Shrewsbury Mushrooms
6/26/10
 

Found this baby Berkeley's Polypore, Bondarzewia berkeleyi, hugging an oak stump.  It is about 3.5" wide.  I will take pictures as it develops unless the grass mowers destroy it.

Yellow Blusher, Amanita flavorubescens?  Cap 3" diameter.  Stem about 2".  Stem bruised reddish brown.

Stem.

Gills free.

Spore print white.  A larger spore measured 12.5x7.68 microns.  This is a bit larger than the 8-10 x 5.5-7 given in the guide.  Did I discover a new specie? The shape reminds me of a corn kernel.  The guides call it "elliptical".