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ddo
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Identification help needed
#14406482 - 05/05/11 05:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Dear Shroomers,
I could really use some help in identyfying the following mushrooms:
 Habitat: They were picked in a pasture, in the grass surrounding cowpies and not in manure directly. This was in the Dominican Republic, but in the mountains, elev 800m - 2500ft. The climate is warm during the day - 80-90F/25-30C and cool at night 60F/15C...
Gills: The color of the gills is medium brown,
Stem: stem is very soft and flimsy of the same color, quite thin - 2-3mm DIA
Cap: Cap is brown, kinda looks like like a lib without the nipple?
Spore print color: rusty brown with (maybe) a tiny hint of purple
Bruising: NO Bruising!!!! - looked for blue very hard and still nothing! Frankly Im concerned I might have a Conocybe coprophila that is poisonous at the worst and something awefull tasting without the happy at the best....
Thank you so much for your help
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elprawn
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Re: Identification help needed [Re: ddo]
#14406501 - 05/05/11 05:53 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Probably a Conocybe species. I wouldn't eat them.
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LuckOfTheFryish
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Re: Identification help needed [Re: elprawn]
#14406509 - 05/05/11 05:55 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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my first instinct was Conocybe as well
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ddo
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I thought Conocybes only grew in the dung itself. These were collected in the grassy area on a pasture..... Could it be something else?
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koraks
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Re: Identification help needed [Re: ddo]
#14408664 - 05/06/11 05:29 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Possibly a psathyrella sp. judging by the hygprophanous cap visible in the top left of the first pic.
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I thought Conocybes only grew in the dung itself
No, they don't. To be honest, I'm not sure if there's even a single species of conocybe that grows directly from dung.
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ddo
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Re: Identification help needed [Re: koraks]
#14408734 - 05/06/11 06:10 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ok Thanks for the advice everybody. Koraks, what color the spore print of psathyrella sp should be? And is it a potent mushroom? I really dont want to throw these away until i know for sure...
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Joie


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Re: Identification help needed [Re: ddo]
#14408749 - 05/06/11 06:16 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Conocybe has a brown spore print, Psathyrella a darker purple-brown. Either way you can throw those away, they are not active.
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koraks
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Re: Identification help needed [Re: Joie]
#14408769 - 05/06/11 06:23 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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There are no psychoative psathyrella species; at least, none have been discovered so far.
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ddo
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Re: Identification help needed [Re: koraks]
#14408796 - 05/06/11 06:34 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks. Its back to the cows for me.
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