Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in mixed organic matter in open area with thickets of annual grasses
Smooth, dome-shaped brown pileus, strongly hygrophanous with a white, slightly sulcate margin. Stipe equal, brown, fibrous. Lamellae brown, broadly attached to subdecurrent
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
Indistinct KOH
Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in soil under thicket of dead annual grass
Brown to beige finely tomentose pileus. Lamellae brown, serrate margins, broadly attached to notched. Stipe fibrous (almost shiny), equal, covered in fine chevrons concentrated near apex. Young specimen contains a cortina-like cobwebby partied veil
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct
Annadel State Park, Lawndale Trail. Mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing from assemblage of leaf litter on a trail cut underneath Pseudotsuga menziesii. Looks as if there was a relatively mild burn in the area within the past decade. Maybe a low-intensity patch from the 2017 Tubbs fire
Pileus covered in fine, rusty orange scales, more concentrated in center of cap and becoming dispersed near the margin. Margin with tufts of white tissue adhered. Stipe equal, thin, fibrous and very fragile. Lamellae narrowly attached to free, white to cream colored with serrate margins. Tissue slightly staining red when touched
Smell indistinct
Lamellae fluoresce bright yellow
Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in soil and mixed organic matter on a deer trail
Coprinoid with extremely striate pileus, beginning brown and egg-shaped and becoming light brown and increasingly striate in age. Lamellae white when young, grey to black in age, broadly attached. Stipe white, equal, smooth, fibrous, extremely fragile
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
FDS-CA-00711
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing from clay-rich soil under Baccharis pilularis and Diplacus aurantiacus
Brown/orange Ascomycete with jagged margin and fine scales covering the exciple
Taste and smell indistinct
No KOH rxn
FDS-CA-00725
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated suburban forest
Growing in organic matter near Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia
White to off white fibrous pileus, light brown broadly attached lamellae. Dense white, equal stipe
Smell spermatic
Taste mild
No KOH
Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on underside of severely burned and decomposing log (most likely Pinus sabiniana)
Taste slightly sour
Smell like chemical cleaner/play dough
Yellow KOH
Whole fruit body blue/green in UV
Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on underside of severely burned and decomposing log (most likely Pinus sabiniana)
Blue/yellow resupinate fungus with round lumps scattered throughout
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct
Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on bark layer of in-tact but fallen Pinus sabiniana. Seems to be radially growing from little holes in the bark/cambium layers (insect?)
Zonate, resupinate, with fleshy folds throughout. Growing in concentric zones of color starting from deep red to orange, and white near the slightly tomentose margin. One fruit body slightly reflexed
Smell indistinct
Orange brown KOH in white light, fruit body orange under UV, KOH streak turning blue
Annadel State Park, just off Lawndale Trail. In robust chaparral habitat under large power line system
Growing in soil under Baccharis pilularis and Diplacus aurantiacus
Large orange/brown Ascomycete with a ruffled/semi-serrated margin and very fragile tissue. Slight white "bloom" covering exciple
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
KOH indistinct
FDS-CA-00733
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing in grass near Quercus agrifolia and Pinus radiata- seem to be growing in the pine duff
Rather nondescript mushroom with white, opaque pileus with long, fibrous equal stipe. Lamellae white, broadly attached
Snell indistinct
Taste mild
KOH indistinct
Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on burned, dead but standing Pinus sabiniana
Reflexed polypore with white hymenophore and surface speckled in brown. Tissue tough, dense, leathery
Taste extremely bitter/acidic
Smell indistinct
Slightly yellow KOH in white light
Whole sporocarp fluorescing blue/yellow/pinkish. KOH turning bright yellow
FDS-CA-00735
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on Quercus agrifolia branch
Stipitate, pores equal to slightly elongated, white. Pileus light brown, slightly velutinous
Brownish KOH
Taste indistinct
Spermatic smell
Brownish KOH
Burned ridgetop chaparral above a burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in soil near regenerating Adenostoma fasciculatum on deer trail
Umbillicate, funnel-shaped pileus, pink when young becoming beige in age, hygrophanous. Lamellae white to cream colored subdecurrent, distant to subdistant. Stipe equal, white
Taste mild
Smell indistinct
Whole sporocarp lightly fluorescent
FDS-CA-00709
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in organic matter and woody bits of Eriogonum fasciculatum- seemed to have an affinity for masses of dead flowers
Cylindrical "nest" with a flailing top and tapering at base with thick, white rhizomorphs. Exterior light brown, tomentose. Eggs imbedded in gel when young and attached by a thin chord
Smell indistinct
Annadel State Park, Lawndale Trail. Mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on burnt bark of young Pseudotsuga menziesii, looks as if there was a relatively mild burn in the area within the past decade. Maybe a low-intensity patch from the 2017 Tubbs fire
Lumpy resupinate fungus, varying in colors from olive green to lilac to orange, becoming yellow near growing edge
Reddish/orange KOH
Fluorescing orange/yellow
Annadel State Park, just off Lawndale Trail. In robust chaparral habitat under large power line system
Fruit bodies growing from white mycelial “cocoon” in soil under Adenostoma fasciculatum
Strange, cordyceps-like fungus with two sporocarps emerging from a white, mycelial "cocoon" buried underneath the surface of the soil. Sporocarps like little bulbous clips, covered din a white, cracking tissue. No in-tact insect body detected, but some spherical chitinous remains of what seems to be of insect origin were found
Annadel State Park, just off Lawndale Trail. In robust chaparral habitat under large power line system
Fruit bodies growing from white mycelial “cocoon” in soil under Adenostoma fasciculatum
Strange, cordyceps-like fungus with two sporocarps emerging from a white, mycelial "cocoon" buried underneath the surface of the soil. Sporocarps like little bulbous clips, covered din a white, cracking tissue. No in-tact insect body detected, but some spherical chitinous remains of what seems to be of insect origin were found
FDS-CA-00734
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing under Pinus radiata in deep needle duff
Bright red pileus with blushed pink stipe that seems to become more red in age. Lamellae broadly attached, close, white when young becoming cream colored in age. Solid internal stipe- not pitted
Taste spicy- leaving burning sensation on the tounge
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct
Lamellae fluorescing bright yellow, stipe and cap pinkish
FDS-CA-00747
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest near the south fork of the Gualala River
White to cream colored very fragile coral. Some parts bright yellow in color
Smell incredibly sweet, like fruit loops or fruity pebbles
Taste sweet at first, then becomes farinaceous
Whole fruit body fluorescing white, KOH fluorescing neon green
FDS-CA-00701
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Found growing on dead Baccharis pilularis wood
Brown resupinate to reflexed fruit bodies, cap tomentose with concentric growth rings, white to pinkish ruffled growing margins and brown/grey smooth hymenophore
Black KOH
Smell slightly cheesy
Taste mild
FDS-CA-00739
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing in grassy clearing in by Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia
Extremely viscid pileus with dark orange spot in the center and becoming yellow near margins. Lamellae yellow, broadly attached with some brown bruising and a dark brown, stingy partial veil partially adhered. Cobwebby cortina-like partial veil when young
Slightly bitter
Smell instistinct
KOH brown/orange
Brightly fluorescing yellow.green on lamellae
FDS-CA-00717
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Pinehurst Staging Area- EBRPD. Baccharis pilularis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica, Umbellularia californica and Quercus agrifolia dominated CA chaparral and woodlands
Growing in a Quercus agrifolia and Arbutus menziesii grove
White, smooth pileus and stipe with mild brown bruising, white lamellae
Taste slowly spicy
Smell indistinct
No KOH
Fluorescing brightly yellow on all parts, esp. lamellae
Yellow basal mycelium. At base of large NODE, ARME, PSME nearby
FDS-CA-00743
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated coastal mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing in pine diff under Pinus radiata
Suede-like brown, dome shaped pileus. Bright yellow pores, studded with guttation when young. Stipe equal to club shaped, yellow at apex to white with brown bruising. Neon yellow rhizomorphs firms adhered to substrate. Slow blue bruising on the pores
Smell like pressure treated wood
Taste mild
Dark brown KOH on cap, orange/brown KOH on stipe. Becoming blueish in UV!
Stipe and pores fluorescing bright orange, internal tissue bright yellow
Annadel State Park, Lawndale Trail, in an open mixed Oak woodland/shrubland
Growing on side of trail from disturbed soil under Heteromeles arbutifolia
Pileus with worn scales, dark brown in center becoming more golden/yelow near margin. Margin curled under. Lamellae pale yellow, broadly attached to slightly notched. Stipe pale yellow, equal
Taste very bitter
Smell indistinct
Extremely fluorescent green/yellow on gills
Orange/brown KOH