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agrocybe with bluing ID
    #14362934 - 04/27/11 06:52 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Previously had a few growing in same general area IDed as agrocybe sp., but was wondering if these might be different. Are any  species of agrocybes known to be edible/active? I noticed that a few of the small ones exhibit a dark bluish color on the cap that seems to dissipate with aging/drying. I am going to try to keep these moist and watered  to see if a few mature specimens maintain the shade.

Habitat:
mulch, eastern US

Gills:brown to tan

Stem:

Cap:
brown with dark possibly blue margin

Spore print color:
pending, but others were purple brown if I remember correctly

Bruising:
note the darkness on cap..I'm color blind so can't tell hue

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Below - little one's look dark on cap?


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: liali]
    #14362945 - 04/27/11 06:54 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

No, it's more likely something similar to A. sororia. It's not bluing.


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: liali]
    #14362950 - 04/27/11 06:54 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I have a macro-mode camera that I may be able to use soon..so more in-focus photos hopefully will be coming


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: liali]
    #14362965 - 04/27/11 06:57 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I'm not seeing anything that looks like bluing. Got pics of the gills and/or spore print? Looks like an Agrocybe. If so, the spore print shouldn't be purple-brown. Sounds like confirmation bias.:shrug:


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: Bobzimmer]
    #14363075 - 04/27/11 07:17 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

ahh..thanks, they do look almost exactly like the sororias on mushroomexpert..I will try to get a spore print. I think it probably was/is confirmation bias.


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: liali]
    #14363089 - 04/27/11 07:22 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Keep lookin'. Good luck!


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: Bobzimmer]
    #14363537 - 04/27/11 08:55 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Thanks! will do.. I was thinking though, after the comment about A. Sororia, I did some searches and found that A. Farinacea is actually a variety of A. Sororia (link:http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=347734)

In addition, since the genus Agrocybe has not had much analysis done to identify macro or microscopic features of all the species yet, it is conceivable that bioassaying would be the fastest method of determining if this is a Farinacea variety. If that is possible, is there any chance it is a poisonous species..spore print is pending..what should I look out for?


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: liali]
    #14364366 - 04/27/11 11:12 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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liali said:
Thanks! will do.. I was thinking though, after the comment about A. Sororia, I did some searches and found that A. Farinacea is actually a variety of A. Sororia (link:http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=347734)




A farinacea is not a variety of A. sororia.  The mycobank record is for Agrocybe sororia var. farinacea, a variety of A. sororia.

All Agrocybes smell farinaceous.  (like cucumber)

All Psilocybes and all other psilocybin mushrooms also smell farinaceous.

Workman thinks that the test result which shows that A. farinacea has psilocybin is a false positive, and I think he is very likely to be correct.  I have not seen any pictures of A. farinacea with blue staining, nor any trip reports.

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In addition, since the genus Agrocybe has not had much analysis done to identify macro or microscopic features of all the species yet, it is conceivable that bioassaying would be the fastest method of determining if this is a Farinacea variety. If that is possible, is there any chance it is a poisonous species..spore print is pending..what should I look out for?




I have heard that there are poisonous members of Agrocybe but I haven't seen any proof and I think its likely that they are all edible.

I found a blue/greenish Agrocybe in Mexico last year, unfortunately it rotted before it dried.  I will check the spot again in a few months.


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #14364895 - 04/28/11 01:41 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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liali said:
Thanks! will do.. I was thinking though, after the comment about A. Sororia, I did some searches and found that A. Farinacea is actually a variety of A. Sororia (link:http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=347734)




A farinacea is not a variety of A. sororia.  The mycobank record is for Agrocybe sororia var. farinacea, a variety of A. sororia.





Ahh..ok thanks a lot!



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In addition, since the genus Agrocybe has not had much analysis done to identify macro or microscopic features of all the species yet, it is conceivable that bioassaying would be the fastest method of determining if this is a Farinacea variety. If that is possible, is there any chance it is a poisonous species..spore print is pending..what should I look out for?




I have heard that there are poisonous members of Agrocybe but I haven't seen any proof and I think its likely that they are all edible.




I was just about to start a thread requesting anyone who knows which Agrocybe species are poisonous (or possibly deadly), so thanks - do you think I still should?

And thanks for the photos of the blue-green agros from  Mexico - those actually resemble the pins and slightly larger of the species I've found. In The Eastern US where I am it dries out fairly quickly, and I think that that causes a color change plus cracking. I will water and such the beds where they are popping up by the twenties to see if I can get a few that look blue/green or whatever into a more mature state.


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #14364974 - 04/28/11 02:16 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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unfortunately it rotted before it dried.  I will check the spot again in a few months.




Yeah mine are shrinking, but not really losing any moisture..in fact they seem to be more so, almost slimy, but not so much to lose the mushroom shape. They also seem to get darker/bluer(?) so I thought it was like some kind of bruising..


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Re: agrocybe with bluing ID [Re: liali]
    #14365758 - 04/28/11 08:30 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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unfortunately it rotted before it dried.  I will check the spot again in a few months.




Yeah mine are shrinking, but not really losing any moisture..in fact they seem to be more so, almost slimy, but not so much to lose the mushroom shape. They also seem to get darker/bluer(?) so I thought it was like some kind of bruising..




Bluing is obvious. You will most likely know when you see it.


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