We did not come to Doe Bay to go mushroom hunting.
There are hot tubs, cabins, a beach, and generally a great little
resort at Doe Bay. Of course, there is also a little forested area,
and so you can guess where I was. All of these photos were taken on
10-29 or 10-30-05.

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“Mutants” are fairly common in mushrooms. One of
the more common kinds of “mutant” is gill tissue
growing in odd places. This particular mushroom has a little
circlet of gills growing off of a couple of normal gills, with
what looks like a little ring of cap tissue inside. I did not try
to key this mushroom out, I don't even known the genus (that's a
Pholiota in the background, but it's not related to the one
in the foreground), but I happen to like mutants.
Another mutant at Icicle
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This mushroom is plenty tiny, but is (for once) probably not a
Mycena. Its stalk has a stiff, woody look, not the fragile, smooth
look of the Mycenas. It might be a Galerina, or maybe an
inactive Psilocybe, but is probably some funny little genus
like Myxomphalia or Crepidotus or something.
Whatever it is, I like the woolly stalk and the veil remnants hung
around the margin.
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This mushroom is undoubtedly a Pholiota, although it is very
large and stout for the genus. The cap in this case is about 10cm
in diameter. I suspect this mushroom is an unusually manly example
of a more typical species, but once again I have not keyed it so I
can't say for sure.
Pholiotas at Deception Falls
Pholiotas at Denny Creek
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These little guys are strange. The gills are more wrinkles than
true gills, like a Cantherellus, but being tiny, pink, and
growing on wood pretty much rules out any relation to that genus.
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At last, a mushroom that I can identify with some authority.
And what mushroom more appropriate for that distinction than
Stropharia ambigua. This is one of the more common
mushrooms to find on the woodland edge, distinguished by its
fairly large size (this one's about 6-8 inches tall), smooth,
rounded, yellow-brown cap, and copious veil remnants, usually hung
from the margin rather than making a ring.
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The spore print is starkly black, perhaps unexpected for such
an otherwise pale mushroom. You can see a hint of the spore
deposit starting on the veil in this photo
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