adirondacks, is listed by kauffman ( , ) as a synonym of cortinarius vibratilis--but contemporary study may well discover that peck's epithet should be applied to one of eastern north america's versions of cortinarius vibratilis. description: ecology: mycorrhizal with hardwoods and with conifers; often found in...
one to recognize; it features a yellow cap, yellow gills, and pinkish rhizomorphs . additionally, it appears in spring (usually during or just after morel season) and is limited to hardwood forests east of the rocky mountains. mating studies by vilgalys and miller ( ) determined that gymnopus subsulphureus...
illustrated here, may or may not be the same. description: ecology: precise ecological role uncertain (see lodge and collaborators, ); growing scattered or gregariously under hardwoods or conifers; summer; north american distribution uncertain (it is reported from québec, north carolina, and minnesota in...
are superficially similar. this mushroom previously went under the name laccaria amethystina , but was separated on the basis of its darker cap color, larger size, and spore morphology. its range is limited to the west (under conifers), while laccaria amethystina appears east of the rocky mountains in...
with spruces; its cap is usually more zonate and more brown, and its spores are slightly smaller. lactarius deterrimus can be found throughout europe, wherever spruces occur. description: ecology: mycorrhizal with spruces; growing alone, scattered, or gregariously; summer and fall; widely distributed in...
other defining features include the cap's olive reaction to koh, the lack of a distinctive odor, and microscopic features. lactarius nitidus burlingham is a synonym. description: ecology: mycorrhizal with pines (species of pinus) and possibly with other conifers; summer and fall; widely distributed in...
earlei might be fairly characterized as the opposite: a russula that looks like a hygrophorus. its waxy-textured cap, along with its thick and distantly spaced gills, are not typical for the genus--but once you have determined it's a russula, russula earlei is easily identified, since nothing else (in...
dull orangish. iron salts on stem surface negative. spore print : creamy to pale yellow. microscopic features : spores - x - μ; broadly elliptical or nearly round; with warts up to μ high, connecting lines present but scattered, only occasionally forming a partial reticulum. pleurocystidia positive in...
probable synonyms for amanita ceciliae. description: ecology: mycorrhizal with hardwoods and conifers; growing alone, scattered, or gregariously; summer and fall; widely distributed, as a species group, east of the rocky mountains. cap: - cm; convex, expanding to planoconvex or flat; brown; often darker in...