When: 2016-07-14
Collection location: State Game Lands No. 110, Shartlesville, Pennsylvania, USA [Click for map]
Who: Linda Brynan Sears (lkbsearsff)
Notes:
NEED HELP WITH IDENTIFICATION! Found these in 2 locations (roughly 1 mile apart) in PA SGL 110. Don’t think these are strictly fungi. Thought they might be Lichenomphalia, but can’t find a species that fits. I’ve searched and viewed every lichen image on MO and stalked lichens on discoverlife.org, as well as, other sites. Plan to upload to iSpot as well.
Remained fruiting from July until fall.
I don’t know lichens well enough to use exact terms in describing, but I’ll do my best.
Caps: up to 1 cm at maturity, creamy white, smooth on top, chanterelle-like with ribs (not gills) underneath.
Stalks: .5 – 1 cm long, elongated barrel shape when young, becoming curved, wavy or even bent with some having round nodules (as if they swallowed a pea), scaly like that of Cladonia species (squamules or soredia??).
Habitat: among moss at base of standing dead hemlocks; near banks of Northkill Creek.
Images
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Thanks Walt! Those pregnant stipes will get you every time. Thanks to Jason as well.