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poisonshroom


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Is this reishi?
#10140508 - 04/10/09 01:52 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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i found it in my yard on some fallen branches under a big tree
i live in tropical Australia... its still summer here so its quite humid, but extremely hot (about30-35 during the day), but because its getting towards the end of summer nights are starting to cool down
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CureCat
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The top looks like Trametes versicolor, the "Turkey Tail" mushroom (another medicinal). However, I need to see the underside of the mushroom to be sure.
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poisonshroom


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: CureCat]
#10140565 - 04/10/09 02:11 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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sure... ill get a picture
itll be up in like 10min
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myCo_psyCo
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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: CureCat]
#10140575 - 04/10/09 02:17 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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ive never seen an all brown turkey before, not discrediting you.it looks too thin and laking a "stem" to be a ganoderma tho. color and growth patterns look a lot like the ganoderma applanatum i used to collect.
does the bottom change color when you scratch it?
a polypore none the less
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poisonshroom


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the bottom doesnt seem to change colour when i scratch it (at least not immediately)
what is turkey tail good for?
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CureCat
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The pores are far too large to be T. versicolor.
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myCo_psyCo
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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: CureCat]
#10140715 - 04/10/09 03:31 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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does anyone know this one yet? i have never seen perfect round pores before that size
the closest i could come was Daedaleopsis Confragosa but the pores dont seem to match right unless they stretch with age
 good ole MS paint
idk just my best guess
Edited by myCo_psyCo (04/10/09 03:41 AM)
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CureCat
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I'm not sure. The pores remind me of Polyporus, but I don't know any species with a top side that looks like that.
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myCo_psyCo
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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: CureCat]
#10140821 - 04/10/09 05:23 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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my first guess would have been a polyporus but i thought they all had a defined "stem".....
the top side looks like T.versicolor or a young G.applanatum but the pores totally dont match up closest i can still find is "Daedaleopsis Confragosa" but ive never even heard of the genus the few pics of it show a pretty close resemblance to the topside and the early growth on the pore side show thos perfect round pores, the mushroom in question looks pretty young and all the pics i can find are of mature specimens
i really want to know wtf this is now................
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poisonshroom


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this is getting interesting
well, if it helps, my specimen is about 7cm across at most... its quite small
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CureCat
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Myco psyco, it is not Daedaleopsis confragosa, as you noted, the pores are wrong. I looked at other species within that genus last night, and didn't find any matches. Good thinking though.
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Alan Rockefeller
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The pic of the underside is not super clear, what shape are the pores? They look like they might be hexagonal which would be significant.
Its surely one of those tropical polypores and I doubt it will be on any of the standard mushroom sites.
There are some Australian fungi experts that would probably know exactly what it is.
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CureCat
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They definitely seem hexagonal or diamond shaped to me.
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myCo_psyCo
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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: CureCat]
#10142190 - 04/10/09 12:38 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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i looked through books, went through a huge list of ausi polypores and cant find shit
maybe the key to id'ing this is the hexagonal DIMPLED pores. they're not deep pore "tubes" like most polypores, from what i can see in the pic they're shallow dimples
Edited by myCo_psyCo (04/10/09 12:52 PM)
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poisonshroom


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they are not perfectly round, and yes, this is from tropical australia.
The cap is very thin (a couple of mm) and the pores are also only quite shallow
also its very leathery and tough, but the top is quite smooth
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