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Mushroom #13

Habitat: conifers, leaf litter, birch

Substrate: underside of dead birch branch

Associated species: conifers, birch

Color of pileus: white

Color of gills: porus and white

Color of stipe: none

Color of volva: none

Presence of annulus: no

Smell: slightly earthy

Texture: spongy and dry

Presence of color change when pressed: no

Presence of latex: no

RGT 210717/03

Gymnopilus sp.

On wet-rotted hardwood log under silver maple at edge of vernal pond
CANADA: Ontario, London, off Santa Monica Road
Lat/lon: approx. 42.9667 N, 81.3274 W
Elev.: approx. 255 m
Coll. RG Thorn
Date. 17 July 2021

Without notable odour; taste intensely bitter
Microscopy & sequence to come

RGT 210717/07

clavarioid

On soil among mosses under Cornus, Rhamnus, and young Fraxinus
CANADA: Ontario, London, Off Hyde Park Rd. south
Lat/lon: approx. 42.9699 N, 81.3204 W
Elev.: approx. 260 m
Coll. RG Thorn
Date. 17 July 2021
Microscopy & sequence to come; very similar to Macrotyphula juncea but dichotomously branched.

On Carya cordiformis, RGT210630/3 (Neofavolus sp2; UWO); distinctly ochre, thin-fleshed.
Basidiospores (as seen with 100x Ph Oil): 10.4-12 x 3.4-4.0 um, Q=2.75-3.22, Avg. 11.3 x 3.7 um, Qavg=3.06
Scale in microphoto (40x Ph), 1 U = 2.0 um

RGT 210717/10

Cantharellus sp.

On soil under white oak in mature forest with red oak and sugar maple
CANADA: Ontario, London, Off Hyde Park Rd. south
Lat/lon: approx. 42.9687 N, 81.3209 W
Elev.: approx. 265 m
Coll. RG Thorn
Date. 17 July 2021

Faint fruity odour of ~apricots, flavour mild; cap +green with FeCl3
Microscopy & sequence to come