Identificaciones de noellemachnicki

Growing in grass under Spruce. A Bright red to pink smooth slightly greasy cap that ranged from convex to depressed. Gills adnate to decurrent with cap margin decurved to straight. white yellowing with age. Stipe same color as gills with yellowing from age/damage. Stipe has pink tinges near cap.

I found A. gemmata in 2 different location. Both gemmatas were found growing singly at Evergreen State college. Both had a bulbous clavate stipe with annulus present. Both had some partial veil remnants on cap. Caps were pale yellow/tan to slightly olive. At first I thought they were A. phaloides, but further investigation resulted in determining they are A. gemmata.

Substrate: decaying log

Habitat: Acer macrophyllum, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Thuja plicata

Description: cobwebby veil remnant, convex, incurved, bright lemon yellow with orange-brown at cap apex, hollow stipe, mildly bitter

Collected at 17:00, 12º C, cloudy with light rain, had been raining for a week after a long dry spell

Field Journal Entry #8
Time: 11:00
Date: 10/10/12
Route: 46.125043 N, 121.755141W
Mosquito Lake
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Skamania County, WA
Weather: 68 degrees Fahrenheit with blue skies
Habitat/General Vegetation: high-altitude conifer forest adjacent to lake. Abies spp., Rubrus spp., Vaccinium membranaceum, Sorbus sitchensis, Alnus crispa, Pteridium aquilinum
Substrate: mineral and humus
Growth Habit: scattered

CHARACTERISTICS
Flesh: tan/rusty brown color
Cap: tan, scaly
Stem: grooved, tan/cream color

Description: A dark capped conk with a red lip. Very woody and solid. Top is mostly smooth and somewhat bumpy. Undersides white. Conks collected were already dead and were 4.5 inches wide, 2.5 inches long and 2.5 inches tall.

At first I thought this was a flower, but quickly realized the cap had just split like petals. There were 3 that seemed immature and The split cap seemed a bit older. The stalk was long, skinny, and hollow with a fuzzy base. Dark margins on cap. The apex of the caps were a rich tan and faded to an almost translucent white. The gills were distant and black edged, which made the cap look striped. This one was super fragile and after a couple of hours, it began to smell strongly fishy.
I found it growing our if the soil, leaf litter, and rocks, right next to vine maple and pointy leafed shrubs.