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Aleid
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Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

#12642756 - 05/28/10 01:40 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

So I've recently developed somewhat of a keen interest in mushrooms. I went for a rather large hunt yesterday, and had to resist not picking every mushroom i saw, but i still found a wide variety that interested me. I thought the best way to learn would to get some ID's on these and then read up on them myself.

Please note: I may have got some mixed up a bit, so please tell me if you notice any in the same picture are actually different types

Section 1 - All these mushrooms where found in dried up bark/branches around the base of various oak trees in a park in the eastern suburbs of melbourne

1A

High Res:
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/3848/igp5776.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1182/igp5777.jpg

Gills:
Medium brown, somewhat orangeish

Stem:
2cm length, 4mm diameter, same colour as gills but a bit lighter, hollow

Cap:
2.5cm diameter, light to medium brown, feels kind of 'furry',

Bruising:
None noticed

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1B

High Res:
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6209/igp5778.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7682/igp5779.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1182/igp5780.jpg

Gills:
Brown

Stem:
5cm length, 7mm diameter, white with a hint of brown,

Cap:
4cm diameter, mainly white - hint of brown mainly around the centre, feels quite slimy

Bruising:
None noticed

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1C

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6886/igp5781.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3167/igp5782.jpg

Gills:
medium brown

Stem:
~2.5cm length, ~5mm diameter, lightish brown/orange, hollow

Cap:
2.3cm - 3.3cm diameter, quite a light brown - darker brown on the edges of the smaller one, edges curve up a bit

Bruising:
None noticed

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1D

High Res:
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6370/igp5783.jpg
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6237/igp5784.jpg

Gills:
light brown

Stem:
~4cm length, 4mm - 5mm diameter, light to dark brown - varies a lot

Cap:
4cm - 6cm diameter, varying dark/light browns, wavy and erratic shape - varying between mushrooms

Bruising:
None noticed

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1E

High Res:
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9830/igp5786.jpg
http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/1133/igp5787.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3397/igp5788.jpg
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6553/igp5789.jpg

Gills:
dark brown/orange

Stem:
3cm - 4cm length, 3mm - 5mm diameter, mainly white with tinges of orange

Cap:
1.5cm - 3cm diameter, brown/orange to deep orange

Bruising:
Perhaps the orange stem colour is orange bruising? Not sure though

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Section 2 - All these mushrooms where found in either woodchips or bark/branches around the base of various australian trees, mainly eucalypts and pines, a large park/lake in the eastern suburbs of melbourne

2A

High Res:
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5340/igp5792.jpg
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7287/igp5793.jpg
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/1182/igp5794.jpg

Gills:
dark brown

Stem:
~5cm length, ~3mm diameter, white with lots of blue bruising

Cap:
~1.5cm diameter, brown - darker in centre, then lighter towards edges where it gets dark again

Bruising:
Blue bruising on stem

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2B

High Res:
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1382/igp5795.jpg
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6880/igp5796.jpg

Gills:
White on the smaller ones, brown on the larger one

Stem:
3cm - 4cmm length, 1mm - 2mm diameter, white/brown at the top - gets to a darker brown as you go down

Cap:
0.5cm - 1cm diameter, light brown/white

Bruising:
None noticed

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2C

High Res:
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4024/igp5797.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1769/igp5798.jpg

Gills:
White with hints of red

Stem:
4cm - 7cm length, 1mm - 2mm diameter, mixture of dark and light reds - the red was a lot more prominent before they were picked

Cap:
0.5cm - 1.5cm diameter, quite a distinct 'bell' shape, somewhat transparent, distinctive red - more red at the topmost point, fading to a lighter white/red

Bruising:
None noticed

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2D

High Res:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8293/igp5799.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1912/igp5800.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5138/igp5801.jpg

My Guess:
Psilocybe subaeruginosa

Gills:
Light brown to a dark brown

Stem:
2.5cm - 5cm length, 2mm - 7mm diameter, white to pale brown

Cap:
2cm - 4cm diameter, pale brown - some darker brown on the edges

Bruising:
Distinct blue bruising

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2E

High Res:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4121/igp5802.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6329/igp5803.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2987/igp5804.jpg

Gills:
white or really light brown

Stem:
~4cm length, ~3mm diameter, reddish brown

Cap:
2cm - 2.5cm diameter, reddish brown - somewhat lighter towards edges

Bruising:
None noticed

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2F

Probably the same as 1E

High Res:
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/8840/igp5805.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5160/igp5806.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7460/igp5807.jpg

Gills:
dark brown/orange

Stem:
3cm - 6cm length, 3mm - 5mm diameter, mainly white with tinges of orange

Cap:
1.5cm - 3cm diameter, brown/orange to deep orange

Bruising:
Perhaps the orange stem colour is orange bruising? Not sure though

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2G

High Res:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5732/igp5808.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1755/igp5809.jpg
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/8803/igp5810.jpg

Gills:
white with hints of orange

Stem:
~3cm length, 6mm - 10mm diameter, mainly white with tinges of orange, possibly bruising

Cap:
1.5cm - 2.5cm diameter, orangeish/brownish, 'furry' feel

Bruising:
Again, Perhaps the orange stem colour is orange bruising? Not sure though

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2H

High Res:
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8143/igp5811.jpg
http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/7895/igp5812.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3374/igp5813.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5199/igp5814.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2247/igp5815.jpg

Gills:
dark brown

Stem:
2cm - 3.5cm length, 3mm - 4mm diameter, white with tinges of a darker colour - possibly blue bruising

Cap:
3cm - 4cm diameter, quite a reddish/orangeish colour on some - a pale brown on others - mixture of daker and lighter regions, looks quite wrinkled

Bruising:
Possible blue bruising?

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2I

High Res:
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9847/igp5817.jpg
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4093/igp5818.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7969/igp5819.jpg
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7254/igp5820.jpg

Gills:
Quite a distinct white

Stem:
3cm length, 54mm diameter, white with a bit of grey

Cap:
4.5cm diameter, a gray/green colour

Bruising:
None noticed

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Thats it!

Sorry for having so many here >_>
Also, sorry if my colour observations look a bit off compared to the pictures, im not too good w/ distinguishing colours

Thanks a lot in advance,

From Aleid =)

Edited by Aleid (05/28/10 02:07 AM)

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Re: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

[Re: Aleid]
#12642786 - 05/28/10 01:46 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

Nice ID request.

2A are active Subaeruginosa.
Wait for a trusted Identifier though.

And for next time, please either upload images using the shroomery uploader or resize them and [img] tag them. Makes things faster.

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Re: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

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#12642897 - 05/28/10 02:09 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

Ah, thought they might be subs, but they looked a little different to the subs i found last time, and the other ones i thought were subs (2D).

And i uploaded some lower res images and put them in the thread =) Links to the high res images are still there.

- Aleid.

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Re: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

[Re: Aleid]
#12642929 - 05/28/10 02:13 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

2F) Appear to be Leratiomyces ceres.

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Re: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

[Re: Aleid]
#12642932 - 05/28/10 02:13 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

That's a lot better.
I suspect both 2a and 2d are subs.

2h I'm confused about. Maybe subs that have been sprayed with red fungicide?

By the way, best ID request I've seen. Props for putting in that much effort.

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Edited by Slavich (05/28/10 02:15 AM)

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Re: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

[Re: Aleid]
#12643024 - 05/28/10 02:32 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

My guesses..

1E Leratiomyces ceres

2A Psilocybe subaeruginosa

2C Mycena sp.

2D Psilocybe subaeruginosa

2E Maybe Marasmius elegans

2F Leratiomyces ceres

2H Psilocybe subaeruginosa that have been sprayed with some Agrichemical. I'd discard those ones.

2I looks like a Xerula sp.

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Re: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

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#12643298 - 05/28/10 04:02 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

1A Agrocybe
1B Hebeloma
1C Tubaria
1D Gymnopus
1E Leratiomyces ceres
2A Psilocybe subaeruginosa
2B Mycena
2C Mycena sanguinolenta
2D Psilocybe subaeruginosa
2E Maybe Gymnopus
2F Leratiomyces ceres
2G Gymnopilus sp. (are those staining green?)
2H Psilocybe subaeruginosa that have been sprayed with some Agrichemical. I'd discard those ones.
2I looks like a Xerula sp. or something, not sure.

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Re: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

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#12643316 - 05/28/10 04:10 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

Is that red stuff really a chemical? I have never seen anything like that.

Hey OP, does this seem plausible? I assume these were all in a similar area, which would be odd if only one species of mushroom had this strange, red, "agri-chemical" on them.

I wish I could ask more of Alan about this, but he has me on ignore.

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Re: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

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#12643325 - 05/28/10 04:15 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

2E could be Collybia, perhaps hariolorum.

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#12643336 - 05/28/10 04:18 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

The red is a dye, it's a common practice here in parks and gardens and around roadsides. By law they need to put the dye in so as the public and pet owners know the area has been sprayed.

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#12643363 - 05/28/10 04:32 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

karode13 said:
The red is a dye, it's a common practice here in parks and gardens and around roadsides. By law they need to put the dye in so as the public and pet owners know the area has been sprayed.

Very interesting, thanks!

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Re: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs ID Request - Went for a pretty large hunt

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#12643414 - 05/28/10 04:47 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

karode13 said:
The red is a dye, it's a common practice here in parks and gardens and around roadsides. By law they need to put the dye in so as the public and pet owners know the area has been sprayed.

Yep, I've seen a lot of that recently. In fact I was hunting only a few days ago and there they were spraying weeds. Sadly a lot of these mushrooms take refuge near weeds and so they take the full brunt of the poison. There goes my speculation that the workers actually collected them.

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#12643418 - 05/28/10 04:50 AM (2 years, 11 months ago)

Crazy.

Luckily everyone here (at least in public places) lets the weeds run rampant, or puts cardboard under wood chips to help deter their growth... :wink:

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