Début de la floraison pour le peuplier deltoïde
Look at that nice uuuh sedimentary? ROCK in the third shot
Spores:
(5)5.2-6.5(7.2)x(1.9)2-2.7(3)um
Q=(1.9)2.1-2.9(3) ; N=30
Me=5.9x2.4um ; Qe=2.5
Allantiod, smooth, hyaline in KOH.
Print: White
Basida: clavate 4 sterigmate.
Odor: sweet fragrant.
Taste: Non distinctive.
Flesh: leathery
KOH: Instant black
Habitat: growing off conifer log
Spores:
(3.1)3.3-3.9(4.1)x(2.1)2.2-2.6(2.7)um
Q=(1.2)1.3-1.6(1.9) ; N=30
Me=3.6x2.4um ; Qe=1.5
Ellipsoid, smooth, amyloid.
Print: White
Basida: Clavate 4 sterigmate.
Cheilocystidia: Abundant, clavate/subclavate/cylindric.
Pleurocysidia: Not found.
Pileipellis: A trichoderm.
Clamp connections: Present on all aspects
KOH: Negative to olive green.
Odor and taste: Non distinctive.
Habitat: Growing off a decayed stump( suspected Populus sp.) in a conifer, hardwood mixed forest.
Spores:
(6.6)7-8.5(9.6)x(4.8)5.2-6.4(6.6)um
Q=(1.2)1.23-1.5(1.6) ; N=30
Me=7.8x5.7um ; Qe=1.4
Sub-globose/ellipsoid, densely warty with ridges connecting warts. Amyloid.
Print: cream white.
Basidia: clavate 4 sterigmate.
Pleurocysidia: many, lageniform Me=80.9x10um N=10
Cheilocystidia: rare, maybe non-existent... but I did find 2 that were on gill Edge that were similar but fatter than pleurocysidia( last pics ) inconclusive findings.
Pileocystidia: I'm not sure if they are true cystidia, but I did find very long, skinny protruding elements on cap.
Pileipellis:a cutis, maybe slight Ixocutis
Odor: Non distinctive.
Taste: very tiny bit spicy.
Habitat: growing under conifers in a marshy part of the forest.
Keyed out using
RAMARIA
TRIAL KEY TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SPECIES
Version ii
(November 2006)
A microscopic key to Ramaria species known from
The Pacific Northwestern United States.
Prepared for the Pacific Northwest Key Council
By Ron Exeter
USDI, Bureau of Land Management
Salem, Oregon
Spores:
(12.2)13.6-15.5(16.6)x(4.6)4.7-5.2(5.3)um
Qe=(2.6)2.7-3.2(3.3) ; N=30
Me=14.4x4.9um;Qe=2.9
Subcylindrical with a blunt hooked end, warty, hyaline in KOH.
Print: Apricot yellow.
Basidioles: cylindric/flexouse.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, clamped.
Clamp connections: Found in all tissues.
Flesh: Color unchanging with Melzer's.
Ecology: Found under white spruce.
Spores:
(4.2)4.4-5.2(5.3)x(2.3)2.6-3.1(3.7)um
Q=(1.4)1.5-1.9(2.1);N=30
Me=4.8x2.8um;Qe=1.7
Irregular polygonal, indistinct nodules, inamyloid, hyaline in KOH.
Print: Brown
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, clamped.
Cystidia: Not found.
Clamp connections: Present in all tissues.
Odor: Strongly fragrant, sickly sweet.
Ecology: Growing under spruce.
Growing off a dead cottonwood.
KOH reaction negative/ yellow-browning
Spore print white.
Spores: (measured without ornamentation) spines= ~1um
(5.7)7-8(8.4)x(5.7)5.8-6.8(7)um
Q=(1)1.1-1.28(1.3);N=30
Me=7.4x6.2um;Qe=1.2
Sub-globose/broadly ellipsoid, long spines connected by ridges, amyloid.
Print: Clean white.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate.
Hymenial cystidia: ~ 68x10um fusiform with a pointy nipple, golden in KOH ( gloeoplerous?), frequent, and even more abundant on gill edge.
Pileipellis: A messy cutis, many ochraceous refractive pileocystidia.
Clamp connections: Not found.
Cap cuticle: peeling easily 5/8 to 3/4 of the way to center.
Taste: mildly spicy after 30ish seconds.
Ecology: Growing terrestrial through moss, poplar and spruce nearby.
There were more immature spores dropped in print than mature spores, and I initially thought I had some kind of cross contamination.
Spores:
(9.9)10.1-12.3(12.6)x(5.9)6.2-7.7(8.7)um
Q=(1.2)1.5-1.8(2);N=30
Me=11.3x6.8um;Qe=1.7
Broadly ellipsoid/fusiform, smooth, variable levels of dextrinoid.
Print: White.
Basidioles: flexouse, slightly irregular.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, clamped.
Hymenial cystidia: Not found.
Pileipellis: A cutis of hyaline hyphae.
Clamp connections: Found only in basida.
Taste and odor: Very disagreeable.
Ecology: Growing in a good-sized group under spruce.
Spores: Measured without nodules. (Nodules= ~1um)
(4.1)4.4-5.1(5.2)x(3.5)3.52-4.1(4.5)um
Q=(1)1.1-1.4;N=30
Me=4.7x3.8um;Qe=1.2
Ellipsoid with large nodules, hyaline.
Print: Light Brown.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, gloeoplerous.
Hyphae: Gloeoplerous hyphae found, some hyphae with amyloid granules found.
Clamp connections: Not found.
KOH: Green.
Odor: faintly farinaceous.
Ecology: Growing terrestrial through moss, scattered under spruce.
Dans une forêt de conifères, sur la mousse sous de jeunes épinettes (Picea sp.).
Dans une forêt de confières, près de sapins baumiers (Abies balsamea) et d'épinettes (Picea sp.). Immuable au froissement. Pied creux
Terrestrial growing in mainly hemlock forest, blue/black pored mushroom, white centre, mild mushroom smell, did not get a spore print so I guess I picked it too early
I'll go back and grab one to do a spore print
In an oak, maple and ironwood stand.
Poussant dans un millieux humide parmis les conifères et la mousse. Odeur forte d'érable, lait peu abondant et transparent.
Bien caché dans les feuilles au sol.
In moist-mesic sandy loam under beech (Fagus grandifolia), ash (Fraxinus spp.), and hemlock (Tsuga canadensis).
Not collected.
Find this on the back porch an animal ate it