Mushroom Observer: Observation: Xerula sp. (8065)

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Observation: Xerula sp. (8065)

When: 2008-06-13
Collection location: Lake Bistineau State Park, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA [Click for map]
Who: Ron Pastorino (Ronpast)
No herbarium specimen

Notes: Two of these mushrooms were found in the same general area among mostly mixed hardwoods. They have the appearance of a Caulorhiza species in that they had a deep “tap root”. I got most of the smaller one.
They differ from the western C. umbonata in that the cap color is more yellow and the spores were definitely a light yellow rather than white. Also by my estimation the spores appeared to be at least twice as large.
There are not many US Caulorhizas in the literature so…..???

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Proposed Name	User	Community Vote
*Fungi sp*	Ronpast	(2)
Recognized by sight
*Xerula sp.*	darv	(2)
Recognized by sight: The change in thickness of the stipe seems like Xerula.

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= Observer's choice

= Current consensus

Vote	Score		Weight		Users
User's votes are weighted by their contribution to the site (log10 contribution). In addition, the user who created the observation gets an extra vote.
I'd Call It That	3		4.85		1
Promising	2		0.00		0
Could Be	1		0.00		0
Doubtful	-1		0.00		0
Not Likely	-2		0.00		0
As If!	-3		3.74		1

Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1)		0.35		11.56%

Vote	Score		Weight		Users
User's votes are weighted by their contribution to the site (log10 contribution). In addition, the user who created the observation gets an extra vote.
I'd Call It That	3		3.74		1
Promising	2		0.00		0
Could Be	1		4.79		1
Doubtful	-1		0.00		0
Not Likely	-2		0.00		0
As If!	-3		0.00		0

Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1)		1.68		56.00%

Comments: Add Comment

Created: 2008-06-23 15:07:46
By: Ron Pastorino (Ronpast)
Summary: West Va.--west La. connection

I knew there was something familiar about those mushrooms. They definitely appear to be the same species so I’ll go with the Xerula sp. until somebody comes up with something better.

Created: 2008-06-23 11:32:12
By: Dimitar Bojantchev (dimitar)
Summary: Xerula sp.

Xerula it seems like. It is highly unlikely that this one is the European Xerula radicata, but it does look like it a bit — http://mushroomhobby.com/...

These do have interesting cystidia to look at. Never seen one on the West Coast though.

Created: 2008-06-23 07:38:15
By: debbie viess (amanitarita)
Summary: Xerula sp. (unnamed)

This looks grossly identical to a yellow Xerula sp. that Rytas Vilgalys took back with him to Duke last summer for DNA sequencing. We found it at the NAMA W.VA foray, and Bill Roody claimed that it has been collected in the South with some regularity. Here’s a link to my original observation on MO:
http://mushroomobserver.org/...

Observation created: Sun Jun 22 19:20:00 -0700 2008
Last modified: Sun Jun 22 19:20:00 -0700 2008
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Xerula sp. (14696)

Xerula sp. (14697)

Xerula sp. (14698)