Growing on the bark and decorticated wood of a dead, standing hardwood tree near Tsuga canadensis, Tilia americana. Carpinus caroliniana, Quercus sect. Lobatae, Carya sp., Liriodendron tulipifera, Oxydendron arboreum, Magnolia acuminata, Magnolia tripetala Acer sp. and Rhododendron sp. Caps glabrous with translucent striate margins; convex to pulvinate and umbilicate; 8.3 to 14.5 mm wide and 3.7 to 5.2 mm tall. Gills white and short-decurrent with 1 to 2 tiers of lamellulae. Stems white to pale gray; smooth; hollow; 25.4 to 29.5 mm long and 3.5 to 4.1 mm wide. Odor and taste not distinctive. Spore print white. Clamps present in the lamellar trama. Cheilocystidia scattered and fusiform with coralloid apices. Basidia 4-sterigmate. Spores immediately amyloid, smooth and thin-walled. Spore measurements: (5.4) 5.8 – 7 (7.5) × (3.9) 4.3 – 5.1 (5.3) µm; Q = (1.2) 1.22 – 1.5 (1.6); N = 30; Me = 6.3 × 4.7 µm; Qe = 1.4
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Oct. 24, 2021.
Blue top, white underside, blue stem, growing out of the ground(not off log or whatnot)
Habitat: on resinous canker of old Picea. Spores: 3.0-4.2 x 1.3-1.8 µm, ellipsoid-fusoid. Hairs: 3.1-3.2 µm diam. Asci: 35-39 x 2.9-4.5 µm, apical pore inamyloid. Paraphyses: filiform.
Showed up in the garden, but wasn’t planted. Maybe a squirrel buried it…
I saw this log from a distance and made a beeline for it, thinking I might find Agarikon there. I did, and they brought me to tears. I counted 32 annual growth rings on one and twenty something on the other. This forest has very high habitat value and is threatened with logging. Don’t let it happen!
in woodchips, mixed woods. totally pointy, mighty conic, i was stumped until i just now saw what looks like a sclerotium, 6th shot