Marasmius sullivantii
Little brown mushroom growing next to a decomposed log. Small brown cap with long brown stem. Appeared after a fall shower.
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Marasmius sullivantii
Type: GilledCollection date: 09/30/2008
Name: Marasmius sullivantii
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Description: This is little brown gilled mushroom with a brown stem whitish towards the top darkening as it goes down. The stem is much longer than the cap is wide. It grows on hardwood leaf litter.
Edibility: Unknown
Color: Brown
Size: Less than 5cm
Cap type: Convex
Gills: Free
Stem type: Equal
Flesh: white
Texture: Flesh granular or brittle
Veil: none
Ring: none
Volva: none
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Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on the ground
Habitat3: humus Oak Beech Hickory
Russula paludosa
I have been seeing this mushroom in partially eaten states for at least two maybe three weeks. This is the first whole specimen I have found. This is a small one, usually they are bigger and grown in leaf matter. Russula are characterized by the stems being about the same length as the diameter of the cap and the stem breaking like chalk. The flesh is sort of brittle and breaks easily. To find them intact around here you have to spot them before they get above the leaves.
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Russula paludosa
Type: RussulaCollection date: 09/30/2008
Name: Russula paludosa
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Description: I have been seeing these mushrooms for at least two weeks, but they are always eaten on or destroyed. It is a red topped russula whith white gills and stem.
Edibility: Inedible
Color: Red, Redish, Pink
Size: 5 to 15cm
Cap type: Convex to Plane
Gills: Running Down Stalk
Stem type: Equal
Flesh: White dry non-staining
Texture: Flesh granular or brittle
Veil: none
Ring: none
Volva: none
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Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on the ground
Habitat3: humus Well Rotted Beech Oak Maple Sasaf
Amanita bisporigera
I have been keeping my eye out for this mushroom for a long time and finally found it: the Destroying Angel. It is one of the most deadly mushrooms to be found. The little mushroom pictured could kill a normal adult. It is pure white with a smooth top, white gills, white bulbous stem with ring and volva. It also has as rather foul smell. If you collect mushrooms to eat you should be familiar with this one and its cousin the Death Cap.
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Amanita bisporigera
Type: MorelCollection date: 09/30/2008
Name: Amanita bisporigera
Common Name: The Destroying Angel
Description: This all white mushroom, identified also as Amanita virosa is one of the most deadly mushrooms. It has a smooth white cap, white gills, a bulbous stem with ring and volva. The spore print is white. It has a foul smell, reminded me of ants.
Edibility: Deadly
Color: White to Cream
Size: 5 to 15cm
Cap type: Convex
Gills: Free/Barely Attached
Stem type: Bulbous
Flesh: white non-discoloring
Texture:
Veil: partial-persistent
Ring: collarlike
Volva: saclike
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Spore color: White,cream,yellowish
Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on the ground
Habitat3: humus
Armillaria gallica (2)
When I first saw this mushroom I thought it was red potatoes sticking out of the root ball. But it wasn’t and I am not sure what it is. I have now decided that it is the normal Honey Mushrooms growing around here. As it matured the hairy center of the cap and coloring matched the earlier specimens I had found. I picked and cooked a batch tonight and the cooked up and tasted the same also. The red coloring when they were young fooled me.
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Armillaria gallica (2nd variety)
Type: Unknown and OddballsCollection date: 09/27/2008
Name: Armillaria gallica (2nd variety)
Common Name: Honey Mushrooms
Description: Brown Mushroom with white flesh growing on the root ball of a Shagbark hickory on the wood. 5 - 10 cm wide stem about as long as cap is wide. Cap convex shaped. Smell very mushroomy. Stem swollen at end. Gills attached to stem.
Edibility:
Color: Brown
Size: 5 to 15cm
Cap type: Convex
Gills: Broadly Attached
Stem type: Tapering Upward
Flesh: white non-discoloring
Texture: Flesh fibrous
Veil: partial-persistent
Ring: membranous
Volva: none
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Spore color: White,cream,yellowish
Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on wood
Habitat3: Hickory
Xerula radicata (Oudemansiella radicata)
I have been watching these mushrooms come and go for at least two weeks, but I have never found a good, unchewed on specimen. I finally gave up and just collected these and studied them. They have been growing on and off around an old beech stump. It is notable for its long tap root.
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Xerula radicata (Oudemansiella radicata)
Type: GilledCollection date: 09/28/2008
Name: Xerula radicata (Oudemansiella radicata)
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Description: I have observed this mushroom growing around a beech stump for 2 or 3 weeks. I have been waiting for a good specimen – something likes it and eats it as soon as it comes up. It is a tall brown mushroom. The gills are white and widely spaced. The cap looks wet and glistening. The stem is very long and woody, there is a long tap root.
Edibility: Edible/inedible depends on who you ask
Color: Brown
Size: 5 to 15cm
Cap type: Convex
Gills: Notched Attachment to no attachment
Stem type: Tapering Upward
Flesh: white
Texture: Flesh fibrous
Veil: none
Ring: none
Volva: none
Mycelium:
Spore color: White,cream,yellowish
Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on the ground attached to wood
Habitat3: Well Rotted Beech