NC, Smokies, 20060718
CabinCove, clearcut and TT, various.
Coreopsis major []
All over the place in full flower. Why aren't there any on ours?
Eutrochium purpureum purpureum []
| | LF | | in whorls of 3, 135x45+20mm, acum-acute, wedge to sl atten ("acum") base, v coarsely biserr, 1-2-veins v r bel and d hispid, v sp hispid ab, feels conspic rough bel |
Either
E. maculatum or
E. purpureum, probably latter because of subdued stature
compared to the enormous
E. fistulosum or
E. maculatum! Also
RA&B claims the petioles of
E. maculatum are "obscured by decurrent blade", which this specimen def is not. I'm using
Weakley's taxonomy. (It doesn't distinguish between the two species given my data, either.)
Euphorbia corollata []
All over the place in full beautiful flower.
Boletus fagicola []
On upper logging road.
| | GEN | | med-large mushroom, on old road in mixed forest, bolete, mild odor |
| | ST | | pale, sl streaked or patterend w fine brown lines but smooth, 60x20mm or so (guessing given fragment I took) |
| | CAP | | 100mm, convex, dry, smooth, not tacky or slick, lt to med brown, min wrinkled, even color, sl shiny, white fuzz near base |
| | FLESH | | pale, 10-15mm thick, firm, spongy, dry, toughish, blueing at first but fading back to pale later |
| | PORE | | 10-12mm long, dk yellish brown, 2-2.5 per mm, blueing conspic at first but fading, adnate to v sl decur |
| | SPORE | | print buff, 10-12.5x2.5-3.5um, narr football, faint brownish, smooth, 1 cell, few large bubbles inside or something, sticking dry rafts to masses |
Keys to this group in
Arora, but no description. Could also be
B. vermiculosus et al if the pores are redder than I think they are.
Leptonia zanthophylla? []
Bottom of TT, under hemlocks; handsome fungus!
| | GEN | | small-med mushroom, under conifers |
| | ST | | 60x10-12mm, sl thicker bel, same colors present w d coating of black fibrillose esp bel but much less on top (allowing yells and oranges to show through), colored like gills at v top, brittle, hollow, flesh pallid but staining black |
| | CAP | | 35mm, conic, dry, d shiny black fibrillose over red or orange base, marg curled under and sl ragged |
| | FLESH | | 2mm, greyish yellowish orangish blackish (take your pick!) |
| | GILL | | pale w orange and yell (conspic) near outside and marg, staining black, thick and waxy, marg sl erose, contorted but could be around 1 per mm, adnexed |
| | SPORE | | print lilac? (pale at any rate), oblong, smooth, sl constricted, sticks wetly, v weakly textured like frosted glass, 10-12.5x5um |
Tried to make it a
Hygrophorus conicus for the longest time, but upon seeing an
Entolomataceae on
20060724 it became clear this must be some sort of
Leptonia.
Suillus americanus []
Under eastern white pine by cabin.
| | GEN | | med mushroom, in ring under eastern white pine, bolete |
| | ST | | 50x7-10mm, vivid yell w conspic red gland splotches and spots, white fuzz at base, curved up, thicker bel, solid, dker reddish brown inside, firm and tough but snapping pretty cleanly |
| | CAP | | 55mm, flat to sl convex to v sl umbo, vivid pale yell, tacky, shiny, smooth, conspic tiny deep red gland spotted, v marg turned up a bit |
| | FLESH | | 5-10mm, pale yell, bruising sl brownish at margs, not fragile, firm, soft |
| | PORE | | 1.5-2 per mm but often elongated radially and lined up in radiating rows, to 1.2mm at longest, 5mm long, irreg-shaped, golden ochre brownish, sl decur |
| | SPORE | | print beige-buff, 9-12x3-4.5um, football, faint brownish, smooth, 1 cell, sticking irreg dry, ends acutish |
More photos:
Laetiporus sulphureus []
Spathularia velutipes []
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