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grasshappa
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some inactives to ID please
#10414601 - 05/28/09 05:15 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Here are a few different mushrooms I found in the last couple of days. I just got my camera yesterday, and am very excited and snap happy, so some of the pics might be a little bad. These are all from the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California, at 8000' in a still soggy grassy meadow with a fair amount of old cow dung on the edge of a Jeffrey pine forest.
1. Cryptoporus volvatus (var nares)
2. Really not sure about these. They were growing right out of cow poo. Very mucusy. Seemed like the caps wanted to open, but always seemed to dry out 'closed.' I couldn't really get a print from these, but the gills dried to a rusty brown orange.
3. Umm, maybe Clitocybe albirhiza? Hmmm, nope. That's what I get for just looking through pictures and not keying with a print color. This one came out fast - mocha brown spores. Caps were about 5-7cm diameter. Stems were just under 1cm up to 1.5cm thick, and 4-7cm tall. Only saw about half dozen or so of these in two groups.
4. Lost on this one, too. These were very numerous, but none breached the top of the grasses. I was mostly concentrating on the cow patties, but once I saw these, I realized there were a lot of them. Caps were 2-5cm dia, stems pretty skinny (around half cm, maybe) and hollow, and about 2-5cm tall. Spore print was brown/dark-brown.
5. These were just tiny and right on the poo. No idea...
Thanks in advance for your input.
Cheers!
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landsnorkler
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Re: some inactives to ID please [Re: grasshappa]
#10414934 - 05/28/09 06:18 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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2. Bolbitius species 3. Agrocybe 4. Probably Agrocybe, although looks a little Galarenaish. 5. Some small cup fungi like Cheilymenia.
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psychedelicSLUG
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Re: some inactives to ID please [Re: landsnorkler]
#10415065 - 05/28/09 06:41 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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nice, i really like the third and fourth picture down brotha...
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: some inactives to ID please [Re: grasshappa]
#10415173 - 05/28/09 06:59 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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1) Cryptoporus volvatus 2) Bolbitius 3) Agrocybe 4) Hebeloma 5) dung cup fungi
I am not sure why you are concentrating on cow dung, the good ones are mostly under incense cedar and at slightly lower elevations this time of year. You should be able to find some Psilocybe montana way up there and also lots of Clitocybe glacialis.
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psychedelicSLUG
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are psilocybe montana extremely potent Alan?
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Alan Rockefeller
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No, they are a true Psilocybe so they do not contain psilocybin. Only false Psilocybes are active!
Here are some I found: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/8519158
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psychedelicSLUG
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wow extremely nice! very true... i saw your post before in regards to that...
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grasshappa
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Thank you all for your IDs and comments!
I see that Alan and landsnorkler both said 3) was Agrocybe, but after looking at pics and descriptions of what Alan suggested as 4)Hebeloma, it seems like number three could easily be the common 'poison pie' - Hebeloma crustuliniforme, but I don't see any Hebeloma that 4) could be.
But there's a lot I don't see yet. Seeming to me and seeming to a trusted identifier are two radically different things.
Thanks again, and I'll have more for you soon. This evening, I found a possible Amanita in my yard, and this morning, found some inactive little brownies in the new sod of the fire station. More info to come.
You guys are great.
P.S. Anybody know of a way to get a cheap 'scope?
You guys are great.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: some inactives to ID please [Re: grasshappa]
#10416606 - 05/28/09 10:13 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I see that Alan and landsnorkler both said 3) was Agrocybe, but after looking at pics and descriptions of what Alan suggested as 4)Hebeloma, it seems like number three could easily be the common 'poison pie' - Hebeloma crustuliniforme, but I don't see any Hebeloma that 4) could be.
I accidentally switched 3 and 4 in my response. Poison pie sounds good. There are tons of Hebelomas and its foolish to waste time trying to put a name on yours. My friend has the monograph on the western veiled Hebelomas, its massive and doesn't even cover the ones that don't have a veil.
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P.S. Anybody know of a way to get a cheap 'scope?
I got an Olympus BH on ebay for $300 the other day, its a really nice research scope that costs much more, but I have no idea what condition it will arrive in or if it will need more parts to operate.
The cheapest new scopes are from amscope. They are pretty decent.
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landsnorkler
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Re: some inactives to ID please [Re: grasshappa]
#10416614 - 05/28/09 10:15 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I think Alan meant 3. is Hebeloma. I concur.
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