CA, Southern California, 20080918
Madison Heights, fungi.
Bolbitius coprophilus [] [voucher]
| GEN | small mushroom, scattered in brand new turf-laid lawn |
| ST | 80-100x2.0-3.5mm, narrowing gradually to apex, whitish to pinkish, smooth, v fragile |
| CAP | 31-47mm, ellipsoid when v young to conic finally becoming nearly plane with umbo, deep chocolate at first fading quickly to brownish, v viscid when fresh, smooth, v fragile and translucent, plicate nearly all the way to disc |
| GILL | whitish aging rich golden brown then liquefying as deeper brown (unless in the sun), barely attached |
| SPORE | print rust brown |
Boletus subtomentosus [] [voucher]
| GEN | a few small mushrooms, under _Quercus agrifolia_ |
| ST | pale yellow with red stains starting near apex, solid |
| CAP | subtomentose, light brown, NH4- |
| FLESH | pale yellow, not bruising |
| PORE | large, dirty yellow, not bruising, sinuate |
| SPORE | print ochre brown |
Leucoagaricus barssii [] [voucher]
These are from the same place that produced these last year (20070926 and 20070928), south side of Fillmore between Oakland and Madison, near east end.
| GEN | medium-large mushrooms, scattered in lawn |
| ST | white, clavate, hollow at center, smooth, ~60x10-20mm |
| CAP | white with brown fibrils esp on disc, innately shaggy fibrous, 40-80mm wide |
| VEIL | partial, leaves thick complex ring halfway up or near apex of st |
| GILL | white, crowded, free |
| SPORE | print white |