Fungi
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| Figure 1: Clitocybe nuda full mushroom |
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| Figure 2: Clitocybe nuda side view with gills attached to stem |
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| Figure 3: Size of Clitocybe nuda |
Name:
Clitocybe nuda
Common
name: Wood Blewit
Family:
Tricholomataceae
Habitat:
Found in the woods, on floor of forest.
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Gills, spores are a dull pink, large cap and thick stalk.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged…2
2b-spore
print no not white or yellow…3
3b-niether
volva or gills present….4
4b-veil
not present and gills are attached….6
6b-no
exuding latex….8
8b-fruiting
body is not rigid…9
9b-stalk
central and lateral, on ground….TRICHOLOMATACEAE
Key to
Genera:
1b-not
growing on other fungi…2
2b-fruiting
body isn’t pinkish or salmon….3
3b-Stalk
present….6
6b-no
underground tuber….7
7b-veil
absent….8
8b-veil
absent again….9
9b-no
bruising of gills or stalk….10
10a-Stalk
is thick….11
11a-found
on ground….12
12b-Gills
close and not thick, dull pink spores….Clitocybe and Allies p. 148
Key to
Species:
1b-
odor is not licorice or aniselike….3
3a-
spores pink….4
4b-stalk
thicker and found in woods….5
5b-spore
dull pinkish….6
6a-gills
pale purple….C. nuda
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Gymnopilus spectabilis cap |
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| Figure 2: Gymnopilus spectabilis underside of cap showing gills |
Name:
Gymnopilus spectabilis
Common
name: Laughing Gym
Habitat:
Growing in hardwood forest, found in clusters
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Not edible due to taste. Yellow in in color, membranous veil and rusty-orange
spores.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged…2
2b-spore
print no not white or yellow, other color….10
10b-spore
print orangish….16
16b-
spore print is not greenish…19
19b-
spore print rusty brown….26
26b-
not growing on other mushrooms……27
27a-gorwing
on wood….28
28b-fruiting
body fleshy….29
29b-gills
are not forked or with cross veins….CORTINARIACEAE
Key
to Genera:
1a-Typically
growing on wood…2
2b-stalk
developed and central…3
3b-spore
print rusty orange and stalk fleshy….Gymnopilus p. 407
Key
to Species:
1b-
cap does not show blue or green shades…3
3b-cap
is smooth…6
6a-cao
medium size….G. Spectabilis
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Cap of Golden Pholiota |
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| Figure 2: Stalk attached to cap of Pholiota limonella |
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| Figure 3: Gills of Pholiota limonella |
Name: Pholiota limonella
Common
name: Golden Pholiota
Family:
Strophariaceae
Habitat:
On fallen down log in forest
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
yellow-orange slime ball, growing on
mostly trees and fallen down logs. Little girls might emerge from the stumps in
older mushrooms. Spore print rusty brown to brown color.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged….2
2b-spore
print another color other than white or yellow….10
10b-
spore print not pinkish in color….16
16b-
spore print not green or olive….19
19a-
spore print blackish….20
20b-
gills not decurrent….21
21b-not
auto-digesting gills or cap…22
22b….Veil
not present….23
23a-
cap brightly colored…. Strophariaceae p. 367
Key
to genera:
1a-
spore print dark brown/ rusty brown…. Pholiota p.384
Key
to Species:
1b-
not growing in ashes…3
3b-
cap is not blue…4
4a-
Growing on wood….5
5b-
Cap is not bright orange…6
6b-
not growing while snow is melting…7
7b-Stalk
skinnier…8
8b-
both cap and stalk not yellowish in features…9
9a-
cap bright yellow to orange…10
10b-
slimy when moist….Pholiota aurivella group and others p. 390
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Camarophyllus virgineus gills and stalk |
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| Figure 2: Camarophyllus virgineus top of cap |
Name:
Camarophyllus virgineus
Common
name: Snowy Waxcap
Family:
Hygrophoraceae
Habitat:
Wood edge found in brambles
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Flesh is white along with spore print.
Not a distinctive odor. Gills are white and fleshy.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged…2
2b-spore
print not yellow…3
3b-niether
volva or gills present….4
4b-veil
not present and gills are attached….6
6b-no
exuding latex….8
8b-fruiting
body is not rigid…9
9a-
Gills soft and clean, cap bright, stalk central….Hygrophoraceae p.103
Key
to genera and species:
1b-
fruiting body is not white…2
2a-fruiting
body pale yellow when fresh….3
3b-stalk
not viscid….7
7b-
cap distinctly conical….10
10b-
not growing in grass….11
11b-odor
mild….12
12b-gill
hyphae not parallel….13
13cap
not viscid….15
15b-not
growing in groups….16
16a-
cap dry and yellowish tinge on fruiting body….Camarophyllus virgineus
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Hypholoma fasciculare size |
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| Figure 2: Hypholoma fasciculare cap and stalk, gills are almost completely degraded |
Name:
Hypholoma fasciculare
Common
name: Sulfer Tuft
Family: Strophariaceae
Habitat:
On dead fallen down log
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Spore print is darkish
purple-black-brown. Cap is almost completely flat/convex. Gills are attached to
stem and stem is thin. Flesh is yellow.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged….2
2b-spore
print another color other than white or yellow….10
10b-
spore print not pinkish in color….16
16b-
spore print not green or olive….19
19a-
spore print blackish….20
20b-
gills not decurrent….21
21b-not
auto-digesting gills or cap…22
22b….Veil
not present….23
23a-
cap brightly colored…. Strophariaceae p. 367
Key
to genera:
1b-Spore
print purple-brown-black….2
2b-no
staining of blue or green….3
3b-not
growing on dung or manure….6
6b-veil
absent….7
7b-cap
whitish….8
8b-cap
not viscid….Namatoloma p. 381
Key
to species:
1b-Cap
not brick-red….2
2b-cap
is not orange or red…3
3b-
fruiting body not fragile….4
4a-grwoing
in clusters on wood…5
5a-gills
yellow….N. fasciculare p. 382
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Russula mariae cap |
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| Figure 2: Russula mariae underside of cap showing gills a |
Name:
Russula mariae
Common
name: Purple-bloom Russula
Family:
Russulaceae
Habitat:
Found on ground under an oak tree.
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Spore print is creamy in color. Purple
cap and almost a completely flat top. Gills are white and creamy colored. Gills
are also connected to stem.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged…2
2a-spore
print white to yellowish…3
3b-neither
volva nor warts present….4
4b-veil
absent….6
6b-gills
platelike….7
7a-stalk
thicker than 3m…Russulaceae p.63
Key
to genera:
1b-Latex
absent…Russula p. 83
Key
to species:
1b-none
of combining characteristics…10
10b-Fruiting
body is not firm or hard…11
11b-
odor is not heavy….12
12b-
cap not red and dark black…13
13b-no
staining gray to ashy or black…17
17b-cap
not bright yellow…18
18b-cap
not whitish…23
23b-taste
mild…32
32b-cap
not dry…34
34b-cap
has greenish tones…38
38a-cap
small and purple…R. mariae p.96
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Cap of Aborted Entalom |
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| Figure 2: Flesh of Entoloma abortivum |
Name:
Entoloma abortivum
Common
name: Aborted Entolom
Family:
Entolomataceae
Habitat:
On fallen down tree
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Steal gray coloration. Gills are attached to stem and cap is usually found
convex/flat. Spore print is pink. Flesh is white.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged….2
2b-spore
print another color other than white or yellow….10
10a-spore
print is pinkish/red…11
11b-volva
typically absent…12
12b-gills
not free…13
13b-odor
is not strong…14
14b-spore
print deeper in color…15
15b-spores
widely distributed…Entolomataceae p.238
Key
to genera:
1b-growing
on wood…2
2b-stalk
present and central….7
7b-gills
not purple…8
8b-
spores not angular…9
9b-cap
and stalk not blue…12
12b-fruiting
body not small or white…13
13b-cap
not hairy…14
14a-stalk
fleshy…15
15b-spore
print deep pinkish coloration…16
16b-cap
is not bell shaped…Entoloma p.242
Key to
species:
1b-cap
not red-brown…2
2a-
cap gray-brown….E. abortivum
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Oudemansiella radicata underside of cap showing gills |
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| Figure 2: Cap of Oudemansiella radicata |
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| Figure 3: Oudemansiella radicata entire mushroom |
Name:
Collybia radicata/Oudemansiella radicata
Common
name: Poached Egg fungus
Family:
Physalacriaceae
Habitat:
Around a stump of a dead tree
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Tall and thin stalks. No stem ring
present on this sample. Gills are white and spore print are cream/yellow
colored.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged….2
2b-spore
print another color other than white or yellow….10
10a-
spore print is pinkish…11
11b-volva
absent….12
12b-gills
are not free….13
13b-odor
is not strong….14
14a-spore
print pinkish…..Tricholomataceae p. 129
Key
to genera:
1b-Not
growing on other mushrooms…2
2b-fruiting
body not pink…3
3b-stalk
present and well developed…6
6b-no
tuber present…7
7b-veil
absent…8
8b-veil
absent…9
9b-gills
and stalks have no bruising…10
10b-stalk
thin…23
23b-not
bell-shaped cap…24
24b-not
translucent-striate cap when moist…25
25b-gills
are not purple…26
26b-not
small cap…27
27a-gills
adnate to decurrent…28
28b-gills
and cap are not pale yellowish color…29
29a-
stalk thin…Maramius, Collybia and Allies p.201
Key
to species:
1b-growing
on ground and wood…5
5b-stalk
lacking side branching…6
6b-not
always growing on other mushrooms…7
7b-not
a short stalk…8
8b-gills
not violet or lilac…10
10b-odor
not like garlic…12
12b-cap
doesn’t have hairs…13
13b-
odor is not fetid…14
14b-
odor is not sweet…16
16b-not
growing in grass…17
17a-stalk
with tapered underground tap root…18
18a-cap
yellowish brown…Oudemansiella radicata
There is an overall need for more close ups and spore prints. I'm guessing the latter wasn't possible because they were all dehydrated, but it is really important to do this right after they are picked for future reference even if not keying them right away.
ReplyDeleteFungi 8- need to see gills since that was used as a distinguishing feature in keying
ReplyDeleteYou could be right on these IDs, but because they are all dehydrated, it makes it much harder, especially since the pics are not close enough. For example golden pholiota is easy to spot and yours does look like it could be the dehydrated version, but when dried, a lot of features that are characteristic of a given genus/species get lost.
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