John Levine's Flashcards for Teresa Sholars Mushroom Identification Class. February, 2019

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Name: Gomphus clavatus. Pig's Ears.

Family: Gomphaceae.

Spore Color: Ochre - tan.

Size, Smell, Taste: 4 to 20 cm across. Odor, taste indistinct.
Niche (substrate): In fused clusters, often in troops or forming arcs and/or large rings in deep duff of conifer forests.

Edibility: Some people consider it a delicacy, while others find it bland and not worth collecting. Young specimens are more tender.

Distinguishing features: Recognizable by its purple-veined or ridged underside and tan to olive-beige cap, and fruitbodies that fruit in clumps and rosettes. “Practically unmistakable”, a few Thelephora can be brownish-purple but are much thinner fleshed. Polyozellus multiplex is only vaguely similar, much deeper blue to royal black.

Name:	Gomphus clavatus. Pig's Ears.
Family:	Gomphaceae.
Spore Color:	Ochre - tan.
Size, Smell, Taste:	4 to 20 cm across. Odor, taste indistinct.
Niche (substrate):	In fused clusters, often in troops or forming arcs and/or large rings in deep duff of conifer forests.
Edibility:	Some people consider it a delicacy, while others find it bland and not worth collecting. Young specimens are more tender.
Distinguishing features:	Recognizable by its purple-veined or ridged underside and tan to olive-beige cap, and fruitbodies that fruit in clumps and rosettes. “Practically unmistakable”, a few Thelephora can be brownish-purple but are much thinner fleshed. Polyozellus multiplex is only vaguely similar, much deeper blue to royal black.