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oO_wombat_Oo
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Big fungi growing on my street
#1440365 - 04/08/03 06:39 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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I thought these are probably edible - anyone know what they are? The sun has dried them out quite badly by the time I got this photo. I walked past them everyday for a week thinking "I'll take a photo next time".

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angryshroom
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Re: Big fungi growing on my street [Re: oO_wombat_Oo]
#1440712 - 04/08/03 08:24 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dunno, maybe give a little more description. Id say some sort of Agaricus.
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ToxicMan
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Re: Big fungi growing on my street [Re: angryshroom]
#1440826 - 04/08/03 09:03 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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I agree with Agaricus. We need a much more detailed description to have any chance at the species.
Note that many Agaricus are poisonous, so don't eat them until you have a good ID. Things you need to note are the odor and any bruising reaction (cut them in half vertically and scrape with the edge of your knife to bruise - it can take up to an hour for the color changes). Those might not be fresh enough to get the bruising to work properly.
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oO_wombat_Oo
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Re: Big fungi growing on my street [Re: ToxicMan]
#1440852 - 04/08/03 09:12 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hehe. Yeah, it's a crap photo of crappy mushrooms. Posted more out of boredom than anything else. Thanks anyway.
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rommstein2001
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Re: Big fungi growing on my street [Re: oO_wombat_Oo]
#1440875 - 04/08/03 09:22 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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The caps look kinda sorta like Agaricus californicus, but the stems are way too thin. That's the only one I can think of right now.
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ruskifile
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Re: Big fungi growing on my street [Re: oO_wombat_Oo]
#1442290 - 04/09/03 08:53 AM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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hey wombat 
Do you think these are similar??
I found this group last week...definately some sort of Agaricus...did you break the flesh and smell it? These had a strong 'chemical' smell like phenol. The only example I could find with this description is A. xanthoderma?? for the smell, but it didn't appear to be yellow-staining which is apparently a characteristic, so I'm not too sure...



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Re: Big fungi growing on my street [Re: ruskifile]
#1443234 - 04/09/03 01:24 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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A Lacterius or a russula. What color are the gills?
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rommstein2001
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Re: Big fungi growing on my street [Re: mjshroomer]
#1443870 - 04/09/03 05:05 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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MJ- Was that post directed towards wombat or the second picture post?
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oO_wombat_Oo
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Re: Big fungi growing on my street [Re: ruskifile]
#1444402 - 04/09/03 07:59 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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No, I don't think they're very similair. Sort of the same. The ones I found looked more like big versions of what you buy in the shops. The caps are only cracked due to the sun, I think.
MJ, they had dark brown - almost black - gills.
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