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 drama
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 Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; 
#9033045 - 10/05/08 02:40 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hello, the woods are indeed lovely, dark and deep, and so is mycology. I took a day off from work to head out for a few hour stroll and I came across many shrooms, pastures, cows, horses, dung, cranberries, blackberries, and someone's lost cellphone which was lying in the middle of a soccer field. I started dialing numbers and finaly got someone, whereupon I just left it at a nearby store for buddy to pickup.
I realized immediately that looking for shrooms enhances your awareness of the surroundings, rather amazing. Anyways, despite finding tons of shrooms that are posted below, miraclously I did not stumble upon any actives, or at least I think I did not. By the way, I thought picking shrooms in pastures would be easy and the cows would be lazy and harmless, but was I ever in for a surprise. One of them started grunting at me and then began shaking his head and paw erratically as if he was about to charge me. At that point I ran faster than ever and was reluctant to return.
I do not have my ID book yet, as it is in the mail, but perhaps Alan Rockfeller or others would take a crack at IDing some of these. Could anyone explain, despite the fact that there is dung everywhere, why I did not find any psilocybes today? The temperatures these days reach a low of ~3-5 degrees, although it was very warm at mid-day and not too humid.
Granted I did not find any actives today, with all this luck of pastures, cows, horses, and dung, perhaps I may retire my search for the psilocybe. All I wanted to do was find one liberty cap and grow the rest as cubensis !@#$% Instead, the only shroom I found in the pastures were measly pan foes (#15).
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 Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: drama]
#9034714 - 10/05/08 08:25 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nice thread, drama. I like the layout. 
I'm a bit tired so, no id from me today. Maybe by tomorrow someone will help you out. But I will answer a question. Why no psilocybes when there is dung? That's like asking why no cars when there is a road. Dung only means the possibility of mushrooms, not a certainty. Many other factors have to be taken into consideration.
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somebody716
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
#9034734 - 10/05/08 08:29 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Is that first species deadly?...Conocybe filaris?
Edited by somebody716 (10/05/08 08:39 PM)
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: somebody716]
#9034760 - 10/05/08 08:39 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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If it were a Galerina it would be. However, I am unfamiliar with one with such an umbonate cap. Very cool looking. It reminds me of the Flying Saucer Psathyrella.
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Deepsea Steve
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
#9035594 - 10/06/08 01:16 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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To have found so many beautiful specimens(active or not) in one short stroll, I would say you had a friggin great day!!! Keep the drama threads coming and keep on hunting, the shrooms will come. Many share this dilemma including me. If you are looking for semilanceata, I've been told by experts its still to early if your in the PACNORWEST.
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drama
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: Deepsea Steve]
#9035909 - 10/06/08 04:55 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Morning Guys, Senor H & Deepsea: I agree, again, the temperatures recently were rather warm. Yahoo botched the lows claiming they were around 3-5 degrees Celcius, but it appears as if they were / are actually much higher than that. I have attached a plot featuring the temperatures of the past week in Nova Scotia as a function of day. The Max, Min, and Mean temperatures are plotted. I think they need to be much lower, perhaps half as less, for psilocybe to fruit? Moreover, the precipitation has been very low recently and it was rather dry. I think these issues conspired to stimey my attempt at finding a psilocybe.
It was indeed quite a stroll and completely re-energized my tank. Spending so much time in a city is unhealthy. The drive out there was lovely aswell, as fall is the most beautiful time here in Nova Scotia. I was aided by a great recording of Beethoven's 4th piano concerto for the drive, which coupled with the scenery, was wonderful. Inevitably, this is the beginning of a life long project to catalog the mushrooms of our region both pictorially and by genus / species. Our urban museum has a website that is a mockery of the subject. However, I need to work on my photography. My camera does not seem to be able to interpret lighting-interactions with mushrooms very well. A new Canon Rebel DSLR would be nice ;-) Cheers,
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: drama]
#9036137 - 10/06/08 07:20 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nice. Who wouldn't want one of those cameras.
Back to the mushrooms. What details can you give us? For example, on # 1&2, what color was the spore print? Brown, I am assuming.
You write nice. Welcome to the Shroomery in case no one has said it.
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LuckOfTheFryish
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
#9036147 - 10/06/08 07:23 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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all i can say for sure is 14 is a moo cow and 21 is a horse....moo cows are choice edibles so you should pick it and make steaks and burgers
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drama
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: LuckOfTheFryish]
#9038492 - 10/06/08 05:25 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hey Senor_Hongos, thanks for the welcome. Unfortunately, I did not take any specimens so no spore print is available. If there is interest, however, the next time I am in the country I shall revisit the compost pile. I would add that I believe I saw pumpkins growing not more than 5 feet away from those mushrooms.
Luckofthefryish, on the contrary, that "moo cow" was ready to have me for supper. I exhibited such naievety towards the beast. At the precise moment the beast started shaking its head and paw was the precise moment my adrenalin shifted my demeanour to a "flight" response.
Cheers,
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: drama]
#9039128 - 10/06/08 07:30 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yes, by all means take a spore print. You should do that whenever it is feasible. I can't speak for the others but I am always interested in the color of the spores.
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drama
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
#9046640 - 10/08/08 07:04 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Senor_Hongos, perhaps you and others could comment about the first-order identifications that I am issuing for the mushrooms, sometimes genus only. Since this is my first attempt in such an endeavour, perhaps you could also elaborate why a given classification that I have issued is wrong (e.g., stem is too big, etc.)
Thanks.
1 - Galerina Autumnalis?
2 - Galerina Autumnalis?
3 - Inonotus or Hydnellum ?
4 - Amanita Citrina?
5 - Inonotus or Hydnellum ?
6 - Amanita Frostiana?
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8 - Melanoleuca?
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10 - Suillus Cavipes?
11 - Suillus Paluster?
12 - Suillus Sinuspaulianus or Suillus Grevillei?
13 - Amanita Citrina?
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15 - Pan Foe?
16 - Suillus?
17 - Mycena?
18 - Mycena?
19 - Sullius Grevelli?
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: drama]
#9047571 - 10/08/08 11:46 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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drama said:
Senor_Hongos, perhaps you and others could comment about the first-order identifications that I am issuing for the mushrooms, sometimes genus only. Since this is my first attempt in such an endeavour, perhaps you could also elaborate why a given classification that I have issued is wrong (e.g., stem is too big, etc.)
Thanks.
1 - Galerina Autumnalis?
2 - Galerina Autumnalis?
I would say no. I would like to see the gills and a spore print.
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3 - Inonotus or Hydnellum ?
Certainly not Inonotus, possibly Hydnellum.
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4 - Amanita Citrina?
Probably.
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5 - Inonotus or Hydnellum ?
Certainly not Inonotus, possibly Hydnellum.
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6 - Amanita Frostiana?
Not sure, maybe.
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Need more details.
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8 - Melanoleuca?
I'd go with that.
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Birch Polypore.
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10 - Suillus Cavipes?
Looks good to me.
{quote]11 - Suillus Paluster?
Not familiar with it.
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12 - Suillus Sinuspaulianus or Suillus Grevillei?
Same answer.
{quote]13 - Amanita Citrina?
Yes.
15 - Pan Foe?
Maybe, the cap margin on the older one seems fringed.
16 - Suillus?
Definitely.
17 - Mycena?
The cap is a bit convex, also growing singly. Not sure.
18 - Mycena?
The stipe is pruinose, so, probably not.
19 - Sullius Grevelli?
Why not?
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Maybe the Chicken Fat Suillus, looks off though.
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Pilobolus crystallinus.
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Berries.
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Russula.
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I'd like to know as well. Is that a bog habitat?
26 - Hygrocybe?
Without a doubtcybe.
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I had to remove a few of the quotes because there is a 15 quote limit per post. I did not know that.
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drama
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
#9047886 - 10/08/08 12:59 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hi Senor_Hongos, I am indebted. Below you will find two close-up images of specimen #1 that I took during the hunt and neglected to post because my hands/fingers were everywhere. Perhaps you may observe a characteristic conducive to a particular classification. As you noted, mushroom #19 was indeed found in a bog.
Cheers,
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Today's Hunt: pastures, cows, horses, dung, no actives(!) but plenty of shrooms; [Re: drama]
#9049409 - 10/08/08 05:16 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I see why you suspected it was a Galerina. I would say the same thing after seeing those photos. Still, which species is outside my grasp until I know a little more-my study on my end, more information from your mushroom.
Thanks for posting.
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