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Substrate. Decaying leaves, twigs
Habit. Many
Filaments ca. 1 mm diameter

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Pic 1. Xylaria filiformis
Pic 2. Xylaria filiformis
Pic 3. Romalina menziesii> > > > Xylaria liquidambar> Xylaria filiformis
Pic 4. Micrathena mitrata> > > >

Substrate. Dead hardwood (Also growing at the base of a nearby living hardwood, species unknown)
Habit. Many

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Pic 1. Ossicaulis lignatilis> Collybia phyllophila> Clitocybe fragrans
Pic 2. Ossicaulis lignatilis> Cerioporus leptocephalus> Cerioporus varius> Collybia phyllophila
Pic 3. Ossicaulis lignatilis> Lactarius griseus> Collybia phyllophila> Clitocybe fragrans
Pic 4. Lactocollybia> Lentinus concavus> Cuphophyllus russocoriaceus> Ossicaulis lignatilis>
Pic 5. Panellus pusillus> Favolaschia manipularis> Filoboletus> Ossicaulis semiocculta
Pic 6. Spodocybe trulliformis> Ossicaulis lignatilis> Lentinus concavus>

Substrate. Dead hardwood
Habit. Many
No distinctive odor

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Pic 1. Phloeomana speirea> Mycena subviscosa> Roridomyces austrororidus
Pic 2. Roridomyces austrororidus> Mycena arcangeliana> Mycena tenerrima
Pic 3. Mycena tenerrima> Resinomycena> Atheniella flavoalba
Pic 4. Mycena subviscosa> Phloeomana speirea> Strobilurus trullisatus

-Hardwoods: Oak

Stem: yellow near apex and red towards base (little dots of red extend into yellow area somewhat)

-mycellium color: White

-Cap: Tan (buff), dry, some area ls darkened, curls downward
-flesh: pale yellow

-Fertile surface: Gold/pores (attached to stem)

-Staining: Quickly turned light blue

*if you would describe the characteristics differently, please
advise.

INat: 1) S. Subvelutipes
Cap color: match
Staining: no match, stained slowly light blue not dark blue/black
Stem: coloring/yes, equal:yes *except where mycelium is present
Flesh: no. This was pale yellow not bright yellow
Habitat:yes

Small white Amanita with saccate volva, cap silky, non-striate, apical partial veil, stipe white with white chevon pattern. Largest about 6.5 cm. Have found these before and they don’t seem to get much larger. Rather resemble very small version of A. bisporigera.

Umbonate yellow-bronze cap, darker brown at the center, striate margin, close yellow gills and yellow partial veil on the yellow stipe, whitish saccate volva with yellow tints, esp. on the inner volva. Largest 13 cm tall with 10 cm cap width. This could also be Amanita banningiana but not listed on iNat as it is an unpublished provisional name.

New one to me
Genus per iNat
Approx 2” long

6//11 obtained specimen see last two photos
Oozes black liquid when bruised,
No scent

• added additional bark pics. See blackened areas.

6/11 able to collect the specimen in one piece. Shows rolled areas around the edges where attached to log. Powdery brown deposits on fungus top. Spores?

White, sort of translucent appearing cap with central depression (umbilicate), pink subdistant to distant gills, stipe 4 to 5 cm, seems to be bruising yellow! Can this be? Will continue to watch & observe. By next morning the mushrooms were rather limp but still showing yellow bruises. Bruising the smaller one elicited fresh yellowing. At first I thought the yellow might be from other mushrooms in basket but rubbing brought forth fresh yellowing even a day later. So many Entolomas, not so many in the literature. Further research needed. Possibilities so far: Alboleptonia sericella, aka Entoloma sericellum, A. adnatifolia, that may be a western species, A. ochracea that bruises ochraceous but maybe deprecated,not on iNat. E. subochraceous exists but seems strictly western. All of these are now mostly in Entoloma. Any thoughts what it might be?

Substrate. Exposed roots (hardwood/conifer - unknown)
Habit. Many

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Pic 1. Pulvinula> Guepiniopsis buccina> Guepinia helvelloides> Sarcoscypha occidentalis> Pithya cupressina>
Pic 2. Pulvinula> Guepiniopsis buccina> Phaeohelotium baileyanum
Pic 3. Rhodotus palmatus> Pithya vulgaris> Naematelia encephala
Pic 4. Pulvinula> Pithya vulgaris> Pithya cupressina> Cookeina venezuelae
Pic 5. Pulvinula> Pithya cupressina> Sarcoscypha occidentalis> Cookeina venezuelae
Pic 6. Pulvinula> Pithya cupressina> Pithya vulgaris> Sarcoscypha occidentalis>
Pic 7. Pseudoplectania nigrella> Geoscypha violacea> Pulvinula> Peziza vesiculosa
Pic 8. Urnula padeniana> Pseudoplectania melaena> Pseudoplectania nigrella
Pic 9. Meottomyces dissimulans> Entoloma readiae> Pulvinula>