Fruiting form horse manure in a grass horse field.
Voucher IPL3014
Ground under conifers. Veil present, with a membranous ring . Cap and stem fragile.
Caps under 3.5 cms. Veil towards the center of the cap, not the margin.
Their small size, and their Spring season, points to Psathyrella ellenae.
The added microscopy, is a little confusing since some of the described characters by Smith, sometimes are present, or mixed between the species variations, and perhaps also some characteristics of Psathyrella longistriata.:
Spores brown, elliptic, inequilateral, germ pore present but not evident, not clearly truncated, (8-8.7) x (4.4-4.8); Pleurocystidia ventricose with obtuse apex 50x13.5, ( upside down at times it would appear pointed); cheilocystidia present, vesiculate (Inflated), (28-30) x (11-14). I didn't see a reaction to KOH from this cystidia.
Mild earthy smell and interesting spicy taste I can't place?
UV lighter irl. Under Salix in deep duff. Abco nearby. Fetid sweat smell
A-3049
Collector: Cara Coulter
Spore Sizes:
(8.5)8.5-12.5 x (3.5)2.86-4.32 µm
38 spores measures from mature fresh specimen.
Specimen:
3.5cm to 2cm in length
Cap Size: .4-.6cm
Coloration:
Cream colored cap with gradual transition about halfway down the stipe to a darkened brown foot
Specimen found growing on log that was submerged in water. Half of the specimen's stipe was under water.
Habitat: Inundated sphagnum area with a mix of Hemlock, Birch, Maple and Rhododendron
UV lighter irl. Under Salix in deep duff. Abco nearby. Fetid sweat smell
These 3 fruitings were quite far apart and on different ridges which is why I felt they warranted separate observations.
Emerging from crack in large log of fallen conifer, possibly Jeffrey pine. Log is charred farther down, but not in the immediate area where the mushroom is growing.
Cap dry, reddish honey-brown with white patches. Persistent white cortina. Young gills tan. Stipe yellowish bone color. Caespitose.
KOH red
FDS-CA-00741
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on edge of Pinus radiata wood chip pile
Pileus flat to depressed, velutinous, brown with faint concentric rings. Lamellae bright orange, crowded and ruffled in come specimens. Flesh very soft and delicate
Smell slightly funky, off-putting, like sewage
Taste indistinct
Bleaching KOH on cap
Found in mixed conifer (Douglas fir) and deciduous (Black cottonwood) forest.
Depressed area in a mostly douglas fir forest, mossy with many decaying logs and conifer duff.
Found on the above ground roots of a black cottonwood right beside the creek.
Pileus: 1.4-2.2 cm wide, white staining reddish brown, convex, granulose, margin appendiculate and incurved
Lamellae: white, free, close, irregularly lamellulate
Stipe: 3.5-4 cm tall, 3-4 mm wide, white near apex changing to light reddish brown toward base, granular, terete, equal, flexuous, hollow
Odor: insignificant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: scattered
Substrate: hardwood and conifer duff
Habitat: mixed conifer/hardwood forest dominated by Pseudotsuga menziesii and Acer macrophyllum
Elevation: 296 m
Found growing under a bramble of Rubus ursinus next to a dead standing lower trunk of a tree, presumably Umbellularia californica. There appeared to be lots of rotting wood in the duff.