CA, Southern California, 20080924
Madison Heights, fungi.
Boletus subtomentosus [] [voucher]
On southwest corner of Fillmore and El Molino, under the first oak (very young).
| GEN | small to medium-sized mushrooms, scattered in lawn near young oak |
| ST | even, solid, dk reddish fibrillose near apex fading to pale yellow like the lfesh at the bottom, bright yellow fuzz near bottom, 30-40x5.5-7.5mm |
| CAP | subtomentose, medium gray-brown, hemispherical, 20-40mm wide (up to 1.5") |
| FLESH | pale yellow, reddish just under cuticle, doesn't bruise |
| PORE | angular, largish, dingy yellow, bruises sl brownish, seceding a little |
| SPORE | print pending |
Marasmius [] [voucher]
| GEN | tiny mushroom, in lawn near young oak |
| ST | like cap, white tom near abruptly bulbous base, 37x0.9-1.1mm, wiry |
| CAP | convex, dry, lt brown, 9mm wide, translucent |
| GILL | pale brownish, aging cinnamon, distant, v shallow cross-veins present, adnate, basidia ~10um wide |
| SPORE | print failed (probably lt brown), simple, clear, textured and bubbly inside, ellip, sl apiculus, (8.4)10+/-0.7(11)x(5.9)6.7+/-0.4(7.5)um (Q=(1.3)1.5+/-0.09(1.6)) (N=28) |