Observation: Scleroderma sp. Pers. (5031)
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When: 2007-11-18
Collection location:
Santa Clara Co., California, USA [Click for map]
Who:
Charley Pow (charley280)
No herbarium specimen
Notes: tight cluster of white mushrooms. The mushrooms on the left show the bottoms. Found growing in mulch of wood chips from a conifer tree.
The second image shows the cross section of two fungi.
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Created: 2007-11-22 21:36:59
By: Nathan Wilson (nathan)
Summary: Scleroderma sp.
I essentially agree with Joshua, but I wouldn’t call them S. citrina since that species is actually pretty distinctive. It looks more like the S. cepa/areolatum/laeve group, but you’ll have a hard time deciding between those with specimens that are this young. Additional things to look for are staining reactions when you scratch the surface and if you have access to a microscope, look at the spores.
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Created: 2007-11-22 18:36:22
By: Joshua Birkebak (Shua)
Summary: Scleroderma…
The purple to blackish colors of the gleba are indicative of a sceleroderma… As far as a species name goes it is tricky… the catch all name is citrina though… Did these have a large underground base?
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Created: 2007-11-19 07:54:25
By: Nathan Wilson (nathan)
Summary: Need to see inside
If you still have them, cut one in half and send a photo.
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Observation Created: Sun Nov 18 22:25:19 -0800 2007
Last Modified: Mon Dec 31 11:31:28 -0800 2007 by Charley Pow (charley280)
Viewed: 2 times, last viewed: Mon Nov 03 03:35:49 -0800 2008
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Scleroderma sp. Pers. (8435)
cluster of mushrooms on left was broken o...
Scleroderma sp. Pers. (8636)
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