does not fit very well into thegenus cantharellus; mycologists currently place it in its own genus, polyozellus, in the thelephoraceae. polyozellus multiplex is an inhabitant of low, wet spruce and fir forests in northern and montane north america; it usually grows in clusters (which can measure up...
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be mistaken for a member of some other genus; its proportions and oddly disposed veil remnants are not "typical" of amanitas. amanita aprica is found in northern california and the pacific northwest, under douglas-fir and pines. the orange-yellow cap, when young, features a frosty coating of whitish...
verpa), and the cup fungi in thegenus disciotis. under the microscope, these mushrooms all have asci that do not turn blue in iodine, and spores that are smooth, elliptical, and have homogeneous contents. another defining feature ofthe family is the large number of nuclei ( - ) found in morchellaceae...
can be blackened and nearly unrecognizable (as in collybia cirrhata ) or even hidden underground (as in cordyceps ophioglossoides ). for this reason most ofthemushrooms below are also keyed elsewhere at the site, on the basis of their physical features. . mushroom growing out of another mushroom that...
attract the attention of most mushroom hunters. aside from the fact that it smells strongly of cucumbers or fish, it has few easily observed features separating it from dozens (even hundreds) of look-alikes--and it can't even muster up a stable spore print color to help narrow down the possibilities...
nightmare. like other species in thegenus it features a white spore print , attached gills, a nearly flat cap, and a tough stem. unlike the other species, however, melanoleuca verrucipes has prominent dark brown to black scabers all over the stem surface. on our continent the species appears to be...
cap: - cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex to flat, sometimes with a shallow depression; sticky when fresh or wet, but usually dry when collected; very finely velvety; often developing cracks with maturity; scarlet to pinkish red when fresh but often fading to orangish red or peach red; the...
gills that are attached to the stem, often by means of a slight "notch." though species of tricholoma can be found across our continent from spring to fall (and nearly year-round in warm climates), themushrooms tend to like cooler conditions and are most abundant in montane and northern forests, particularly...
not white or whitish--although it does share many ofthe other lepidella hallmarks: a shaggy, "appendiculate" cap margin; a rooting stem base; an odd odor; and amyloid spores. add to these features the small to medium size of amanita onusta and its gray-on-gray cap (its pale gray cap surface is covered...