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Gymnopilus sapineus
Notes: Mixed tree plantation, conifer and hardwood. Douglas fir section, 7-12 year old trees. Eight bright yellow-orange to red fruit bodies growing scattered along several small, moss covered branches of suspected Douglas fir. Cap: 5-6 cm across, convex to umbonate; yellow at margin progressing to orange and then red at disc; minute red scales. Flesh: Thin and yellow, thicker and more orange at disc. Gills: pale yellow to rusty brown; adnate, close and broad; 2-3 tiers. Stem: 5-7 cm in length, 1-1.5 cm x .5-.8 cm in diameter narrowing at base; Golden yellow background with reddish orange fibrils, darkening to brown in base; stuffed to hollow; context yellow to orange. Veil: Cottony annular zone close to apex, coated with rusty orange spores; disappearing or washing away easily. Odor: pleasant, fragrant Taste: like batteries, acrid (bitter?) I don’t think I can taste bitter. Spores: rusty orange
Spotted on Nov 30, 2012
Submitted on Dec 24, 2013
3 Comments
You are welcome,iam in my second season,iam beganing with the spore prints, in my area there are many fungi during the normaly weet and mild in temperature weather,but the most part is unknowned to me ,so iam allways looking for people that know more:-) congrats again on your work and collection,very cool,see you arround
Thank you for you kind words. I love fungi and have studied them for about 6 years now. Nice to meet you too!
Very nice spotting Britney,great collection of fungi,all ID,this one with microscopy photos,very professional work :-) it seems that you haved scientific studys in the field.
Iam a fungi lover and i follow all the users that like fungi too :-)
Congrats and thanks for sharing