Even though it is February,
there were ten Mushrooms displayed and Identified
at the OMS meeting 02/24/14

The following ten specimens were displayed and Identified

1) Hygrocybe
2) Hydnum umbilicatum
3) Stereum - false turkey tail
4) Heterotextus alpinus
5) Craterellus tubaeformis
6) Oregon White Truffels
7) Oregon Black Truffles
8) Plectania nigrella
9) Plectania nannfeldtii
10) Pleurotus - Oyster Mushroom
also)Britt Bunyard's Corn Smut delicacy
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01) Hygrocybe
often called: waxy caps

Hygrocybe have waxy to slimy caps, white spores, and smooth, ringless stipes


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02) Hydnum umbilicatum
also called:
Hedgehog and
Sweet Tooth

According to some people, Hydnum umbilicatum are one of most delicious of the edible fungi.


03) Stereum

The Stereum genus contains 27 species
The species of this specimen was not identified

One of the Stereum species, Stereum ostrea, is also called the "False Turkey Tail," since it mimics the "true" Turkey Tail, that is, Trametes versicolor.

Trametes (Turkey tail) has pores underneath,
Stereum -- the lower surface is smooth (no pores, teeth, ...).



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04) Heterotextus alpinus
Also called:
Guepiniopsis alpina
Guepiniopsis alpinus

This is a jelly fungus that attaches itself to cracks in dead coniferous wood.

It is said that is fungus fruits near melting snow during the spring

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05) Craterellus tubaeformis
Also called:
Yellowfoot,
winter mushroom
or Funnel Chanterelle

The The cap is convex and sometimes hollow down the middle. The gills are widely separated, and of lighter color than the cap. It grows on moss or rotten wood, is found mostly in spruce forests. It is an excellent food mushroom (from Wikipedia)

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06) Oregon White Truffels
For those not familiar with truffles, they grow underground and they resemble small potatoes. The size varies from the size of a marble to the size of a golf ball.

There are hundreds of different kinds of truffles, only a few of them are considered to be delicacies for humans consumption .

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07) Oregon Black Truffles
Scientific Name:
Leucangium carthusianum

Black truffles are said to be even more delicious than white truffels.

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08) Plectania nigrella

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This image came from Wekipedia.org which indicated that it was was originally posted to mushroomobserver.org

09) Plectania nannfeldtii

Also called:
Nannfeldt's Plectania
black felt cup
black snowbank cup fungus

The fruit body of Plectania nannfeldtii is a black and it is shallowly cup- or goblet-shaped. Plectania nannfeldtii is typically found at higher elevations in coniferous forests growing twigs or rotting woody debris.

It often begins its development underneath the snow, reaching maturity as the snowbank recedes. (from Wikipedia


10) Pleurotus (Oystem Mushroom)
Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of the Oyster mushrooms that were displayed and identified.

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11) Britt Bunyard the speaker provided samples of a delicacy make from Corn Smut






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