Posted by WiseAcre on Jun 17th, 2010
WTF – Mycologist Wanted
2010
Jun 17
What’s That Fungus?
I found these tiny mushrooms growing on an old rotting log. Give me a nickle for each one and I’ll be happy to skip the name
A close up view of the mushroom mass
A cool looking mushroom landscape.
The mushroom caps were tiny and not much larger than the spore pods of the surrounding moss
…and now for something completely different
Spider Babys
Wish I had gotten a better family photo.
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June 17th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Awesome collection of mushrooms! I’m no mycologist though. Clearly a gilled species. Problem is there are so many small honey-colored species out there. Galerina, Hypholoma, Gymnopus. As they’re so tiny, and prolific, perhaps Gymnopus dryophilus?
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/gymnopus_dryophilus.html
If you really want to know what they are you can try wading through the mushroom keys on MushroomExpert, and maybe doing a spore print. I’d go back and check them in a few days too…see if they grow much bigger, or change shape. Or, just throw your hands up, and write them off as yet another LBM (little brown mushroom).
June 17th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
I always like your fungus closeups. I’ve been trying to do the same thing, but mine never seem to come out well. And the little spider babies look so cute and innocent. I like spiders.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
I love the last one. It is a surprise to me, if not to you.
June 19th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Nice !
June 19th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
the troop of mushrooms really reminds me of Hygrocybe cantharellus, but the color is different (more reddish orange). Otherwise, the form is very similar. If it has a white spore print, and a somewhat “waxy” feel and look to the gills and cap…that would be my bet. scroll down in this description to see some similar appearing Hygrocybe species:
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrocybe_miniata.html All the Gymnopilus I have ever seen are much larger than these little guys…but it is hard to say! Galerina and Hypholoma produce a brown spore print, FYI.