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Found colonizing a root wad of a large tree. I would love an ID. (media.piefed.social)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by rowdy@piefed.social to c/mycology@mander.xyz

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Found in Southwest North Carolina. They were all over the exposed root of a fallen tree, was really impressive to see.

If anyone is familiar I’d appreciate an ID for my own curiosity.

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[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know your area, but in my area the underside of the caps (specifically gill color and how they attach to the stipe) can be very helpful, even sometimes necessary to get a good ID. The type of wood being eaten is also sometimes relevant. Any idea what kind of wood it was?

Below is my result putting the photo into iNaturalist's robot. I just put the date as today and the location as "North Carolina". It's not my photo so i didnt turn it into an observation.

I would highly encourage you to actually upload your photo as an observation to iNaturalist with accurate info so that local mycologists can have a look and chime in. (While the robot is good, the experts on iNat are even better) iNaturalist is a nonprofit that shares the data they gather with scientists and universities for free

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[–] a14o@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago

Hypholoma laeteritum seems very reasonable to me. Central Europe here.