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Conifer mushroom id help?
#1668830 - 06/28/03 05:47 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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This large mushroom (15 cm x 10 cm cap ) comes up under my Conifer headge every year, in a very dry acidic place.
Smells very damp/musky mushroomy.
Seems to have a volva and clear large stem ring with a browny purple tint on the top side of the ring veil.
Cap texture is scaly, dry , brown to white in colour.
Bruises pink when cut.
Cap rim inturned around the margin.
Gill complete from stem to rim.
Stem, large swollen watery with a semi hollownes and pink bruising.
I always asumed this was a death cap before i started in this hoddie. So interessted in anyone thoughts on what it could be. Am i correct to asume its an Amanita? But not a death cap?
Print is being taken now, and i'll add it one shortly.
Any other questions of things i should look closer at can be done, as there are always others popping up once they start to show ( this is the first this year and i had to put a butcket over it as its growing in the chicken pen :-) )
Anythoughts?
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Paid]
#1668835 - 06/28/03 05:53 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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Agaricus ?????? . >browny purple tint on the top side of the ring veil. Brown spores, yes.
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Anno]
#1668849 - 06/28/03 06:11 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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I was really hoping for Agaricus of some sort :-) as the chickens seem to eat them with no real side affects :-) spore print could well turn out brown, looking at the gill colour. Any idear what Agaricus it maybe?
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Paid]
#1668852 - 06/28/03 06:12 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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Not a volva, my bad, more a swollen stem base.
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Paid]
#1668854 - 06/28/03 06:14 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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The bruising and the size narrows it down a bit, but still it could be any of around 10 that are left... Let?s wait for ToxicMan, if anyone knows, he will.
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Anno]
#1668859 - 06/28/03 06:19 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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Worth starting the cloning proccess? do you think?
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Paid]
#1668863 - 06/28/03 06:20 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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No, it's definitely not an Amanita.
It's an Agaricus, and fairly close to Agaricus bisporus. Unfortunately, Agaricus are tough to identify to species.
Happy mushrooming!
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Paid]
#1668865 - 06/28/03 06:22 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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>Worth starting the cloning proccess? Sure, why not.
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: ToxicMan]
#1668867 - 06/28/03 06:23 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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>Agaricus are tough to identify to species
If it smells and tastes like the supermarket A. bisporus, and we are sure it?s an agaricus, then it?s edible, right?
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Anno]
#1668877 - 06/28/03 06:31 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cool, well im off out for a bit, when i return i'll check the print,and think of a good way to cook up this beast :-) im thinking fill the cap with cheese and bacon :-) But i'll await the print and confirm it here first :-) Thanks for the imput. It does taste like a white button :-)
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Anno]
#1668881 - 06/28/03 06:33 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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Id assume it would be ok if not yellow staining is evident and their is no chemical smells or tastes upon cooking - but to say my knowledge of agaricus is lacking would be an understatement.
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Paid]
#1669190 - 06/28/03 10:26 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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The big things to watch for are yellow staining and a phenolic (or metallic or inklike or library paste like) odor. The odor is often strongest at the base of the stem. You can also cometimes enhance the odor by slightly crushing the base of the stem with your fingers.
You should also pay attention to the odor as it cooks. Sometimes you can miss the odor when it's fresh, but it comes out as it's cooking.
If it doesn't bruise yellow and it doesn't have the phenolic odor then it's edible, although there is some variability among the species as to how good they are to eat.
As with any new wild mushroom, when you try it for the first time you should eat a limited amount (less than 1 teaspoon), to minimize any bad reaction you mightr have to it. If you don't have a reaction overnight then you can enjoy yourself.
Happy mushrooming!
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Paid]
#1670880 - 06/29/03 03:17 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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Well, the prints very brown :-) theres no yellowness, or chemical smell. I ate a thumbnail size peice last night, and no ill effects.
So i think its safe to say, stuffed mushrooms tonight :-)
Thanks for all the imput and help :-)
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Re: Conifer mushroom id help? [Re: Paid]
#1670888 - 06/29/03 03:25 AM (20 years, 8 months ago) |
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Bon appetite!
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