Found in gully on wet ground near stream under nettle, mixed hardwood/conifer forest, dark granules on pileus surface (see macro photos), mostly washed away
Annadel State Park, just off Lawndale Trail. In robust chaparral habitat under large power line system
Fruit bodies growing from white mycelial “cocoon” in soil under Adenostoma fasciculatum
Strange, cordyceps-like fungus with two sporocarps emerging from a white, mycelial "cocoon" buried underneath the surface of the soil. Sporocarps like little bulbous clips, covered din a white, cracking tissue. No in-tact insect body detected, but some spherical chitinous remains of what seems to be of insect origin were found
Under alder in bog wetland, Douglas fir nearby. Strong, room filling odor of yeasted bread dough. Spores viewed under 400x
Hypogeous, in oak woodland. Distinct acrid/truffle smell
Found by Connor Dooley,
Parasitized beetle larvae,
Tall, dark stroma sticking out of sand,
Growing trailside in Dunes
Pinkish cup-shaped fruiting body.
Ascomycetes (782) -> Discomycetes (783) -> Pezizales (784) -> Pezizaceae & allies (817) -> Aleuria & allies (834) -> Geopyxis vulcanalis or Tarzetta rosea (?)