leptonia's Identifications

Fog drip saturated Sequoia sempervirens dominant coastal forest with Pseudotsuga menziesii, and Notholithocarpus densiflorus understory. MMWD
Growing from semi-disturbed soil on side of trail
Large, fleshy mushroom with a brown, finely fibrillose pileus. Lamellae white when young and turning dungy brown and the pinkish in age. White, fleshy annulus present in younger specimens, becoming reduced or disappearing in age. Long, rooting, fibrous stipe that comes to a point, slightly yellow at base
Taste slightly sour
Smell indistinct
Brown orange KOH on cap
Brown KOH on stipe

Bohemia Ecological Preserve- mixed hardwood/conifer forest with scattered grasslands on serpentine vein, adjacent to Duvoul Creek
Growing on dead branch of Pickeringia montana on the edge of a grassland
Orange/brown resupinate poroid fungus. Velvety to the touch
Smell and taste indistinct
KOH black

Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a ~2in diameter Umbellularia californica branch in a Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant forest by creek
Reflexed body form with a dark brown/black cap and margin. Hymenophore dingy, off-white to grey with irregular, angular pores
Smells like an auto mechanic shop- hints of petrochemicals and slightly metallic
KOH indistinct

San Vicente Redwoods- Mixed hardwood/conifer forest that burned in the 2020 CZU fire
Growing on dead Quercus agrifolia twig in an area with low severity burn, Quercus agrifolia, Arbutus menziesii and Sequoia sempervirens dominant
Purpleish, stipitate gelatinous fungus. Underside slightly textured