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After a recent rain this tiny mushroom was growing on a fallen branch in the woods. Does anyone what kind?

**Sailor** · 04-11-2019, 05:38 PM

Delightful composition. Nice job.

Jer

**jbinpg** · 04-12-2019, 12:45 AM

Hi, Shervonne. Mushroom ID can be difficult. The best way to narrow it down is to do a spore print. To do this, you cut off the cap and place it on a piece of paper until the spores fall. Then you can tell the color of the spores. This is important since spore color is different among different types of mushrooms. For your area, the best place to start is iNaturalist.org which has a project base in the Austin, TX area. Start here:

Mushrooms of Texas · iNaturalist.org

Good luck!

Jack

sherrvonne · 04-12-2019, 06:42 PM

Originally posted by jbinpg

Hi, Shervonne. Mushroom ID can be difficult. The best way to narrow it down is to do a spore print. To do this, you cut off the cap and place it on a piece of paper until the spores fall. Then you can tell the color of the spores. This is important since spore color is different among different types of mushrooms. For your area, the best place to start is iNaturalist.org which has a project base in the Austin, TX area. Start here:

Mushrooms of Texas · iNaturalist.org

Good luck!

Jack

Thanks, I’ll look that up. Found it growing on a piece of branch, maybe one and a half inches tall. A lot of fallen branch litter, and probably snakes I didn’t wanna know about. Lol.

**ToddK** · 04-13-2019, 06:47 PM

A very nice composition of the mushroom capturing it from below the cap.

Photogoof · 01-10-2020, 02:53 AM

Originally posted by sherrvonne

After a recent rain this tiny mushroom was growing on a fallen branch in the woods. Does anyone what kind?

Perfect!

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04-11-2019, 05:38 PM	#2
Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,203	Delightful composition. Nice job. Jer

04-12-2019, 12:45 AM	#3
jbinpg Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Prince George, BC Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,546	Hi, Shervonne. Mushroom ID can be difficult. The best way to narrow it down is to do a spore print. To do this, you cut off the cap and place it on a piece of paper until the spores fall. Then you can tell the color of the spores. This is important since spore color is different among different types of mushrooms. For your area, the best place to start is iNaturalist.org which has a project base in the Austin, TX area. Start here: Mushrooms of Texas · iNaturalist.org Good luck! Jack

04-12-2019, 06:42 PM	#4
sherrvonne Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,975 Original Poster	Originally posted by jbinpg Hi, Shervonne. Mushroom ID can be difficult. The best way to narrow it down is to do a spore print. To do this, you cut off the cap and place it on a piece of paper until the spores fall. Then you can tell the color of the spores. This is important since spore color is different among different types of mushrooms. For your area, the best place to start is iNaturalist.org which has a project base in the Austin, TX area. Start here: Mushrooms of Texas · iNaturalist.org Good luck! Jack Thanks, I’ll look that up. Found it growing on a piece of branch, maybe one and a half inches tall. A lot of fallen branch litter, and probably snakes I didn’t wanna know about. Lol.

04-13-2019, 06:47 PM	#5
ToddK Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Hill Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,566	A very nice composition of the mushroom capturing it from below the cap.

01-10-2020, 02:53 AM	#6
Photogoof Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Prague Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,422	Originally posted by sherrvonne After a recent rain this tiny mushroom was growing on a fallen branch in the woods. Does anyone what kind? Perfect!