FL, Keys, 20061225
Buttonwood, various.

Just pix of a few random things around house, including pix of spores of a mushroom so that I could have Diane teach me how to get the darned microscope adjusted better. Turns out it's not possible to focus and center the aperature of the condenser correctly, presumably leading at least partially to my dislike of the 1000x objective.

Lentinus detonsus []

In leaf litter under hardwood hammock in front of bldgs on island (not bay side). It rained last (for real) several days ago. In full perfect fruit.
GEN med-small mushroom, in leaves under hardwoods
ST v fibrous, 80x5mm, central, bent halfway where it emerges from leaves, even width, distinct webby flaring ring near top, solid or stuffed with fibrous stuff, bends almost without breaking, semi-cartilaginous, a few white straggly root-like things at base
CAP 50mm wide, smooth, pale whitish to tannish esp at sl umbo ctr, sl striate around edge, smooth to sl tacky feel, soft and pliable but thin flesh, sharp unpleasant but faint odor esp when dry
GILL deeply notched and pulling away from cobwebby stalk, white to creamy to even sl pinkish inside in age, not perfectly straight and clean, 1 per mm, tissue sl divergent
SPORE print white, round, rather mottled-looking but essentially smooth, 2 per basidium?, colorless, knobbed, 6-7um round, sticks in dry towering masses