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Gymnopilus dilepis
Fungi with red tops and stipes (with a light covering of fur) and yellow gills. About 20 in total were growing on the side of a very old mossy log in dense forest. The largest ones were about 50mm across the cap.
Cathedral Ranges state park.
Thanks Genevieve Gates for species suggestion. Web images are variable but formal descriptions seem good.
Spotted on May 23, 2014
Submitted on May 23, 2014
6 Comments
Photo No. 1: is a beautiful photo....
Thanks RandyL.. I can't find species yet but I agree Jims look near to right genus.
I was thinking Cortinarius but the fact that they're growing from that wood kind of cancels that out. Maybe a Gymnopilus species, something along the lines of Gymnopilus purpuratus.
Very likely RandyL Sorry I couldn't get into these to take samples. Too many monsters in there. If orange spores are you thinking some cortinarius maybe? The Tricholomopsis rutilans I have found were very different to these Michel - much bigger, fibrulose top surface, mixed colors, much more funnel-like. These were firm and smooth. I am suspecting same to the final shots in this gallery http://bie.ala.org.au/species/3ffd1ab5-2...
Are those orange spores I see on some of the lower caps?
They remind me of a species commonly called Plums and Custard: Tricholomopsis rutilans. Maybe this is a species from that genus. The small scabers covering the cap and stipe, the remarkably yellow gills on a wood decaying mushroom are the identification marks I can think of with the Tricholomopsis species I know, at least. Cool spotting!