Sunday, January 9, 2011

Eastern Coast Range/Berryessa mushrooms

I found a bunch of mushrooms Saturday. I drove west on 128 towards and a little past Lake Berryessa. Many of them I didn't know, which was kind of cool and kind of annoying/overwhelming. Mushroom IDs are hard. Here are some photos:

 I don't know what these are,

 or these tiny orange blobs,


 or this thing...
update: just keyed this out, and I'm pretty sure it's a Vulgar milkcap (Lactarius argillaceifolius var. megacarpus)

 But I do know this is a blewit!



 And these are yellow-stainers (Agaricus xanthodermus). They are very handsome, and poisonous. I found a big patch on the Jailhouse approach on Friday. This is in reverse order, how I investigated these guys.


 Some kind of milk caps, either yellow-staining or a red-hot, or something else.

 Ramaria ssp.

 Witches butter. I never get tired of this stuff. Tremella aurantia

Fairy fingers (Clavarai vermicularis)

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