Gyromitra ancilis/perlata Group:
Very possibly Gyromitra mcKnightii. Will look forward to sequencing.
Two of three fruiting on a heavily broken down/myceliated conifer log. Douglas fir, Western Hemlock and Western red cedar dominant here.
Harvested specimen and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Gyromitra ancilis/perlata Group:
Single fruiting body on a decorticated branch beneath Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir.
Elevation: approximately 3500ft.
May turn out to be Gyromitra mcKnightii.
Harvested specimen and dehydrated/bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Fruiting beneath Western red cedar and Douglas fir.
Old/mature fruiting bodies faded to dull cream tones(by this stage of maturity cinders would be considerably darker/grayish.
Two fertile fruiting bodies on a small conifer twig.
Peridioles(“eggs”): dark, small.
Cup exterior: fuzzy, whitish(these specimens are wet in the field so they appear a bit darker). Once dehydrated at home the cup exterior is completely fuzzy grayish white. Specimens lack the broad felty gray band at cup apex that Nidula candida possesses(in addition to lacking the “in aspic” like gel inside cup.
Dehydrated specimens and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
Fruiting on the treated wood cutbacks to the beach/bulkhead at the Budd street house.
Harvested a small section and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
https://mushroomobserver.org/547541?q=1oaSB
Abundant in Silphium perfoliatum in young prairie restoration (no sign of larva or adults prior to this year). Collected 5 individuals on 6/10 to rear from stems based on plants showing signs of larvae present. Reared in original stems at first, then switched to carrot and potato. Of the 5 collected, two survived to pupate and ultimately eclose. Two shriveled up prior to pupating, one produced a fly pupa. Of the two that survived, one pupated on 8/16, the second sealed off a chamber within the potato on 8/20 and had pupated by 8/26. First adult eclosed the night of 9/18, second adult eclosed the night of 9/29. Subsequently released. All observations after the initial wild observation marked captive/casual and can be found in the Observation Group field.
Abundant in Silphium perfoliatum in young prairie restoration (no sign of larva or adults prior to this year). Collected 5 individuals on 6/10 to rear from stems based on plants showing signs of larvae present. Reared in original stems at first, then switched to carrot and potato. Of the 5 collected, two survived to pupate and ultimately eclose. Two shriveled up prior to pupating, one produced a fly pupa. Of the two that survived, one pupated on 8/16, the second sealed off a chamber within the potato on 8/20 and had pupated by 8/26. First adult eclosed the night of 9/18, second adult eclosed the night of 9/29. Subsequently released. All observations after the initial wild observation marked captive/casual and can be found in the Observation Group field.
Abundant in Silphium perfoliatum in young prairie restoration (no sign of larva or adults prior to this year). Collected 5 individuals on 6/10 to rear from stems based on plants showing signs of larvae present. Reared in original stems at first, then switched to carrot and potato. Of the 5 collected, two survived to pupate and ultimately eclose. Two shriveled up prior to pupating, one produced a fly pupa. Of the two that survived, one pupated on 8/16, the second sealed off a chamber within the potato on 8/20 and had pupated by 8/26. First adult eclosed the night of 9/18, second adult eclosed the night of 9/29. Subsequently released. All observations after the initial wild observation marked captive/casual and can be found in the Observation Group field.
Abundant in Silphium perfoliatum in young prairie restoration (no sign of larva or adults prior to this year). Collected 5 individuals on 6/10 to rear from stems based on plants showing signs of larvae present. Reared in original stems at first, then switched to carrot and potato. Of the 5 collected, two survived to pupate and ultimately eclose. Two shriveled up prior to pupating, one produced a fly pupa. Of the two that survived, one pupated on 8/16, the second sealed off a chamber within the potato on 8/20 and had pupated by 8/26. First adult eclosed the night of 9/18, second adult eclosed the night of 9/29. Subsequently released. All observations after the initial wild observation marked captive/casual and can be found in the Observation Group field.
Abundant in Silphium perfoliatum in young prairie restoration (no sign of larva or adults prior to this year). Collected 5 individuals on 6/10 to rear from stems based on plants showing signs of larvae present. Reared in original stems at first, then switched to carrot and potato. Of the 5 collected, two survived to pupate and ultimately eclose. Two shriveled up prior to pupating, one produced a fly pupa. Of the two that survived, one pupated on 8/16, the second sealed off a chamber within the potato on 8/20 and had pupated by 8/26. First adult eclosed the night of 9/18, second adult eclosed the night of 9/29. Subsequently released. All observations after the initial wild observation marked captive/casual and can be found in the Observation Group field.