is more likely to get hung up on thegenus than the species. once you have placed it in the waxy cap family, it is fairly distinctive: crucial identifying features include the dry, brownish orange to orangish buff cap, and the cream to orangish, distant gills that begin to run down the stem. the young...
when i collected it seven years ago. i took some lousy, half-hearted photos, wrote a minimal description, and preserved it, all the while wondering why i was even bothering. so when i finally studied the thing under the microscope the other day it was quite a surprise when the cap surface was composed...
thegenus capsicum or ofthegenus pimenta , fresh/chilled green chilli other: vegetables, n.e.s., fresh/chilled green pepper vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen other vegetables: vegetables, n.e.s., uncooked/cooked by steaming/boiling in water, frozen terragon other...
the real luis vuitton as opposed to the "luis vuitton" the guy in the parking lot at the leaning tower of pisa wanted to sell you are mostly social and legal. we're talking about the quality of your views ofmushrooms. . . . which probably means, if you're like me, that you can't afford a new microscope...
helps decompose the deadwood of cottonwoods, often appearing on cut surfaces of cottonwood logs. the cap and stem are both shaggy with soft, cottony scales; the gills are narrowly attached to the stem; the spore print is cinnamon brown; and the mushroom is generally robust in stature. hemipholiota populnea...
other brown cups appear in morel season--from disciotis venosa (very closely related to the morels) to cup-like species of gyromitra (in the same genus as the false morels) to other species of peziza--and microscopic analysis may be required to separate these mushrooms with certainty. like other species...
, on casual inspection, like several other white species in thegenus. however, careful observation ofthe gills (which are very crowded), the milk (which is white and does not turn olive to pastel green when it dries), and the cap surface (which does not break up into scaly areas) will eliminate most...
to north america, but it has been introduced to our continent by human activity and can be found in woodchips, compost, greenhouses, and gardens when conditions are right. volvariella volvacea is a robust species for thegenus, featuring a grayish brown cap that is streaked with silky fibrils. the prominent...
may be surprised to hear me say that calostoma cinnabarinum is probably an exception. roger phillips ( / ) calls calostoma cinnabarinum the "stalked puffball-in-aspic," which is a very apt description of this beautifully disgusting fungus, since it sheds gelatinous red chunks that slide down its stem...
has the white spore print , notched gills, medium stature, and other features that define thegenus tricholoma ; it lacks a partial veil , which means there is no ring on the stem; it grows under pines in poor, sandy soil; it has a yellow cap that becomes brownish with age and lacks blackish appressed...