Northbridge Mushrooms
10/16/10
A new crop of Dotted-stalk Suillus were up.
When they are this young and the pore area is thin, they are good eating.
I picked enough for a mushroom fry. I would rate them as Good at this
stage. The stalks are unusually long because they were growing in a thick
layer of pine needles.
This single mushroom reminded me of
Oak-loving Collybia. The cap was about 2.5".
Top
Stem
Here is where the difference is. It looks like it was attacked from the
bottom of the stem by Collybia Jelly. The stem had no meat in it.
All that was left was the outer skin of the stem.
Gills
The spore print was cream in color.
The larger spore measured 10.6 x 3.8 microns.