day it was discovered. at issue is its placement relative to other groups of fungi. it has funky, interesting basidia (the prong-like structures on which spores are borne) that seem to be a combination of two well-established types. jelly fungi develop divided basidia, while othermushrooms that bear...
from the stem. it grows on or near the deadwood of hardwoods, and it is fairly easily distinguished from other species in thegenus on the basis of its somewhat velvety yellowish cap, which usually features a brownish center, at least when young. it has a rather long stem, for a pluteus, and it tends...
glue them together. suspend all the tubes from a board, so they hang downward--then wait for the seeds fall out. somewhere along the long line of natural history, the boletes decided that this would be the most successful way to survive. their caps look like the caps ofthe gilled mushrooms (a group...
. deconica argentina, like its better-known cousin deconica coprophila, is "coprophilous," meaning it pops up in piles of dung—usually the dung of horses or cows. mmmm, mmmm, mmmm. if you know these mushrooms, you really know your $#!...