Popcorn Road drops quite steeply
from US-76 and then climbs quite steeply again. When it drops down into the next
valley, the road fords and unnamed creek and curves slightly to the left. The
road then winds its way uphill into an area dominated by rhododendrons and
crossed several times by small creeks; this area is full of springs. When
Popcorn Road met Plum Orchard Road, we continued up Plum Orchard Road. Further
along Plum Orchard Road from where we found the mushrooms on the hillside, we
found another large cluster growing on the embankment right beside the road.
These allowed better access for photographing.
The main cluster was on the left
side of the trunk. When we found them there were still shadows on them.
A closer view
Looking down on the caps. The
two-tone colored caps makes me think they are Pholiota mutabilis, the Changing
Pholiota.
As we photographed the sun moved
lower and the mushrooms were in complete sunlight
The mushrooms to the right of the
tree trunk were not growing in an organized fashion. seemed to be growing…
Individually in loose clusters, or in a
tight cluster from a ‘single point’
Some were growing as individuals
and …
were works of art.
Originally I identified these mushrooms tentatively identified these as a Pholiota mutabilis based on
the prominent annulus (ring), the scaly stems, and the two-tone colored caps
but… I've revised this identification to the Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea) based on photographs published by the Ohio Mushroom Society.
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