VA, Appalachians, 20060730
Shenandoah Mt, many of everything.

Photos

This is from a walk along the ridgetop fireroad at the top of Little Dry River Road near the jct down to the field then back.

Arctium minus

Verbascum thapsus

Lycoperdon americanum []

GEN puffball, grassy roadside, solit, no root
FL solid, soft, white
CAP pear-shaped, 20mm, clusts of 1.8-1.9mm brown spines joined, leaving pocks, whitish beneath

Hydnum imbricatum []

GEN mushroom, mossy roadbank, clust, v distinctive pleasant odor
ST 20x13mm, lt brown, dirty-scurfy, hollow ab, dk inside at base under white skin, brittle but tough, not fibrous at all
CAP 80+mm, irreg, convex, lt brown w d conspic 2-3mm brown-black upturned scales
FLESH pallid, brittle, granular, firm
GILL teeth, v reg, 1.5mm, pale tan-whitish, peels in solid layer from flesh, 4 per mm
SPORE print lt brownish, colorless, ~6-7mm, round, but very angular tubercled
If the spore print were white it would (possibly) be Bankera carnosa, but for whatever reason I have a hell of a time getting a spore print from these darned mushrooms.

Cortinarius corrugatus []

GEN med mushroom, under hemlock, in ring-like cluster, acrid unpleasant odor!
ST 120x11-20mm, bulb base, yellish tannish, finely sp scurfy-fibrillose, striate, shiny, brittle, fibrous, no bend, watery tan flesh
CAP dry to shiny, smooth to quite corrugated, yell to reddish brown or tan, sl broad umbo, 70mm, skin tough
FLESH 2-3mm, pallid, brittle, granular
GILL 9mm, sordid brown, sl decur, finely mottled brown, 1 per mm or so, finely ragged edge, corrugated
SPORE print cin-brown, 10-12.5x6-7.5um, lt brown, ov, acutish at one end, finely but conspic textured, dry towering masses

$Young one, side view. Red \$

Amanita rubescens []

GEN large mushroom, 2-3 scattered, in sand on roadside
ST 90x10-12, bulb, skirt ab 60% creamy and fragile, reddish brown fibrils, snaps, solid, tough, no bend, white core
FL 2-3mm, bruising, brittle
CAP huge, flat-convex, smooth dull-shiny, tan skin fading to marg w lots of 2-3mm lter patches scattered discrete, finely striate marg, skin stretchy tough, patches scurfy-cottony
GILL 8-9mm, creamy w brown tinge in age, ~2 per mm, straight, clean, unbr, free to notched
SPORE print white, colorless, ellip-oblong, irreg, conspic small-off-ctr knobbed, smooth, 1-cell, wet towering masses, 7.5-9x5-7um

Lactarius gerardii []

GEN sm-med mushroom, moss, solit
ST 40x13mm, dk brown, min velvety, taper at base to whitish bloom tip, hollow, whitish inside
CAP 50mm, convex to depress, irreg-scallop, rich med-brown, lter ctr, min velvety-granular, sl cracked in age
FLESH 4mm, off white, brittle, granular
GILL creamy,v distant (2-4mm appart), unbr, decur, copious white latex (unchanging), 4mm long
SPORE ?

Amanita

(took picture of it the first day)

Cladina

GEN white, 3-5 (avg 3-4) branched, open axils, smooth cont white stereome, black min tips, brownish near tips

Cladonia

GEN w cortex, v br'd (2-3-4 times), patchy lt green and white, no powder etc, axils gaping, smooth white cont stereome, dk brownish tips, K+ faint yell, KC+ gold

Cladonia

GEN less br'd, tall, thick, v d covered w v fine flat well-div lobulesm no cortex, brownish smooth cont stereome, cup-like expansions in axils, dk brown min pycnidia at tips, K-, KC+ gold

Elymus hystrix hystrix []

GEN tall grass, roadside, scattered
LF alt well up stem, flat, pub bel, min scaber marg, 10mm wide, conspic aurs, tiny smooth-erose rounded-trunc ligule, open smooth sheath
INFL big term spike, 100x25mm w/o awns, 2 per node, spread 90deg, rachis flat & grooved & smooth, internode 7mm, marg scab, pedicels?
STAM 3.5mm, yell, conspic
SPKLT 12x1.5mm, sl dors comp, no glumes (fringe of hairs?), awns 20-40mm & straight
lem 9-11mm, smooth, 3 veins
pal eq lemma, 2 veins

Castanea dentata []

Huge tree 7-8" diameter w well-cracked bark. In full flower. End of side-road to those two houses near Sand Spg. on blueberry ridge.

Prunus alleghaniensis []

GEN tree
TWIG glab
BARK fissured, grey
LF alt, ov, acutish, rounded-trunc, 100% serr ~2mm dist, teeth < 1mm long but v sharp, pin veins, glab, sl lter bel, no glands, 50-55x35-40+15mm
INFL axil rac, 5+ fls per rac, pedicel to 20mm
SEP 2.5mm long, glab
OV !, inf

Penstemon australis []

GEN flower, steep gravelly roadbank, sev sts from base
LF opp, oblance, wavy dist dent, v v sp pub ab, sp pub bel esp veins, atten-clasp
INFL thyrse, v d gland pub (clear), pedicels ~4mm, bracts v reduced
SEP 5, 3-5mm (fl-fr), ov join base, gland pub, tips spread
PET bilat, 5 lobes, join, base 7x2.5mm, throat 9x6mm, lobes spread-straight fanned, tot 19-20mm, lobes 3-4mm
STAM 4+1, staminode golden, ~excl & v d tangled hairy, front anth glab U-shaped & brown & incl
STYLE 1, incl, eq stam
FR 6mm, glab
SEED to 1.5mm, textured, glab

Melampyrum lineare []

GEN peren herb, well-br'd, roadside and dry forest floor
ST d pap to septate scab/hairy
LF opp, lance, narr, acute, round, min scab, 2-5x7-8+3mm
INFL d rac, bracteate, pedicel < 1mm, internode ~6mm, bracts lf-like but w pectinate marg near base
SEP 4-lobed, tube 1.5-2mm, lobes sharp dent & appress & ~2mm, min scaber
PET 10mm, white to yell at tip, spread, min scaber outside, white hairy inside near tip
STAM 4, fused most of len, glab, white
ANTH basally white hairy, joined
OV 1, sup
STYLE ?
FR crescent, v lat comp, 7.5x3.5mm, green, min scaber
SEED 4 in 2 chambs, 3x1.5mm, lt-bulb-shaped, smooth, white

Stenanthium gramineum []

GEN herb, dry open forest floor
LF grass-like, few reduced caul
INFL narr to spread rac, pedicel 1mm, bracts 2.2mm & scar/brown
TEP 6, white, join at base, ~5x1mm, spread to bell=shape, all eq
STAM 6, white, ~2mm
ANTH tiny blackish disks
OV 1, inf?
STYLE 3

Allium cernuum []

GEN onion, sandy-gravelly road bank and dry open forest floor esp near roads, mild odor
LF grass-like, strongly channeled, 5mm wide
INFL nod, pedicels to 20mm, erect in bud, glab
TEP 6, 5x3mm, ov, purplish-lilac to sl reddish, ascend, fade wh and papery
STAM 6, v excl, anth yell
FR roundish, 3-lobed, green, glab, ~5mm, each lobe w 2 (sl notched) teeth on either side
SEED shiny smooth white, 3x2mm, oblongish

Hypericum perforatum []

GEN herb, tallish
LF opp, lance-oblong, round both ends, glab, 125x5+0mm, 3-4 alt pin curving parallel veins, conspic wh punct (esp bractlets), veins r bel
INFL lfy pan w reg dichot brs, pedicels to 8mm, glab
SEP 5, 5x1mm, glab, lin, spread, v acute, ~separate
PET 5, yell, free, showy, spread, ~9x6mm, conspic black dots along marg (vein ends?)
STAM many (much > 25), 7mm, yell, 3 fascicles
OV 1, sup, glab, ~1-2mm, ov-ell
STYLE 3, diverge, yell, thickish bel, red min strawberry-like tips
FR glab, ell-3-tooth, 4x2.5mm ell, long-grooved (shallow but lots)
SEED many, white, 1x0.5mm, min rugose, oblong

Lobelia inflata []

FR ell-obov, 11x6-7mm, inflated (wrinkly and v soft), glab

Sedum glaucophyllum []

GEN herb
LF alt, basal, 10x40x1mm, spat, obtuse, d rosette, 20-25mm, wide, bluish-green glauc
INFL pair of term cymes
SEP 4
PET ?
FR 4, sep, spread 90deg

Eupatorium maculatum []

ST purp-spotted w solid purp nodes
LF 4's
INFL ~sp, nodding, whitish

Fagopyrum esculentum []

GEN herb, sprawl vine-like to ascend
LF hastate, glab, cord, 20x20+?mm, acute
INFL axil and term corymb, ped ~2mm & winged
TEP 5, whitish, ~3mm, v keeled
STAM 8, flat, white, curved up
OV 1, sup, v 3-angled, ov

Polygonum aviculare []

GEN bushy herb, small, roadside, sandy-gravelly slope
LF alt (always opp br), oblance, obtuse, 7x2+0mm, glab
STIP 2, scar, delt, lin
INFL 1 per axil, sess?
SEP ~free, 5, ov, blunt, 1x0.8mm, glab, greenish, tiny purp gland on tips
PET none
STAM 5, opp sep, ~1mm, anthers brown/reddish 0.5mm, att in fleshy recept around ov
OV 1, sup?, tiny, v min rugose-pap, oblique, 1 chamb, 1 seed, ov

Polygonum erectum []

Arg. I have this in a picture side-by-side with P. aviculare above, but I can't find my notes for it anywhere.

Eupatorium rugosum []

GEN tall herb, roadside, no glands
LF opp, ov, trunc to cord, acum, v deeply serr, 80-90x50-70+25mm, shiny bel w v r 1-4-veins
INFL sev d small corymb
PHYL 1 row, 5x1mm, ov appress, glab
RECEPT flat, narr, naked
RAY none
DISC white, 20+
PAP cap brs, white, finely ant scaber, ~4mm

Carduus acanthoides []

GEN tall spiny herb, in thick stands along roadside
LF long decur, narr-lin, pin tooth, teeth evil spined, red grad(?) ab
INFL lots, scattered
PHYL 15x20mm, all but innermost spined, spines spread to reflex ~2mm, < 1.5mm wide (most < 1mm), glab
RECEPT sl convex, naked
RAY none
DISC red-purp (pastel), constrict between corollas and invol
PAP cap bs, barbellate, 12-13mm, many, white

Gaultheria procumbens []

GEN tiny herb
LF alt, dk green evergreen, ellip, serr, shiny, short red petiole
INFL few, axils, pedicel 5mm & sp curly hairy, pend fls, 2 scale-like white bracteoles at base of sep
SEP 5, join, white, 1x2mm, ov
PET 5, urn, 9x6mm, mouth 3mm, lobes reflex ~1mm or less, white, waxy, slippery
STAM 10, 3mm, white v d long shaggy-hairy, curve up, thickish
ANTH 1.5mm, brownish, apic pore, each lobe w ~long awns spreading out (v cool see pix!), v incl
STYLE 1, simple, wet tip, white, glab

Houstonia tenuifolia []

LF 20x2mm, lin, glab
INFL leafy, much-br'd pan/cyme
PET white fading lilac, 10mm long limb 7mm wide, lobes 4x2mm ov

Asclepias tuberosa []

In fields in WV on approach to these mountains.
PET vivid orange-red

Campanula divaricata []

GEN herb, field
LF alt, ov, deeply dist toothed 50-75%, acum, wedge, glab, 35x15+0mm
INFL cyme/pan, loose, pedicels 8mm, fls pend, brs spread-ascend
SEP 5, join, base 3x2.5mm, obconic, glab, lobes v sl spread, 1.8x0.8mm, lin-subulate
PET bell, blue, 5, 6x7mm, (bell only 5mm wide), lobesw curled back in tight roll
STAM 5, incl, arch to touch style at 50%, white fibriate-hairy and white below where it touches style, normal white glab narrow threadlike and spread ab that
ANTH yell, touhc the sinuses, 2mm
OV 1, sup, etc
STYLE excl ~5-6mm, 3 tiny lobes at tip, purp, glab, thickish

Anaphalis margaritacea []

GEN clump peren herb, br'd ab
LF alt, lin-oblance, v sp lanose ab, 55x8+0mm, d whitish lanose bel, ??? gold min gland-pub both sides (sp ab)
INFL tight clust at top and br ends
PHYL imbr, scar, invol 4x2mm ov, in wool

Erigeron strigosus []

GEN subshrub, broom-like, all green, v tough
ST winged/angular, d strig on angles
LF alt, ascend, oblong-lance, 18x6+0mm or more, obtuse, apic, wedge, strig marg, v min sp puber ab and bel
INFL sev at end, peduncles short
PHYL 2+ subeq rows, acute, scar marg, sp strig keel, 4-5x1mm, invol dish 8mm wide
RECEPT v convex, naked
RAY many, white, v narr, 6x0.5mm, female or ster
DISC many, yell, flat, male or bisex
OV min puber, prism, whitish, 0.5mm
PAP cap brs, clear??, 2mm

Dianthus armeria []

GEN tall clust peren herb, in field
LF opp, appress, lin, taper to acute tip, 40x2+0mm, sheath 2.5-3mm, d short c??? hairy
INFL d erect clust at br stip, sev imbr bracts in grass-spklt-like affair
SEP 5, join, tube 11x1.8mm, lobes 5x1mm & v sharp & appress, ~25 veins (v clear), d soft appress pubesc, narr reddish marg on lobes
PET 5, free, 19x2.5mm, claw ~1mm wide, dingy pink-red "limb" w strig inside & dker red marking inside, claw greenish glab
STAM 10, 15mm, glab, incl
OV 5x1mm, glab
STYLE 2?, 6mm, glab, v incl

Medicago lupulina []

GEN herb
LF alt, well-spaced, pin
lflt 3, obov, min serr ab, 10x7+0.5mm, silky strig both sides
rachis 2.5mm & grooved & strig, petiole 1.5mm, grooved & strig
STIP delt, aur, wavy, 4x1.8mm, strig
INFL d rac in axils, peduncle 20mm, oblong, 10x5mm in fr, 4x5mm in fl
SEP 5, join, tube 0.8mm, lobe 0.8mm, strig, subulate
PET pea, yell, 2mm long
FR round, 2.5x2x1mm, d clear gland bristly, wrinkly veins

Lotus corniculatus []

GEN prostrate/trailing herb
LFLT 5, pin, 19x11+0.5mm, oblance, basal pair widely ov, glab, nearly sess
STIP tiny gland-like bumps
INFL on long peduncle w 5-lflt bract just bel umbel of 5+ fls
SEP 5, join, tube 3.5mm, lobes 3mm, glab, subulate
PET pea, v yell, 13mm long, ban 8x8mm & 90deg
STAM 1 + 9, 5 > 5, 5 larger ones swollen to just bel anthers
FR not available

Galactia regularis []

(Or G. voolubilis according to RA&B.)
GEN herb, trailing, in field
LFLT 3, pin, ellip, apic, entire, 16x11+1mm, rachis 5mm, petiole 8mm, min strig bel and ab
STIP ~3mm, subulate, brown
INFL d rac in axils, peduncle spread 50mm, pedicel 1mm, strig
SEP 5, tube 1mm, lobes 2mm or so, strig, subtende by pair of bracteoles
PET pea, purp, 6mm long, ban 5x5mm & 90deg
STAM join
OV d short white strig
STYLE glab

Comptonia peregrina []

GEN small shrub, field edges, some fruits still present
LF narr lin-lance, pinfid, golden gland
INFL 1-few in clust in axils, fruit in very soft-spiny invol
FR corn kernel, 1 seed, nut, smooth

Tylopilus felleus []

GEN sm-med bolete, under hemlock, odor mild or none, taste very something (bitter?)
ST v taper up, 40x9-15mm, sl yellish brownish, coarse finely retic ab, whitish where pores have receded, solid
FL pallid, no bruise, firm, brittle
CAP 55mm, flat-convex, "poofy", dry, med brown, min velvety, v min weakly areolate or retic, no bruise
GILL 7mm long, 3/mm, whitish to pinkish brownish, v notched, bruise weak brownish
SPORE print pinkish-white, colorless, etc. 10-12x4-5um, v sl wet

Boletus subtomentosus? []

GEN med-sm bolete, under conifer/mixed
ST 50x9-11mm, tinnest near top, smooth, soft brown retic pat over whitish, esp wh where tubes have receded and at base under ground, yellish near top, solid, whitish inside
FL 5mm, whitish, no bruise, firm, brittle
CAP 50mm, convex, rich dk yellish brown, dry, min velvety, irreg clean sharp whitish cracks, bruise sl dker
PORE 5mm, 2.5mm, pale ochre, tubes dker, bruise brownish, notch
SPORE print ochre, v distinctly yell, smooth, ellip-oblong, etc, 10-12x3-5um
Wrong color? Pores too small.