Hello, I have photographed these fungi in the Mapple Ridge area last year and have some problems IDing them. If anybody has a clue for some of them (even the genus alone would help): 1a,b: Lepista saeva (nuda) presumably same species? 2a,b: Russula ...? 3: Mycena interrupta ? 4: Cortinarius iodes or traganus ? 5: ? 6: Photiota squarrosa (?) Thanks!
Hi Pascal, 2. Probably Russula brevipes or similar 3. Looks like a Mycena but not one I'm familiar with. Lovely! Was it on ground? 4. You are in the right Cortinarius group, but there are several of the light purple Corts and you would need to have the specimen in hand for an ID. 5. and 6. Both look like Armillarias to me: Were they white spored? Was there any yellow in #6? cheers! frog
Hi Frog, Thanks for taking the time to look and comment. 3. Yes, both specimens were on the ground but there could have been dead wood just underneath the needles. The color was indeed amazing. Mycena interrupta distribution is described in Wikipedia as "Gondwanan distribution pattern, being found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia [1] and Chile.[2] In Australia it is found in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, and South Australia,[3] and in Queensland where its distribution is limited to Lamington National Park". I haven't found any ref. for a blue Mycena in North America. 5 and 6. I agree for Armillarias. I didn't make any spore print (I didn't collect them). So maybe Armillaria nabsnona for 5. and Armillaria mellea for 6 then (I don't see any yellow tinge on the original photograph for that one). cheers! Pascal
You may have nailed it, thanks. It seems that young mellea may have a textured cap as well: Armarilla mellea (Institució Catalana d’Història Natural) ... but the color is different and solidipes seems closer. tough to ID young specimens from a single photograph.
