NC, Smokies, 20060706
CabinCove, various.

Cladonia cervicornis verticillata [] [voucher]

In rock garden behind house.
GEN cladonia, in rock garden
THAL
prim squam small but not tiny, not v lobed, smooth green ab and white bel, K-
podetia 25mm tall, no granules or soredia or lobules, cortex cracked and broken but not areolate, greyish w whitish cracks, slender and elegant, flaring upward to broad cups, margs of cups spread 45-60deg, proliferating from center to 3 or 4 tiers, margs often wavy, nearby specimens have well-proliferated margs but may be intermediate w various other species in the area
MED white
APO brown dots and lines around marg of cups

Cladina subtenuis [] [voucher]

In rock garden behind house. (Might have brought it in from under powerlines by twayblade trail, but if so, it has thrived here and grown to twice its size.)
GEN cladonia, in full sun on ground
THAL v d intricately b'd podetia, no cortex, silvery greenish, br'ing dichotomous, brs 0.5mm or thinner, tips strictly divergent, K-, KC+ v faint yell?, C-
MED white
ALG green
APO tiny brown dots at ends of tiny thorn-like tips
Much like Cladonia uncialis, but distinctly without cortex. It is extremely likely I picked this up on 20060625 with everything else, but failed to notice the (admittedly conspicuous) lack of cortex.

Mimulus ringens []

In pond; in thicket of sedges but actually in the water.
GEN aquatic herb, tall
ST square, raised cords on ridges, glab
LF alt (at least above), lance, sess, serr, 70x25+0mm, min gland punct ab?, min subsess clear gland on veins bel
INFL solit in upper axils, pedicel to 50mm, glab
SEP 5, join, 20x6mm total, tube 13mm, lobes subulate 4mm, pleated-keeled, sub scab keels, green
PET 5, join, bilat, lilac w hairy brown-spotted yell tongue, v d short clear gland puber inside all petals, 30x25x20mm or so
STAM 4, joined halfway to tube, 2 ab and 2 bel, anth curve inward and touch each other in pairs, glab, ~17mm (including fused part)
ANTH 1.5mm, lt brown
STYLE 4-5mm > stam, 16mm, stigma this odd paper-bag-puppet-like 2 flat-lobed thing, white, v min puber
OV 1, sup, 6x2mm, green, glab, 2 chamb?

thick widely spaced decurrent gilled brown mushroom []

On Jason's path in moss at top of slope descending to Mitchell's/Messer's fork.
GEN med mushroom, under hardwoods, mild pleasant odor
ST abruptly turns solid smooth dk brown below gills, tapers to base, 35x7-11mm, thin white fuzz at base, solid or rotten inside, brittle, not fibrous
CAP 50mm, flat to sl convex, lt brown to dker in ctr and v edge, sl min wrinkled, v min finely scurfy
FLESH 2-5mm, whitish, brittle, firm
GILL whitish, 12mm long, thick, v widely spaced (4mm apart), v decur
SPORE print snow white, colorless, roundish, conspic long narr knob, d but weakly warty, sticking irreg, 8-10x7-9um
If it weren't for the brittle non-fibrous stalk, it would clearly be Laccaria laccata. Otherwise, it could be any of a number of genera in either Russulaceae or Tricholomataceae. Just not finding it in Arora. It is clear to me now that this is a particularly old specimen. I tried to get a section of the gill, but found the hyphae to be broadly ellip, not long (and thus neither divergent, convergent, parallel, nor interwoven).

Russula emetica []

V end of Jason's path; on slope below trail.
ST snow white, smooth
CAP lt yellowish to pinkish, smooth, not striate, mild odor, slowly but deadly acrid
GILL white to sl yellish, unbr
SPORE print whitish to v sl yellish, colorless, v d conspic warty, knobbed, sticking irreg, rounish, 6-8um
Seems not to be as vivid red when young, and not found under conifers like all the others, but the spores seem to be exactly the same size. (Both have a fair number larger than the largest size Arora has listed for R. mairei.) Still not ruling out R. silvicola, but not clear how I'll ever tell look for yellowish tints (as opposed to orange) I guess.

Clitocybe epichysium? []

V end of Jason's path; on slope below trail.
GEN small mushroom, scattered under deep shady hardwood
ST 25x3-4mm, curved at base?, lt brown, faint broad fibrous scales not visible with naked eye, fine white fuzz at base
CAP 30mm, convex to sl sunken ctr, lt mottled brown, min finely scurfy, marg curled under sl
FLESH 1-2mm, watery brownish, soft
GILL v decur, 2 per mm, whitish to v pale brownish, unbr, clean, straight, 1-2mm long
SPORE pale yellish, colorless, smooth to depressed on sides, ellip-oblong, 4-5x2.5um, sticking in irreg retic 3D mass
No description of this species. Not really even sure of the genus just another LBM.

Amanita inaurata []

Top of exploratory trail in hemlocks below jeep road.
GEN tall mushroom, scattered under hemlocks
ST 140x7-12mm, straight, taper to near top, brownish w fine conspic dker brown scurf thinning to top, particularly shaggy near base but it doesn't look like a true volva
CAP 90mm, convex to flat to eventually concave and split at marg, v striate marg, smooth, lt to med brown, v faint umbo sl dker than the rest
FLESH v soft and thin below tougher cortex, brownish
GILL grey-brownish, free, 10mm long, 1-2 per mm, straight, unbr, clean to sl erose
SPORE print white, colorless, smooth, conspic knob, round, somewhat angular or something, 8-10um, sticking in rafts
Looked different, esp w patches washed off by rain, but it clearly keys out, and side-by-side comparison verifies.

Rickenella fibula []

Boggy mossy lawn on jeep road to pond.
GEN minute mushroom, scattered in groups in haircap moss in boggy spot in lawn
ST 35x0.6mm, lt orange, even entire length, puber (yes actually hairy!), white fuzz at v base buried inside moss, wavy at base where moss interfered with its development but straight erect otherwise
CAP 6-7mm, convex, vivid orange fading pale at marg and deep red-orange at ctr, translucent striate, finely puber
FLESH v thin
GILL decur, 2 per mm, unbr maybe but v wavy, pale orangish
SPORE print white, colorless, smooth, ellip-oblong, min knobbed, 5-7x3um

Marasmius siccus-like []

V end of Jason's path; on slope below trail.
GEN small mushroom, a few scattered on hardwood leaf litter
ST 60x1mm, curved erect, smoothish to faintly finely fibrillose, pale reddish yellish at top quickly fading to med orange-brown thence to med brown at base, v d shaggy whitish mycelial matric at base and binding litter together around the base, tough and wiry
CAP 15mm, convex, tan to brownish, wrinkled, smooth
FLESH ext thin
GILL free, brownish, < 1 per mm, unbr, wavy, white spores visible at 30x in 4's
SPORE print snow white, bananas, colorless, smooth, often thicker at one end, stick irreg masses, keeled?, 20-23x6-7.5um
Lincoff and Arora suggest several similar species, suchs as M. fulvoferrugineus and M. pulcherripes, but it definitely is not M. siccus. All of these have large club-shaped spores according to Lincoff. Can't even guess which species without at least a little more info.