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tokinman21
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Wisconsin Yard Shrooms, Conocybe Smithii?
#14447377 - 05/13/11 07:31 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm finding it a bit unlikely, but it is the right season and they look like they *could* be it. Funny story, I was on a walk and had a random thought about mushrooms and seconds later saw a big bunch of mushrooms growing at the base of a tree. So of course, I scooped them up into a plastic bag and I'm bringing them here for help ID'ing them! It would be awesome if they were, because I just found out that my first mushroom trip in almost two years (planned for tonight) fell through...so this would be like a little replacement! Pictures are at the bottom of the post, thanks for any help!
Long, thin white stems up to maybe six inches long but normally shorter. Whitish-yellowish-orangish caps ranging from about .5-2 inches accross, typically more like .5-1 inch though. Gills start white at the center and turn dark brown as you move to the edges. What I'm seeing isn't looking good I'll admit, and I know the pictures are blurry because of my shitty camera but any help would be awesome. I'm holding out a little hope just because I have a feeling, but that might just be because I really want to trip tonight.
P.S. Some of them have blackened, upturned gills...I'm assuming they're rotten and bad to eat?
EDIT: Sorry, forgot to attach photos originally, I added them:




Edited by tokinman21 (05/13/11 07:46 PM)
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groople
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Re: Wisconsin Yard Shrooms, Conocybe Smithii? [Re: tokinman21]
#14447395 - 05/13/11 07:34 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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No pictures are showing for me right now.
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psylosymonreturns
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Re: Wisconsin Yard Shrooms, Conocybe Smithii? [Re: tokinman21]
#14447403 - 05/13/11 07:36 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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dont fuck with small orange mushrooms . you obviously dont know enough and there is no pics.
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tokinman21
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psylosymonreturns said: dont fuck with small orange mushrooms . you obviously dont know enough and there is no pics.
Sorry, I forgot to attach them. No, I don't know shit about mushroom identification...I take it small+orange is a lot of stuff?
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psylosymonreturns
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Re: Wisconsin Yard Shrooms, Conocybe Smithii? [Re: tokinman21]
#14447490 - 05/13/11 07:52 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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a lot of kill you in a miserable way kinda lota stuff.
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Alan Rockefeller
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psylosymonreturns said: and there is no pics.
Psylosymon, since pics is a plural word you need to use the word "are" instead of "is".
OP, it is extremely unlikely that your mushrooms contain psilocybin. They are much more likely to be poisonous.
For identification of active Conocybe species, small pics aren't going to do it. Large, high quality pictures which are in focus are needed. Even then, extreme caution is needed due to the existence of several other much more common deadly species which look very similar.
For instructions on posting pictures, please refer to this document.
http://www.shroomery.org/5286/How-do-I-put-pictures-in-my-post
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Ieponumos
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Coprinellus species.
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tokinman21
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Okay, thanks for the help guys, these are going straight in the garbage can. Well, that's rather disappointing.
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Re: Wisconsin Yard Shrooms, Conocybe Smithii? [Re: Ieponumos]
#14447508 - 05/13/11 07:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Probably Coprinellus micaceus.
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psylosymonreturns
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mr fuckin perfect. thanks for the english re lesson . ive had a few beers .
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psylosymonreturns said: mr fuckin perfect. thanks for the english re lesson . ive had a few beers . 
That's Alan! Also, seriously subject-verb disagreement can happen when one isn't looking. I've changed the phrasing of a post to only notice later that I forgot to change the verb tense or quantity.
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Re: Wisconsin Yard Shrooms, Conocybe Smithii? [Re: Ieponumos]
#14447779 - 05/13/11 08:36 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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psylosymonreturns said: mr fuckin perfect. thanks for the english re lesson . ive had a few beers . 
That's Alan! Also, seriously subject-verb disagreement can happen when one isn't looking. I've changed the phrasing of a post to only notice later that I forgot to change the verb tense or quantity.
i am an uneducated twat compared to most people here, i just dont give a shit really , i am too old to care now. i try to my best to atleast make sense.
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WOw i was actually expecting some found yard smithii here - -- yeah OP - your finds are as leponumos said - common coprinus - -- - they grow in those giant clusters sometimes by the thousands The inky caps ( coprinus) in my yard finally popped up yesterday That means there shud be morels around here SOOOOOOON or even now Those inky caps are VERY common around here in WI The Conocybe Smithii are VERY rare around here and id say EXTREMELY rare in the burbs of WI Keep hunting OP just don't be all so eager to eat your new finds in WI We have LOTS of gourmet edibles and LOTS AND LOTS of deadlies around here The Wisconsin "majik" is VERY few and far inbetween there man  When you even do stumble upon what majik is here - most are pretty weak in potency too Please keep hunting - but PLEASE learn now the #1 rule of hunting wild mushrooms- ( its actually LIFE OR DEATH ) NEVER EAT ANYTHING unless your absolutely 100% know what your finds are If you fail to do this you may be the next victim who dies from eating unidentified finds
Go out looking for morels now in WI - GOodluck
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Alan Rockefeller
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psylosymonreturns said: i am an uneducated twat compared to most people here, i just dont give a shit really , i am too old to care now. i try to my best to atleast make sense. 
I am also uneducated. I was expelled from high school and did not attend college.
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Ieponumos
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psylosymonreturns said:
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Ieponumos said:
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psylosymonreturns said: mr fuckin perfect. thanks for the english re lesson . ive had a few beers . 
That's Alan! Also, seriously subject-verb disagreement can happen when one isn't looking. I've changed the phrasing of a post to only notice later that I forgot to change the verb tense or quantity.
i am an uneducated twat compared to most people here, i just dont give a shit really , i am too old to care now. i try to my best to atleast make sense. 
Bollocks!!! Everything is relative. No matter how much booklearning one has, nothing compares to real-world experience.
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Alan Rockefeller said:
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psylosymonreturns said: i am an uneducated twat compared to most people here, i just dont give a shit really , i am too old to care now. i try to my best to atleast make sense. 
I am also uneducated. I was expelled from high school and did not attend college.
I attended high school until my senior (with a GPA of 1.2 at my junior year) year when I dropped out because some asshole(s) called in a series of bomb threats for nearly a month straight.
http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x488821595/Bomb-threat-disrupts-Northwest-again
Now I'm in a community college with the hopes of getting into UGA when I'm done. The main reason I'm doing this is it'll open up opportunities for grants and such things.
Edited by Ieponumos (05/13/11 09:12 PM)
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LuckOfTheFryish
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Re: Wisconsin Yard Shrooms, Conocybe Smithii? [Re: Ieponumos]
#14448292 - 05/13/11 09:57 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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maybe its just me but most of the smart people dont do well with conventional academics. school is for mind-washed chumps. STAY IN SKOOL KIDS!
on a lighter note.... when has Psylosymon ever made any sense?? its all jibberish that looks like kjhdf&@#IUSnnnc to me 
haha jk man. you know your mushrooms and thats all that counts, right?
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Re: Wisconsin Yard Shrooms, Conocybe Smithii? [Re: LuckOfTheFryish]
#14449733 - 05/14/11 06:02 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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LuckOfTheFryish said: maybe its just me but most of the smart people dont do well with conventional academics. school is for mind-washed chumps. STAY IN SKOOL KIDS!
Yea school is for retards....who are going....nowhere!
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on a lighter note.... when has Psylosymon ever made any sense?? its all jibberish that looks like kjhdf&@#IUSnnnc to me 
I am going to sneak into Canada and teach him some English.
(They won't let me across the border)
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psylosymonreturns
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LuckOfTheFryish said: maybe its just me but most of the smart people dont do well with conventional academics. school is for mind-washed chumps. STAY IN SKOOL KIDS!
on a lighter note.... when has Psylosymon ever made any sense?? its all jibberish that looks like kjhdf&@#IUSnnnc to me 
haha jk man. you know your mushrooms and thats all that counts, right?
jeez fuckin thanks dude.Quote:
Alan Rockefeller said:
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LuckOfTheFryish said: maybe its just me but most of the smart people dont do well with conventional academics. school is for mind-washed chumps. STAY IN SKOOL KIDS!
Yea school is for retards....who are going....nowhere!
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on a lighter note.... when has Psylosymon ever made any sense?? its all jibberish that looks like kjhdf&@#IUSnnnc to me 
I am going to sneak into Canada and teach him some English.
(They won't let me across the border)
i think you should teach me about mushrooms instead!!! but in all seriousness, you cant come across to canada ,but you can go to mexico? wtf ? i know i find species that are not on your active list yet!
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LuckOfTheFryish
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yeah i think you shood teach us about mushrooms instead. me no nedd talk soo grood? psh. me and symon and other bcers will vouch for you then they gotta let you cross
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Re: Wisconsin Yard Shrooms, Conocybe Smithii? [Re: LuckOfTheFryish]
#14450733 - 05/14/11 11:34 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey hunters, don't "throw them in the garbage", whatever "they" turn out to be! That's what compost piles, or even just shrub beds and such are for.
I was once a member of the Wisconsin Mycological Society. 'Tis a good group to belong to to learn more about the fungi native to this region. We had a foray at Point Beach State Forest one year that turned up literally hundreds of species. These were all laid out on picnic tables, id'ed, and then..........dumped into the garbage!
Maybe I'm the weird one, but that is just plain wrong in my book. Here we were, surrounded by thousands of acres of forest land, and all anybody could think to do with them was to throw them away. When I protested this move, several more important members scolded me, chidingly stating that "we haven't hurt the fungi", as if I didn't realize the mycellial networks were still intact. Yes, I get that, but any organic material, whether mushrooms, coffee grounds, banana peels, whatever, is better returned to the productive environment than buried somewhere under feet of clay.
To my way of thinking, all mushrooms should be allowed to serve as food for something, even if just other microorganisms. Yes, I do know that I am out of the mainstream with such thoughts.
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