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Post by CP Dan on May 3, 2012 10:43:23 GMT -6
Trying to identify the first one, but having trouble. Wondering if it might turn into Maitake.  The second one I am just going to have to watch. It looks pretty prehistoric right now. No cap on it yet and the growth that is out under the white top looks almost reptilian  |
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rob
Spore
she smiled at me and looked into space and said I come from the land of a New Rising Sun
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Post by rob on May 3, 2012 11:38:53 GMT -6
the first picture looks like turkey tail the other i dont know
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Post by ec rob on May 3, 2012 12:16:04 GMT -6
Xylaria polymorpha (Dead Man's Fingers) would be my guess for the second one
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Trapperhub
Mycelium
Mushroom hunting is like fishing......for mushrooms.
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Post by Trapperhub on May 3, 2012 12:41:05 GMT -6
Beat me to it rob, I knew I'd seen them before. Just wanted to varify before I posted.
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blitzfish
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Post by blitzfish on May 7, 2012 23:08:21 GMT -6
Yep, definitely turkey tail for the first picture, second picture, I am leaning for Dead man's fingers like the two above me are too.
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Post by CP Dan on May 8, 2012 13:46:36 GMT -6
All right, I ordered a book. Hopefully I can do better at identifying by myself. Here is on more in the meantime. If I were guessing, and I am, maybe Agaricus Arvensis??? I wear an 11.5 shoe, so that gives you an idea of the size of the cap. There was a ring around the stem, and the fact that the gills look somewhat purple in the picture was surprising. They only looked grey/black when I was holding it. I need to start bringing some of these mystery shrooms home so I can do spore prints....   |
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Post by cisco on May 8, 2012 14:43:42 GMT -6
Dan - I don't think those are A. arvensis. Both the caps and habitat look wrong. The caps of horse mushrooms are typically lighter colored and smoother. They also typically grow in grassy areas, not under trees (although the books say "sometimes under spruce trees"). And before you try them, you'll really want to do a spore print.
I don't want to try to guess what your pictured mushrooms actually are without the spore print.
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Post by CP Dan on May 8, 2012 14:58:24 GMT -6
Yeah, I wish I had taken it with me so I could do a spore print. I don't plan on eating any of the mushrooms I ever ask about, its more of just a curiosity. Maybe during the Apocalypse and everyone is scrounging for food I might consider it.
I actually saw these in a mulch area outside the window of a restaurant we were at outside of West Bend. When I first looked at them I couldn't figure out if they were real or statues that the place put up.
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Post by cisco on May 8, 2012 15:06:39 GMT -6
Before I try eating a new mushroom I ID it by using 2 different keys. I also never try a new one the first time I find it. I like to collect them several times and run through the keys each time before I'm comfortable eating them. Gotta be 100% certain of the ID and there's too many that don't appear in the books.
With that said, I also routinely bring home mushrooms that I'm certain are not edible. Just trying to figure out a new ID is a facinating hobby.
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Post by ec rob on May 9, 2012 7:19:43 GMT -6
It kinda looks like it could be Stropharia rugosoannulata, the caps get duller colored as they age, and they do have a fragile ring. They come up this time of year, often in wood chips like the one in the picture. This is only a guess, however. Definitely do not eat them without being 100% sure, like Cisco said.
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Post by mikeologist on May 9, 2012 9:39:05 GMT -6
Hah, Thats exactly what I was thinking ec rob. I grow stropharia in my backyard and the purple gills led me to that. Usually the cap is a burgundy color, but the older they get, the browner the caps become. I probably wouldnt eat it, but I would eat mine from my back yard.
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