CA, Southern California, 20071030
Madison Heights, mushrooms.
Bolbitius vitellinus []
Lawn on SE corner of Fillmore and Magnolia, few scattered amongst sev Panaelina foenisecii.
| | GEN | | small mushroom, scattered in lawn, delicate, lasting only a day or two |
| | ST | | 60x2-5mm, broadening gracefully to bottom, yolk yellow at top to snow white at bottom, hollow, smooth to in fibrillose esp near top |
| | CAP | | 25mm, domed, striate, smooth, shiny, yolk-yellow on top fading to tan-brown-buff on withering edge, viscid when young |
| | GILL | | barely attached, pale becoming dusted w cinnamon spores |
| | SPORE | | print cinnamon, lt yell-brown, smooth, ellip to ov, conspic pore, no bubbles, 9.5-13.0x6.0-8.0um |
Compare to the
B. coprophilus here:
20070804.
Hebeloma []
Lawn and between sidewalk and road, just W of Oak Knoll on Cornell (connector just north of Arden). Quite a lot.
Hebeloma []
Between sidewalk and road, W side of Oak Knoll, just N of Arden (same place as earlier, same mushrooms, in fact).
Scleroderma areolatum []
Same place as , same mushroom as before (the one that hadn't burst open yet that I took a picture of). It is now very soft, but still hasn't opened.
Amanita phalloides []
Halfway between El Molino and Oak Knoll, between sidewalk and road, on Cornell (connector just N of Arden).
| | GEN | | medium mushroom, solit, in lawn, distinct not entirely pleasant odor |
| | ST | | 80x12-15mm, white, smooth to sl floccose-fibrilose esp near base, conspic thin pendent skirt-like white smooth ring, sac-like vulva around bulbous base, ring yellowish but smooth underneath, solid, a bit watery inside |
| | CAP | | 60mm, dome, tacky, smooth, livid pale greenish yellow, not a solid color varying subtly all over with green/yellow most prevalent near margin on the sides, not at all striate |
| | GILL | | free, white, 8-9mm deep, close, clean, v sl sterile marg |
| | SPORE | | print white, sticky-goopy when dry, ellip, clear, enormous perfectly round bubble, somewhat irregular, sticking in great rafts when wet, 7.6-10.0x6.2-7.5um |
Yes! raw potatoes is a good description of odor.
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