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OfflineBobDobalina
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First BLG?
    #11141967 - 09/28/09 06:09 AM (14 years, 4 months ago)

Habitat:
Pennsylvania.  In a nature park close to my house.  These two were pulled from their origin and left on the ground, I hunted EVERYfuckingWHERE for their big cluster patch...no luck...perhaps another shroomer dropped it out of their bag on the way???  Various hardwoods are in that park sorry I can't help much more.

Gills:
Gills, orangeish/light brown

Stem:
Solid, about 3 inches long

Cap:
Maybe 3 inches in diameter as well

Spore print color:
Darkish orange / light brown

Mushroom Observer Link ->
http://mushroomobserver.org/25869





Also, some BLG questions as I might possibly have my first one(s) finally :laugh:

1) If they are 100% positively identified as laughing gyms, does that mean they are 100% safe to eat?

2) What is the best method to consume?  They've been drying on a pizza box for about a day, I haven't washed them since I picked from the park. 

3) Any words of advice from others who have laughed with good ol' Gym before?

and finally..

4) If I put a few chunks of the cap in a spray bottle and shook it around real good, then sprayed some logs...would that effectively start turning into mycelium or would that be a waste of time and effort?


Thanks a lot!!!!!


Edited by BobDobalina (09/28/09 08:39 AM)


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Re: First BLG? [Re: BobDobalina]
    #11142039 - 09/28/09 06:53 AM (14 years, 4 months ago)

It could be, wait for more experienced to chime in though.


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Re: First BLG? [Re: karode13]
    #11142094 - 09/28/09 07:14 AM (14 years, 4 months ago)

I'll quote a response from your mushroomobserver entry:
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smell, taste, kind of tree it was growing on, better pictures plus a pic of the cap…



I second that. They are quite possibly a gymnopilus species, but I cannot say if this is one of the active species.

I'd be hard pressed to eat gyms myself, though. Boy, do they have a godawful bitter taste.


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Re: First BLG? [Re: koraks]
    #11142253 - 09/28/09 08:33 AM (14 years, 4 months ago)

Is there any way to mask the bitter taste?  I usually mix cubes with peanut butter and the taste is masked fine.  There is also a laughing tea I've heard about however I once made fly cap tea and that shit was un-drinkable


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Re: First BLG? [Re: BobDobalina]
    #11142574 - 09/28/09 09:51 AM (14 years, 4 months ago)

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BobDobalina said:
Is there any way to mask the bitter taste?





not really. also the experience is usually unlike that of psilocybin from what I hear.

and your mushrooms are still just a possibility, some better pictures and description could decide wether or not your eating a toxic cort.


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Re: First BLG? [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11143649 - 09/28/09 01:19 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

Sorry that's the best camera I have around while at college =(
I thought the only gym look alike in PA were jack-o-lanterns and that the spore print color will tell you the difference (mine's orange/light brown)?

I'm not arguing, and certainly won't eat the mushroom until I get a confirmation but I don't know what to do since I can't get you guys better pics


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Re: First BLG? [Re: BobDobalina]
    #11143691 - 09/28/09 01:26 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

They're not jack-o-lanterns. However, there are some inactive gym species, which obviously will do nothing for you but leave a bitter taste in your mouth. There is also a (remote) possibility that these are a cortinarius species (they also have a rust-colored spore print...) and some corts are poisonous. But I think you at least have a gym species.


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Re: First BLG? [Re: koraks]
    #11144109 - 09/28/09 02:23 PM (14 years, 4 months ago)

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koraks said:
They're not jack-o-lanterns. However, there are some inactive gym species, which obviously will do nothing for you but leave a bitter taste in your mouth. There is also a (remote) possibility that these are a cortinarius species (they also have a rust-colored spore print...) and some corts are poisonous. But I think you at least have a gym species.




Ok thanks that makes sense, I'll try to get a better camera tomorrow or something.  The fall rain is finally here so hopefully even if this isn't a laughing gym I'll find something soon :smile:


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