AGARICALES
Gilled mushroom order
Majority so-called gilled mushrooms, but includes Bird's Nest fungi
Mycena
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Armillaria tabescens
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Schizophyllum commune
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Stropharia rugosoannulata
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Family
Mycenaceae Genus Mycena Species Mycena corticola (Pers.) Gray 1821 |
Family
Physalacriaceae Genus Armillaria Species Armillaria tabescens |
Family
Schizophyllaceae Genus Schizophyllum Species Schizophyllum commune Fr. 1815 |
Family
Strophariaceae Genus Stropharia Species Stropharia rugosoannulata |
Native to eastern North America
Natural Habitat: tree bark Among the tiniest mushrooms found in North America Found on the bark of standing Slippery Elms and Bur Oaks and trees with rough textured, deeply ridged bark, but harmless to the trees themselves
Marcescent - shriveling in dry conditions, returning to life with rain or mist |
Natural Habitat: base, roots, or stump of hardwoods Most members of genus have biolumenescent hyphae or mycelia Genus member Armillaria ostoyae found in Malheur National Forest, Oregon, largest known genetically unique individual organism in the world!
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Common Porecrust
Native to North America and found worldwide Natural Habitat: dead or dying hardwoods Can survive several cycles of dehydration and rehydration The pinkish gray gills are split lengthwise and close to protect the fertile surfaces as the fruiting body shrivels in dry times, then the gills reopen in wet times and the mature spores are released to the air |
Burgundy-cap
Garden Giant King Stropharia Wine-red Stropharia Verdigris Agaric
Native to northeastern US Natural Habitat: wood chips, leaf debris When nitrogen may be hard to come by in the soil, a few species of fungi have evolved with the ability to produce cells equipped with thorns or spikes or nooses or toxins to trap and digest animals, particularly nematodes, microscopic worm-like creatures living in the soil where they may damage pl ant roots. Because energy is required to develop these specialized cells bearing elaborate structures, they are created only when nutrient-deficient conditions and the presence of nematodes are detected. The Wine Cap mushroom (Stropharia rugosoannulata) fruiting bodies may appear in May or June and again in October and can fabricate acanthocytes, cells having thorny projections for immobilizing, penetrating, and digesting nematodes. |