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 Dude96
Registered: 05/25/08
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 My First I.D.
#8588104 - 07/02/08 02:58 PM (4 months, 28 days ago) |
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Mushroom Group 1:
Habitat: Backyard, soil, beside a slowly decomposing section of wood once used to contain a garden. Canada, Ontario, No noticeable dung evident (insect maybe?). Had been growing out of simple timbre wood.
Gills: White and brown, attached, gills.
Stem: 5.5cm in length, about 1-1.5cm in diameter; thin, but thicker than my other finds. slightly fuzzy, white mycelium evident at the bottom of the stem, white, solid.
Cap: 6cm in diameter, a light tan colour, spherical, concave, slightly rubbery feel.
Spore Print: Still in the works, will update asap
No noticed bruising.
Smells similar to store bought mushrooms except a stronger scent, deep earthy aroma.
Additional info: Cap had been torn off and there was a bite out of it, but the entire thing wasn't eaten...potentially inedible?
Mushroom group 2:
Habitat: Backyard, soil, near, but not on slowly decomposing log. Canada, Ontario, no dung evident. Growing right out of the ground.
Gills: Much like top of cap, ranges from a deep gold to a pale yellow, seemingly slightly mottled. Definitely attached gills present.
Stem: Solid , 4.5cm in length, maybe .5cm of a cm in diameter, quite thin. White, rather rubbery, extremely fragile.
Cap: 3cm in diameter, a tan colouration, ranging from almost golden to light yellow, mottled with white patches. Fragile texture, slightly bumpy. Spherical and convex.
Spore Print: This one also is in the works still, but I just checked, so far looks like a deep gray, but there is too little to give a definite answer at this point.
No bruising noticed, smell similar to but much fainter than the previous mushroom, almost undetectable.
Additional info: While handling I couldn't get a good grip with the gloves I was using so I used my hands...left a really weird colouration on my finger. (see picture) It's a little blurry, so if you can't notice there was blue, orange and a bit of red, the blue ranged from dark bruise-like blue to a soft baby blue.
Mushroom group 3:
Habitat: Pretty close to group 2, thought they were the same species until I looked at their stems. Backyard, soil, near, but not on slowly decomposing log. Canada, Ontario, no dung evident. Growing right out of the ground.
Gills: Very light yellow..or white with a slightly tan tinge in colouration, gills definitely present, attached.
Stem: Hollow as shown by picture, 4 in length, maybe .8 of a cm in diameter, quite thin. White, rather rubbery, extremely fragile.
Cap: 3cm in diameter, solid light brown colour, soft and smooth, spherical and convex.
Spore Print: Just checked, either needs a lot more time or is white. Cap was still hydrated, not dryed out in anyway. For now, undetermined, will update asap.
Smells almost like a spice, fairly faint scent though. nothing else about this one really.
Mushroom group 4
Alright, first off there were 7 or 8 mushrooms present in the little cluster, located in exactly same habitat as all the others, just a tad closer to the log, but not attached. However, only a few of the mushrooms seemed to be of the same species...but i'm not sure so this possibly is an additional group...i'll explain more at spore prints.
Gills: First difference, mushroom one I will call it was large, deep brown gills which were attached. Mushroom 2 on the other hand had light gills, more of a cream or white in colouration, also attached.
far left and right are supposed mushroom two, centers are mushroom ones.
Mushroom one gills.
Mushroom two gills.
Cap: about 6cm in diameter for mushroom one, closer to 4 for mushroom 2. Mushroom one looked flower like with little folds in its outer edge (making it seem like there were petals). Mushroom 2 did not really possess this. Mushroom 2 had a strictly white top and was spherical, convex, mushroom one had a top that was much more conical in comparison and also ranged from a cream colour at the outer edges to a tan colour at the center point, one portion was brown.
Mushroom one cap
Stem: 4.5cm for Mushroom 1, 4cm for mushroom 2. both were about .8-1.2 cm in diameter. Both were white, however mushroom 2 possessed small bumps all along its stem whereas Mushroom one's was completely smooth. Both were hollow and fairly thin.
Mushroom 1 stem
Mushroom 2 stem (ignore the cap, this picture shows the bumps i mentioned best).
Spore Print Colour: This was what got me thinking they were different species instead of the same at different points in growth, then again..i'm completely new to this so i'm probably wrong :P. Both gave a print on white paper in minutes however Mushroom one and two had the exact same dark brown print. The only difference was there was a region near the base of Mushroom' ones cap which was closer to black than brown...otherwise identicle.
Scent: No distinguishable scent. No bruising noticed.
Thats about it, additionally, first picture in all of those posted was 'mushroom one', second was mushroom two. Thanks 
Woot. Beginning of my first I.D. 
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Alan Rockefeller
Mycologist
 
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Re: My First I.D. [Re: Dude96]
#8588272 - 07/02/08 03:48 PM (4 months, 28 days ago) |
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Some of those mushrooms are Psathyrella candolleana. Maybe all of them are that species. I don't see any pics that are definitely not that.
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Dude96
Registered: 05/25/08
Posts: 283
Loc: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Hmm, and if any of the spore prints come out something other than brown/purple-ish?
Also...for preparing a microscope slide for spores, is it pretty much same deal as doing a swab of anything? I'm planning on getting one soon
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: My First I.D. [Re: Dude96]
#8588444 - 07/02/08 04:47 PM (4 months, 28 days ago) |
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Hmm, and if any of the spore prints come out something other than brown/purple-ish?
Then you have something else.
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Also...for preparing a microscope slide for spores, is it pretty much same deal as doing a swab of anything? I'm planning on getting one soon
For spores put a few thousand of them on a slide, add a drop of water and a cover slip and you are good to go.
If you are going to use a scope for mycology, get How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus III: Microscopic Features.
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