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Re: We try will ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:16 pm
by Geoff
ndyuk wrote:I found several of these mushroooms clustered together in a conifer/pine forest, sandy soil. I tried collecting the spore deposit, but I feel I did something wrong??? After leaving the cap under a glass, half of it on white paper, half of it on black, I had collected no spores after 3 hours. Checking it this morning however, it had left a black residue on the white paper where a damaged section of the mushroom had been laying (Are these the spores? I am a beginner). Its diameter is aprox. 5 cm and it stood about 10 cm off the ground. It is creamy white in colour with shades of light brown on the top. It has true gills which are very thin.
In order to be able to stand a decent chance of IDing these, you need to supply a cross-section photo. It is crucial to be able to see exactly how the gills are attached to the stem. Also, always try smelling the mushroom. The smell is not always distinctive, but if it
is, then it can make identification a lot easier.
Oddly enough, these also look like
Collybia maculata - younger ones. But there's other things they could also be.
Re: We try will ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:03 pm
by markpeace
Hi,
I've found these big clusters of bracket fungus growing on the base of a tree. I think they're Hen of the Woods (Grifola Frondosa), but I'm a bit of a novice; whatcha think?
Cheers,
Mark.
Re: We try will ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:17 pm
by Hedgehogpie
Certainly looks good - the tree is a Beech, yes?
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:44 pm
by markpeace
Yep. I'm having doubts over whether it's actually Giant Polypore, now; but it looks to me like the fronds are thinner and more 'bushy'
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:46 pm
by livesake
found this and a few more in my yard they were NOT in a circle but in full sun, measures 4 1/2 inches wide some are smaller and a few are larger. this is a pic of one that is approx 1 week old, i picked it today to see what it is( I am still lost) as to whether it is
Macrolepiota procera: The Parasol Mushroom OR Chlorophyllum molybdites, which has the common names of false parasol or green-spored parasol, i sure hope it is the good one, it smells good, the gills are firmly attached to the cap the stem redily came free
thank you for any info
grandpamargaret@gmail.com
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:49 pm
by livesake
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:24 pm
by kit-e-kate
Hiya, The best way to check is to take a spore print;
Cut the cap off one mid aged specimen. Take a sheet of black/dark paper and a sheet of white paer and put them side by side. Place the cap (gills down) on the join between the two bits of paper and cover the cap with a glass (or big bowl if its too big for a glass). Leave it for a few hours. Check the paper. If the spore pattern is white, then Yipee! Its a parasol. If its green, then Boo Hiss! Its a false parasol.
HTH
Kate
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:04 pm
by purplemaf
Hi probably an easy one for you but just wanted to know what this is. Suddenly appeared in our garden.
http://i38.tinypic.com/1zw2ems.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/2z85389.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/2eyx9nm.jpg
Thanks
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:45 pm
by Northern Boy
What do y'all think about this?
I thought I'd finally found some Wood Hedgehogs (
Hydnum repandum) but when I turned them over they looked more like Terracotta's (
Hydnum rufuscens). I thought they were Woods because of the colour, but everything else (stem thickness, gills not going down stem) says Terracotta. What do you think? I suspect colour is the least reliable indicator.
Might they be something else? I can't find anything obvious!
Sorry the pic is a bit blurred, my camera packed up
NB
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:00 pm
by samsjubblies
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:19 pm
by gregorach
@samsjubblies: those are what are known in the trade as "
little brown mushrooms" (LBMs). There are
lots of species, many of which are extremely difficult to positively identify, even for a mycologist with specimens right in front of him/her. It's
possible that they're "edible" (in as much as they won't actually make you sick), but it's equally possible that they aren't. Either way, there's not enough eating in them to make it worth worrying about. Most experienced mushroom foragers completely ignore LBMs, as they're far more trouble than they're worth. Leave well alone would be my advice.
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:21 pm
by samsjubblies
Thats Great, thank you :-)
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:26 pm
by Carltonian Man
gregorach wrote:@samsjubblies: those are what are known in the trade as "
little brown mushrooms" (LBMs). There are
lots of species, many of which are extremely difficult to positively identify, even for a mycologist with specimens right in front of him/her. It's
possible that they're "edible" (in as much as they won't actually make you sick), but it's equally possible that they aren't. Either way, there's not enough eating in them to make it worth worrying about. Most experienced mushroom foragers completely ignore LBMs, as they're far more trouble than they're worth. Leave well alone would be my advice.
Fully agree Dunc. They could be members of the coprinus family
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30257481@N03/3518188790
PS Hi SJ and welcome to ish. Why not pop into the welcome page and say hello
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:36 pm
by gregorach
Yeah, one of the coprinoids (probably a parasola) would be my first guess, but that's all it would be - a guess. I tend to have a rule to never "positively" ID a mushroom on the basis of photographs unless it's one of the really obvious ones. Far too much scope for dangerous mistakes... LBMs I don't consider positively ID'd even with the thing in my hand, a spore print, and a copy of Roger Phillips. I'm nowhere near that expert.
Re: We will try to ID your mushrooms here
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:32 am
by Big Al
Found in a local park in one of the flower beds. About 8 in total of wich this is one.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29271961@N ... 050225729/
