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thehiphopdrug
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What species are these?
#14423603 - 05/09/11 08:36 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Habitat:
Looks like it grew in some soil/moss from the location in a grassy feild next to the side walk.
Gills: The gills are pale, I am very novice so I cannot explain more than that, the pictures don't show much of them, however I can say that they are pale in color.
Stem apparently hollow stem, thin, pale in color
Cap: average of 4cm in diameter, spherical, dark brown when wet, pale, light brown when dry
Spore print color: Very important! I know this! I tried doing a spore print, over the period of a couple hours checking every 30 minutes... Finally I could see the gill pattern on the paper, but it lacked any pigment, almost a white/clear spore print.. strange for a 'shroom...
Bruising: N/A
Other information: I will have to take some BETTER photographs, of the gills, stem and cap... but what you see should give an idea i.e. they grew in clusters, in some type of dirt/moss blend.. i found them May 8th in Southern Washington/Northern Oregon.. ahem... Portland area.. if that helps identify these.. Again I am novice with no experience hunting.. I have read some on the topic, not enough to confidently identify ANYTHING.. yet... 
I just want to see if anyone here has an idea what these are... Given the odd sporeprint, are they poisonous look-alikes? Give me something! Thanks, peace and god bless.
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SomeGuy
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marasmius oreades
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koraks
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Re: What species are these? [Re: SomeGuy]
#14423612 - 05/09/11 08:39 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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paducahovoids said: marasmius oreades
Certainly! They are a good edible, I understand they do very well in soups and they dry&store very well too.
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elprawn
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Re: What species are these? [Re: koraks]
#14423618 - 05/09/11 08:41 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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They shrivel up loads if you fry them, though.
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Ieponumos
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Re: What species are these? [Re: elprawn]
#14424319 - 05/09/11 12:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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elprawn said: They shrivel up loads if you fry them, though.
Well that might be good for someone still getting used to the texture of fungi. Just
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thehiphopdrug
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Re: What species are these? [Re: Ieponumos]
#14426473 - 05/09/11 07:41 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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The only 'shroom I've personally picked and cooked is a chantrelle.. Delicious!
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Ieponumos
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thehiphopdrug said: The only 'shroom I've personally picked and cooked is a chantrelle.. Delicious!
It sounds delicious! 
Hopefully I'll find some Chanterelles one of these days.
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Re: What species are these? [Re: Ieponumos]
#14427081 - 05/09/11 09:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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ah buddy, they rule!! you seem to have pretty good luck, i bet you run into them one day.
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koraks
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Quote:
thehiphopdrug said: The only 'shroom I've personally picked and cooked is a chantrelle.. Delicious!
They're difficult to beat in terms of smell, flavor and texture
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BlimeyGrimey
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thehiphopdrug said: I tried doing a spore print, over the period of a couple hours checking every 30 minutes...
It's best to just leave the cap alone for a few hours while printing. There's no need to check it every 30 minutes.
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thehiphopdrug
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Hey guy's looks like I've found some more... of possible interest...
Habitat: Front lawn of my friend's... The grass around them seemed very tall, rich green.. A hint?
Gillls: The gills are very tight, they're dark, almost black in color.
Stem: Hollow, white, 3mm-5mm diameter, 3cm-6cm length
Cap: The cap is tan, 1cm-4cm in diameter
Spore print: Still printing, I am not supposed to leave this out I know, I will edit once it's finished!
Bruising: N/A
Other info: Picked May 10th, in the Portland area, there were some other 'shrooms similiar to them a few feet away with one notable difference, the caps were.. sort of grown out, turned up and cracked and brown at the edges. They seemed to grow tightly to each other, but singularly, but I didn't get to check out every patch.
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thehiphopdrug said: Hey guy's looks like I've found some more...
Copinellus micaceus
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koraks
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Re: What species are these? [Re: Oreganic]
#14429390 - 05/10/11 11:27 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yup, c. micaceus.
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thehiphopdrug
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Re: What species are these? [Re: koraks]
#14429429 - 05/10/11 11:37 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Whoa... smart I'd rate ya, but I can't yet!
I wiki'd them, looks like they're edible, but not magical 
I munched the other ones, I dried them out and they tasted like pumpkin seed...
These.. I'd have to put in something, like an omlette, I don't think i'll be eatin' them...
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I've thrown C.micaceous in a couple dishes,but they were inconsequential so I can't really say I liked or disliked them at all. I've heard you can make a good milk-gravy with them and the 'ink' will stain it a bit black making it take on an interesting color.
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thehiphopdrug
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Re: What species are these? [Re: ShockValue]
#14484289 - 05/20/11 12:56 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hello again! I went for a hike today and hunted down a few.
Habitat: Pacific NW, May 20th, dense foresty area, very moist, near firns, grew alone and couldn't see any others like it (never have seen any others like it!) Gills: This strange thing doesn't have gills! Cap: Weird looking, the cap is sort of folded at the middle and hangs down on either side. It's now a tan/brown but was sort of greenish when picked. It's about 3cm long. Stem: White, hollow, 5cm long, bumpy? stem, sort of curvy. Spore print: No gills so no spore print, I assume... Bruising: N/A
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elprawn
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Helvella compressa, I think.
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thehiphopdrug
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These guys look inedible, poisonous, evil!
Habitat: Pacific NW, dense forest, under/near firns, grew separately, but in clusters. Gills: No gills Cap: Black, 2cm, folds upward, like a taco Stem: Black, solid, 4-5mm in width, 1cm in height Spore print: No spore print Bruising: N/A
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elprawn
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Helvella macropus?
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The Thinker

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Re: What species are these? [Re: elprawn]
#14484407 - 05/20/11 01:18 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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elprawn said: Helvella macropus?
or H. villosa but something close to that either way
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elprawn
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Re: What species are these? [Re: The Thinker]
#14484408 - 05/20/11 01:19 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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How about the one before that, The Thinker?
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thehiphopdrug
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These ones look familiar, they have a cool look about them...
Habitat: Pacific NW, forest, spring, near firns, grew separately, but in close proximity Gills: the gills are tight, close together, brown/tan Cap: Dark brown in the center, fades to tan light brown at the edge. average size 3cm in diameter. Stem: hollow, tan/light brown, average 3-4 cm tall, .5cm wide Spore print: Sorry a little premature, but I am going to say brown... I will update once they're finished Bruising: N/A
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elprawn
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Inocybe species.
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Re: What species are these? [Re: elprawn]
#14484428 - 05/20/11 01:24 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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elprawn said: How about the one before that, The Thinker?
Helvella compressa if hairy underside, Helvella elastica if smooth
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elprawn said: Inocybe species.
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Re: What species are these? [Re: The Thinker]
#14484436 - 05/20/11 01:25 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks, mate.
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thehiphopdrug
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Re: What species are these? [Re: elprawn]
#14484537 - 05/20/11 01:48 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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first species has a smooth underside, so Helvella elastica, "the brown elf saddle," fitting
second the little black things, marcopus or villosa either way some "small inedible cup fungi"
lastly, a inocybe, not to be eaten either, still look very cool in the sun, sort of golden...
Thanks again, thanks a million... Where can I go to learn all this, college or something?
Mushrooms & Fungus of the Pacific NW.. With shroomery, that book and wikipedia, I should be getting the identities pretty close.. Cheers
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thehiphopdrug said: first species has a smooth underside, so Helvella elastica, "the brown elf saddle," fitting
second the little black things, marcopus or villosa either way some "small inedible cup fungi"
lastly, a inocybe, not to be eaten either, still look very cool in the sun, sort of golden...
Thanks again, thanks a million... Where can I go to learn all this, college or something?
Mushrooms & Fungus of the Pacific NW.. With shroomery, that book and wikipedia, I should be getting the identities pretty close.. Cheers
Nope. You can learn all this buy hanging around here, reading, trying to ID mushrooms on your own (with multiple other opinions of course), and using the search functionm in the top right corner of this page/website
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Re: What species are these? [Re: Ieponumos]
#14484651 - 05/20/11 02:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm pretty good at ID'ing things at this point, and although I have started going to mycological society meetings pretty recently, the vast majority of my learning was from hunting by myself/mushrooms demystified/this forum.
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The Thinker

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Re: What species are these? [Re: groople]
#14484920 - 05/20/11 03:13 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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the Helvlla macropus/villosa may actually be H. chinensis, a species I just heard of
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elprawn
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thehiphopdrug said: Where can I go to learn all this, college or something? 
Well you can learn as much as me by bumming around on here and stalking the experts. I knew nothing when I joined here and now I know nothing plus one.
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The way I learned was by trying to identify what I find, either using internet resources or books or scientific journals. This forum is also a great place to learn.
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Stopwhispering
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Re: What species are these? [Re: TimmiT]
#14488522 - 05/21/11 06:22 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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TimmiT said: The way I learned was by trying to identify what I find, either using internet resources or books or scientific journals. This forum is also a great place to learn.
The ID's I am most confident with are mushrooms that I have found and succesfully ID'd. Viewing others finds on sites like this helps a lot also though, especially with the great knowledge base that is here.
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elprawn
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I feel like I've increased my knowledge a bit since last autumn and I have me a nice field guide now, too, so I'm looking forward to the mushroom season coming round again so that I can see how much I've learnt.
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Stopwhispering
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Re: What species are these? [Re: elprawn]
#14488541 - 05/21/11 06:33 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah I think you need a title upgrade tbh, I've noticed you have become a lot more versatile and confident with your ID's. 
I need to get myself a field guide I think it would help immensly, ordered "A field guide to Australian fungi" but the bookshop rang and told me they couldn't get it. Few places have it online though.
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Stopwhispering said: Yeah I think you need a title upgrade tbh, I've noticed you have become a lot more versatile and confident with your ID's. 
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thehiphopdrug
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Re: What species are these? [Re: Joie]
#14580742 - 06/08/11 04:42 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Panaeolus cinctulus BKA Liberty Caps?
These are liberty caps, perhaps... found in green grass, off the sidewalk....
Habitat: Pacific NW, lawn/green grass, spring,grew separately, but in close proximity Gills: the gills are tight, close together, brown/tan Cap: Tan/light near the edge, brown in the center, about the size of a quarter...the cap is sort of shiney?? Stem: hollow, tan/light brown, average 4-5 cm tall, .5cm wide Spore print: not really brown... more of purple/black... been printing for 20 minutes or so.. Bruising: N/A

I can take/provide more or other pictures if necessary... Thanks in advance!
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Agrocybe
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