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 queenks
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 Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it 
#12906687 - 07/16/10 01:35 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Please help me identify this mushroom. I live in Marion (central Ohio) and this grows in my yard and many more of the same.
Habitat:
Where does it grow? In My yard. I think there is a cut down tree stump under this spot in my yard. Started getting them in the spring and it is now July 16th and they have been regrowing. I pick them and they just keep coming back. I installed a sprinkler system in the fall so my grass has got plenty of water this year, and they just keep coming back.
Gills:
Color-- Dark brown and tan
Stem:
Length about 2 inches. diameter is 1/4- 3/8 inch
Cap:
Diameter 1 1/2 inches, color tan,
Spore print color: not sure yet-- Have it on aluminum foil now
Bruising:
Color that the mushroom bruises- dont know
Other information:
Scent of the mushroom--reminds me of Morels scent
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 Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: queenks]
#12906709 - 07/16/10 01:40 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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queenks said:I want to eat it
Treat this as an amateur view but I think it's a Psathyrella sp. and either way I'm fairly sure you don't want to eat it.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: Joie]
#12906808 - 07/16/10 02:06 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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It looks like a Coprinoid, most likely Coprinellus micaceus, which are in fact edible. I have heard that they go good sauteed in an omelet. I have also heard that they can be poisonous if consumed with alcohol... the bottom line is, if that mushroom dissentegrates into a black gooey substance after you pick it than it's definitely Coprinellus micaceus, aka shiny ink cap. But that's not a 100% positive ID, so DON'T take my word for it.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: Oreganic]
#12906822 - 07/16/10 02:10 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Sounds likely.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: queenks]
#12906836 - 07/16/10 02:14 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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I agree with the previous ID of Coprinellus micaceus but I am not an expert by any stretch.
This mushroom often has crystal like veil remnants left on the cap of fresh specimens, have you noticed anything like that?
If indeed it is Coprinellus micaceus it is considered a choice edible but do not eat it until you get a thumbs up from one of the Trusted Identifiers here.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: SWFL]
#12906932 - 07/16/10 02:37 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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It looks like C. micaceus, but it isn't very common to find just one.
OP- You said they keep coming back. Do they grow in clusters or singly? Do they deliquesce when mature?
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: Twiztidsage]
#12907256 - 07/16/10 03:29 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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it looks like some kind of coprinus.
and thats the first ive heard of micaceus being "choice"......lol
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: johnnyblaze2316]
#12907585 - 07/16/10 04:26 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thank You everyone for your responses-- It is great to see so many. Yes they are growing in a cluster of many mushrooms of all this same kind. Im not sure what you mean by "has crystal like veil remnants left on the cap"? I have one on aluminum foil right now so that I can see the spores so I will find out soon if it dissentegrates into a black gooey substance.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: queenks]
#12907621 - 07/16/10 04:33 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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They are Coprinellus micaceus.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: queenks]
#12907625 - 07/16/10 04:34 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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queenks said:
I will find out soon if it dissentegrates into a black gooey substance.
FYI this process is to deliquescent... the process twiztidsage referred to earlier.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: queenks]
#12907637 - 07/16/10 04:37 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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queenks said:
Thank You everyone for your responses-- It is great to see so many. Yes they are growing in a cluster of many mushrooms of all this same kind. Im not sure what you mean by "has crystal like veil remnants left on the cap"? I have one on aluminum foil right now so that I can see the spores so I will find out soon if it dissentegrates into a black gooey substance.
These guys are probably right, but my gut is telling me they are going to print purplish and could be Psathyrella.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: johnnyblaze2316]
#12907676 - 07/16/10 04:45 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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johnnyblaze2316 said:
it looks like some kind of coprinus.
and thats the first ive heard of micaceus being "choice"......lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinellus_micaceus
See, edibility-
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: SWFL]
#12907711 - 07/16/10 04:51 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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aahh finally the pics work... 
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: caphillkid]
#12907719 - 07/16/10 04:53 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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caphillkid said:
These guys are probably right, but my gut is telling me they are going to print purplish and could be Psathyrella.
Your gut is trying to trick you.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: caphillkid]
#12907728 - 07/16/10 04:55 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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caphillkid said:
Quote:
queenks said:
Thank You everyone for your responses-- It is great to see so many. Yes they are growing in a cluster of many mushrooms of all this same kind. Im not sure what you mean by "has crystal like veil remnants left on the cap"? I have one on aluminum foil right now so that I can see the spores so I will find out soon if it dissentegrates into a black gooey substance.
These guys are probably right, but my gut is telling me they are going to print purplish and could be Psathyrella.
My gut reaction was Psathyrella as well, but then decided against it.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: Twiztidsage]
#12907798 - 07/16/10 05:10 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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"choice".........lol
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: johnnyblaze2316]
#12907863 - 07/16/10 05:29 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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I am a waiting the spore print. Thanks everyone for your input. how do I "read" the print? What is important?--Color or what?
Edited by queenks (07/16/10 05:33 PM)
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#12907880 - 07/16/10 05:33 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Alan Rockefeller said:
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caphillkid said:
These guys are probably right, but my gut is telling me they are going to print purplish and could be Psathyrella.
Your gut is trying to trick you.
Psathyrella was my first thought and then I looked at them again and decided that Coprinellus micaceus is a very good match.
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: German Kahuna]
#12907898 - 07/16/10 05:39 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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German Kahuna said:
Quote:
Alan Rockefeller said:
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caphillkid said:
These guys are probably right, but my gut is telling me they are going to print purplish and could be Psathyrella.
Your gut is trying to trick you.
Psathyrella was my first thought and then I looked at them again and decided that Coprinellus micaceus is a very good match.
Exactly!
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Re: Need Help Identify Mushroom Yard --I want to Eat it [Re: Twiztidsage]
#12907913 - 07/16/10 05:42 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Usually the gills are much more black by that stage IMO. That's what is throwing me off. Those gills look like a mix of pale/gray and maturing to purplish. But as I said before you guys are probably right. The print will solve it.
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