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Shr0om
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New zealand find- christchurch
#14397445 - 05/03/11 10:51 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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This is my first year looking properly and i diddnt have to walk far lol... in the driveway!Would love to hear if i was sucsessful first time. have a few diff types i know round christchurch but never come across these.
Habitat: Driveway, Off rotting wood, damp cold shadded area, mossy surrounding.
Gills: white, attached, In a long short long short pattern from the outside in.
Stem: long 7cm, 2mm diameter, light browny purple, soft, hollow, thick for a smaller cap
Cap: 4cm, extremely fluro blue around edges and halfway up it darkens finaly up to the top which is brown, unknown texture, print colour clear/milky/grey. at the top of the cap (looks like a nipple) its light brown
Bruising: Dark blue.
Other information: Turns more vibrant blue once picked. stem also showing hints of blue.
Heres a pic: http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/361/img0517r.jpg
Also some i found but no idea what they are.
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6715/img0515ny.jpg
Edited by Shr0om (05/03/11 10:54 PM)
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aussieshroom
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Re: New zealand find- christchurch [Re: Shr0om]
#14397571 - 05/03/11 11:13 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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First looks like Mycena.
Second appears to be Psythrella
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CureCat
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Re: New zealand find- christchurch [Re: Shr0om]
#14397754 - 05/04/11 12:01 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yes, Mycena and Psathyrella.
Also, you should not store mushrooms in plastic bags. Try tackle boxes for small mushrooms, paper or wax bags for larger mushrooms.
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inski
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Re: New zealand find- christchurch [Re: CureCat]
#14397777 - 05/04/11 12:09 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah, plastic bags are no good, I like to gently wrap the species I find that produce dry fruit bodies in paper towels then place them in rigid plastic containers, any specimens that are viscid to glutinous I use wax paper as the specimens don't stick to it then place them in plastic containers.
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CureCat
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Re: New zealand find- christchurch [Re: inski]
#14397791 - 05/04/11 12:18 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah, I have done the wet paper towels in a plastic box- that works well. Also, I have known people to collect with aluminum foil; they just wrap the mushroom loosely in foil and twist the ends off. I thought it was crazy at first, but it is rigid enough and seems to keep most mushrooms in good condition.
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Shr0om
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Re: New zealand find- christchurch [Re: CureCat]
#14397837 - 05/04/11 12:43 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks guys you've been a great help!
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inski
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Re: New zealand find- christchurch [Re: CureCat]
#14397941 - 05/04/11 01:17 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
CureCat said: Yeah, I have done the wet paper towels in a plastic box- that works well. Also, I have known people to collect with aluminum foil; they just wrap the mushroom loosely in foil and twist the ends off. I thought it was crazy at first, but it is rigid enough and seems to keep most mushrooms in good condition.
Interesting, I may try aluminium foil sometime with some of the more glutinous species, it sounds like a good idea, I like to be very gentle when collecting specimens in an attempt to preserve the taxonomic characteristics as much as possible.
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woodchip
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Re: New zealand find- christchurch [Re: inski]
#14656382 - 06/22/11 08:26 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sorry for adding to this a month later.....
Yes I have seen mycologists who collect using tin foil and it seems to work very well. Easy to carry a roll around and as said by Curecat is robust enough to keep specimens from being crushed.
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