Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus illudens)
Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus illudens)
Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus illudens)
Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus illudens)
Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus illudens)
Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus illudens)
Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus illudens)
Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus illudens)
Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus illudens)
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Eastern American Jack-o'-lantern

Omphalotus illudens

Life > Fungi > Basidiomycota > Agaricomycotina > Agaricomycetes > Agaricomycetidae > Agaricales > Marasmiineae > Omphalotaceae > Omphalotus


Description

Field Characteristics:

#439

-Growing clustered (fused at base) at the base of rotting hardwood stump in open mixed oak/hickory woodland.

  • Caps yellowish-orange, planoconvex to depressed with wavy margin at maturity.
  • Lamellae similarly colored as cap, close-crowded and decurrent.
  • Stipe more dull colored compared to other portions, sturdy and not tapering much.

Additional Details

  • KOH: greenish on pileipellis and stipe.
  • Spore Print: white - copious amounts of spores deposited.

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