This was found in a cave with all the other bones in an alcove. Matches porcupine skull perfectly
Found in landscaping mulch.
Microscopy done by Scott Ostuni
Spores:
4 – spored basidia
measuring 10.03 – 14.04 × 5.89 – 7.42 µm
Q = 1.56 – 1.92 ; N = 30
Me = 12.28 × 7.18 µm ; Qe = 1.68
10.03 x 5.89
10.81 x 6.30
11.06 x 6.80
11.17 x 6.73
11.20 x 6.33
11.28 x 6.61
11.34 x 5.90
11.47 x 6.90
11.49 x 7.16
11.63 x 7.22
11.75 x 6.77
11.81 x 7.43
11.82 x 6.86
11.95 x 6.95
11.98 x 7.32
12.13 x 7.24
12.18 x 7.76
12.20 x 7.83
12.26 x 7.32
12.47 x 8.01
12.69 x 6.77
12.96 x 8.01
13.17 x 6.91
13.29 x 7.59
13.32 x 7.55
13.66 x 8.11
13.91 x 7.91
13.98 x 8.33
14.01 x 8.33
14.04 x 7.42
Two young (our guess) Wolves, hesitating to enter the woods on the right (west) side of road 64. Finally both of them retired to the woods on the left side of the road.
The leading pic is the 4th of the series.
Growing in beech duff and leaf litter at the base of a hemlock on the top of a small ridge. Strongly bluing. Caps hygrophanous. Odor farinose.
Multiple wolves tracking a wounded deer