truffleupagus said:

I would love to find some gyms here in ny one of these days.

What specifically should I be looking for?  Do you often find them with the gill surface upturned like in the first picture posted?

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truffleupagus said:

Do you often find them with the gill surface upturned like in the first picture posted?

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teknix said:

Is blueing the best indicator for actives? What else bruises blue?

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BlimeyGrimey said:

Found a new Gum patch on the way home from picking a cyan patch.



They have bluing at the base of the stems and some have bluing on the edges of the caps. I'll post pics of the bluing once my cam battery recharges.

Senor,
Got any idea of the species? These definitely aren't luteofolius and they seem different than the sapineus I've been finding recently.

Could these be G. spectabilis?

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These are definitely not G. spectabilis.  The spores are undersized with a different ornamention.  The spores measured 6.7-8.1 X 4.1-4.8 microns; the size 7.4 X 4.4 being repeated many times.



I've run down the monograph several times just looking at spore size and activity.  Next I'll compare the macro features and offer a few possibilities, hopefully narrowing it down to a single species.  Without gill, stem or cap tissue it might be difficult to pin down. 
Do you have lists from local clubs that give the various Gym species found and identified? 

Gymnopilus liquiritae has the dots.  Was the stem hollow?  Can you remember the color of the flesh under the cap?  Do you think the log was a conifer?