Midwest 2009

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Other Assorted Genera Some names are provisional pending further study NSIW = Not Seen In The West

Sparassis spathulata NSIW

The only Cortinarius on this trip. This large spored Myxacium is an interesting collection that seems to match quite well the concept of Cortinarius cylindripes Kauffman. Here is a somewhat similar Myxacium from Calfiornia that doesn't seem to fall on the chart of described material

Spores: 12-13x7-8µ large and broadly wrinkled -- "tuberculate" was a word Kauffman used for such.

Scutellinia sp. Probably scutellata

Very strong odor. Hollow body...

Marasmius rotula This species is very common in Europe and Eastern North America near Oak leaves and twigs, but it never occurs in Calfiornia... At popular id sites people tend to get fixated on the distinct collar around the upper stem and people say often discount an id due to the absence of it. But as this group photo demonstrates the collar tends to shrink or disappear at age. It led me to over id this species one too many times in the past...

Entoloma sp. My Ohio companion Dan Molter dug these tiny fruitbodies from under the Oak leaves. They show affinity towards Trichopilus. The spores are heterodiametric ~10x6µ

Ramaria sp. TBD soon

Entoloma sp. Subg. Leptonia

Lepiota clypeolaria

Nomuraea atypicola -- this Cordyceps type fungus attacks spiders.

Gymnopus spp. One field guide form the area shows the one on the left as dryophila, but have pretty funky thing in the Eastern USA that go by that name too although that they are in the group. The middle one with the red stem is near acervatus. The last one with the densely hairy stem is something that doesn't immediately pop out from Halling's Gymnopus Web Site.

Volvariella bombycina High on a tree where I couldn't reach it...

Agrocybe sp. Collected in the lawn in front of the hotel in Athens OH. I wish I didn't see it as it is not trivial to put a sp. name on...
Spores: ~10 x 6µ and pretty irregularly shaped cheilocystidia.