Andrews Forest Image Library

CD: AAX

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Hysterangium coriaceum (left), Hysterangium crassirhachsis (rt)
Peridium: (outside wall) color is white with buff to pink tones, it can crack and easily peel off. Resembles a hard rubber ball when squeezed. Gleba: (inside spore mass) various shades of gray, gelatinous, clear gelatinous or rubbery area is the columella or remnants of what has evolved from a stipe or stalk. Habitat: commonly found under duff during spring and fall in Douglas-fir forests.
Photographed by M. A. Castellano ..... Date: 4/7/94 ..... Photo: AAX-001
Rhizopogon parksii
Peridium: (outside wall) slightly roughened, tan to brown to dark brown. Resembles a firm sponge when squeezed. Gleba: (inside spore mass) tan to light brown when young to dark brown when mature, with small spore-bearing chambers. Habitat: commonly found under duff during the fall in Douglas-fir forests.
Photographed by M. A. Castellano ..... Date: 10/86 ..... Photo: AAX-002
Radiigera taylori (top) immature
Peridium: (outside wall) smooth, white to pinkish when immature (top) then darkening to buff to dark tan when matures (bottom). Fairly firm when squeezed. This photo shows the thickness and separation of the inside wall when cut in half. Gleba: (inside spore mass) white to buff when young (top), darkening with age (bottom) and finally powdery. Habitat: usually found under duff during spring in conifer forests.
Photographed by M. A. Castellano ..... Date: 3/3/93 ..... Photo: AAX-003
Radiigera taylori (bottom) mature
Peridium: (outside wall) smooth, white to pinkish when immature (top) then darkening to buff to dark tan when matures (bottom). Fairly firm when squeezed. This photo shows the thickness and separation of the inside wall when cut in half. Gleba: (inside spore mass) white to buff when young (top), darkening with age (bottom) and finally powdery. Habitat: usually found under duff during spring in conifer forests.
Photographed by M. A. Castellano ..... Date: 3/3/93 ..... Photo: AAX-004
Gautieria monticola
Peridium: (outside wall) bumpy or rough and gray to brown in color. Can resemble a porous-looking rock and is fairly firm when squeezed. Gleba: (inside spore mass) tan to brown in color, large spore-bearing chambers, gelatinous columella (remnant of what has evolved from a stipe or stalk). Habitat: commonly found under duff during spring in conifer forests.
Photographed by M. A. Castellano ..... Date: 8/15/92 ..... Photo: AAX-005
Truncocolumella cirtrina
Peridium (outside wall) smooth, pale yellow to yellow in color. Resembles soft sponge when squeezed. Gleba: (inside spore mass) off white with light yellow streaking (sterile material) when young, with age darkening to gray, dark olive and eventually black when mature. Yellow, spongy columella. Habitat: usually found under duff during the fall in conifer forests.
Photographed by M. A. Castellano ..... Date: 8/15/92 ..... Photo: AAX-006
Leucogaster rubescens
Peridium: (outside wall) off white to grayish brown, rough and lumpy. Firm when squeezed. Gleba: (inside spore mass) white to off-white, produces a white or clear latex when cut, has large spore-bearing chambers that yellow with age. Habitat: Usually found under duff during the spring in conifer forests.
Photographed by M. A. Castellano ..... Date: 8/15/92 ..... Photo: AAX-007
Elaphomyces granulatus
Peridium (outside wall) tan to brown or orange brown in color, thick, warty or roughened, and very firm when squeezed. Gleba: (inside spore mass) grayish when young, turning black and powdery with age. Habitat: found under duff in the spring or fall in conifer forests.
Photographed by W. Muller ..... Date: 5/29/96 ..... Photo: AAX-008
Hydnotrya variiformis
Peridium: (outside wall) light buff to tan to orangish tan, convoluted or in-folded, usually with a hole. Firm when squeezed. Gleba: (inside spore mass) hollow, spores form on the inside of the peridium, usually light tan in color. Habitat: usually found in the spring, fruiting in decomposing wood or logs in conifer forests.
Photographed by W. Muller ..... Date: 5/29/96 ..... Photo: AAX-009