and slightly larger spores. after summer rains in eastern north america's oak-hickory forests, marasmius capillaris can often be seen fruiting by the thousands, like tiny white flowers blanketing the litter layer. close inspection of the same leaves during dry spells often reveals that the little mushrooms...
has a black to dark grayish brown cap that fades markedly as it dries out, and can reach widths of - cm (which is "large" for an omphalina). it lacks a distinctive odor, and has broadly elliptical spores measuring - x - μ. like other omphalinoid mushrooms, it has a belly-button cap and gills that run...
before a snow storm rolled in. the little black mushrooms could barely be seen, growing six feet from the ground on a standing but dead honey locust behind my house. resupinatus alboniger is similar to the better known resupinatus applicatus, but that species has a tiny pseudo-stem, a slightly fuzzier...
grayish warts , and its distinctive stem base, which forms an elongated bulb and is often ringed by concentric circles of universal veil material. microscopic features also serve to separate the species. amanita salmonescens was originally described from new jersey and south carolina. the illustrated mushrooms...
auriscalpium vulgare is tough and fuzzy, and usually extends from the side of the cap, making the mushroom look like a little periscope sent up from a pine-cone submarine. description: ecology: saprobic on the cones of conifers--especially pines and douglas-fir ; growing alone or gregariously (up to or mushrooms...