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Category: Agaricomycetes

Trametes hirsuta (Hairy Bracket)

February 6, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Not far from where I found the Stereum hirsutum on the trail to the upper Horsetail Falls in the Columbia…

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Posted in: Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Plants, Polyporaceae, Polyporales, Species Profiles, Trametes Filed under: Hairy Bracket, Trametes hirsuta

Stereum hirsutum

February 2, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Prior to this winter I would surely have (and probably did with other specimens of this species) called this fungus…

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Posted in: Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Russulales, Species Profiles, Stereaceae, Stereaceae, Stereum

Trametopsis cervina

January 31, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I didn’t have a clue as to what this interesting fungi was when I found it on a conifer log…

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Posted in: Fungi, Irpicaceae, Polyporales, Species Profiles, Trametopsis Filed under: Trametopsis cervina

Gloeophyllum sepiarium

January 11, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This is an interesting, and interesting looking, fungi, a seeming polypore with gills rather than pores, though genetic testing has…

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Posted in: Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Gloeophyllaceae, Gloeophyllales, Gloeophyllum, Species Profiles Filed under: Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill)

December 12, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

These basidiomycete, saprobic, white rot fungi are unmistakable, as long as one looks at the underside. They have what appear…

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Posted in: Agaricomycetes, Agricales, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Schizophyllum, Schizopyllaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Schizophyllum commune, Split Gills

Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tails)

December 10, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

For a long time Turkey Tails (Trametes versicolor) have been one of the few fungi that I felt confident identifying.…

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Posted in: Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Polyporaceae, Polyporales, Species Profiles, Trametes Filed under: Trametes versicolor, Turkey Tails

Lepista nuda (Clitocybe nuda)

November 27, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

The nomenclature for this basidiomycete mushroom is in a bit of flux. The sources I consulted consider Lepista and Clitocybe…

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Posted in: Agaricomycetes, Agricales, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Lepista, Species Profiles, Tricholomataceae Filed under: Clitocybe nuda, Lepista nuda

Crucibulum crucibuliforme

November 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I simply love finding bird’s nest fungi (family Nidulariaceae)! I’ve been finding them more often since I’ve been down in…

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Posted in: Agaricomycetes, Agricales, Basidiomycota, Crucibulum, Fungi, Nidulariaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Common bird's nest fungi, Crucibulum crucibuliforme, Crucibulum laeve

Lycoperdon molle

November 12, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

I must confess that I really struggle with identifying fungi. Many of their fruiting bodies  change shape continuously from first…

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Posted in: Agaricaceae, Agaricomycetes, Agricales, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Lycoperdon, Species Profiles

Abortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette)

October 2, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This fascinating polypore fungus would appear to have been a member of the family Meruliaceae, but seems to have been…

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Posted in: Abortiporus, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Podoscyphaceae, Polyporales, Species Profiles Filed under: Abortiporus biennis, Blushing Rosette

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