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Genus CordycepsObserver
chipperbirderDescription
Ant clamped onto base of Pawpaw (1-3 inches off of the ground). Did a fungus cause this?
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Corky Bark Disease (Diplodia tumefaciens)Observer
abbiecastriottaDescription
On Aspen species
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
idragonflyladyDescription
Photo 16-3311 ~9-inch cap of mushroom; 2nd ph stem.
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American Yellow Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. guessowii)Observer
myco_mama_vt
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Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae)Observer
camelcreekDescription
Some kind of spider being carried under ground
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
tmurray74Description
Fungus ridden Caddisfly
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Psilocybe baeocystisObserver
erlonbaileyDescription
Pileus: (3) - (57)mm, hemispheric when young, rarely subplane in age, hygrophanous, staining strongly bluish. gills attached, sets of short gills of differing lengths.
Stipe: exannulate, staining bluish to blackish, hollow in age, base strongly rhizomorphic.
Spores: ellipsoid to mango shaped (9.2)10-13(14.6) x 5.7-7.3(9.7) microns. dark purple-brown in deposit.
Cheilocystidia: 19-31 x 5.3-8.6 microns occasionally bifurcate, very rarely trifurcate.
Pleurocystidia: absent or very rare. a few bifurcate structures observed that might be pleurocystidia.
Basidia: 26-32 microns. all basidia appear to be 4 spored.
Bioassay: strongly active.
Found under a holly bush in man-made mulch at the edge of a lawn. The spores are slightly larger than what has previously been described for Psilocybe baeocystis.
Microscopy photos by Alan Rockefeller. Additional microscopic measurements and photos by Workman (sporeworks) in 2007.
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Blue-Foot (Psilocybe caerulipes)Observer
doctorvDescription
in late successional mixed forest
