Ridge in Fort Payne, cool sunny day
COLLECTION SPECIMEN.
Found growing next to trail on shallowly buried decaying wood.
Microscopy of the gills showed greenish, round, ornamented spores with what appeared to be a magenta margin. Phone did not capture colour. Also saw fibers of some kind included in photos.
Rock Hard Plot 2-1
Dark center with radiating color,
White gills,
White stipe with upward flaring annulus,
Bulbous base with white tomentum,
Near redwood/doug fir/alder,
White UV on gills,
Reddish brown KOH,
No taste,
Indistinct odor
Mild, red staining
Dark center with radiating color,
White gills,
White stipe with upward flaring annulus,
Bulbous base with white tomentum,
Near redwood/doug fir/alder,
White UV on gills,
Reddish brown KOH,
No taste,
Indistinct odor
Mild, red staining
On conifer log, polypore surface shades of pink orange and red, bruises light red wine