderma lobatum on the deadwood of hardwoods east of the rocky mountains and in the southwestern states. description: ecology: saprobic ; growing alone or gregariously on decaying logs and stumps of various hardwoods; causing a white rot ; annual or perennial, lasting for – years; widely distributed...
collecting, documenting, and preserving heliocybe sulcata for study; his collection is deposited in the herbarium of michael kuo . description: ecology: saprobic on the well-decayed wood of hardwoods (especially quaking aspen ); causing a brown rot ; growing alone or in small groups; summer and fall...
orange or, more commonly, yellow, and appears in summer and fall. a red version of the species, hygrocybe glutinipes var. ruber, is also common in europe--and it has been recorded in north carolina by hygrocybe expert jean lodge. thanks to ron petersen and the university of tennessee fungal herbarium for...
, west of the rocky mountains (for a similar species east of the rockies, see laccaria amethystina ). when young, laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis is easily recognized by its deep purple cap, thick purple gills, and its long, shaggy to grooved stem. it has a white spore print , which helps to separate...
a lactarius ; hesler and smith ( ) named the species for its frequently caespitose growth. distinguishing features include the sticky, medium-sized, drab brown cap, and the acrid taste. description: ecology: mycorrhizal with conifers--primarily with engelmann spruce and subalpine fir ; growing alone...
hardwood forests in eastern north america. while it occasionally grows in clusters it is more likely to grow alone or with a few others nearby. the long, straight stem and the large, yellow cap (which is usually not bell-shaped and which begins to curl upwards with maturity) are good field characters for...
a somewhat similar species in eastern north america, see amanita species . thanks to university of california herbarium for facilitating my study of the collection cited below. description: ecology: mycorrhizal with conifers (especially bishop pine and douglas-fir ), and sometimes reported under coast...