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Jordainio
Jazz Drummer



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Two Mushrooms I Have Never Seen Before! (Pennsylvania Area)
#18808021 - 09/06/13 04:18 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Habitat: Found growing in grass but both mushrooms looked like they had been picked up and put there. weird, I know, but this is all the info I have, i'd think they grew there right out of the grass of my front lawn. They are from Southeastern Pennsylvania, found today September 6th, it was a cool night a beautiful weather today, had just rained yesterday morning early. Lots of sun today, high elevation, I live in the highest part of the tri county area (highest no pun intended)
Pale tan/apricot to white in color, stem slightly blue/orange in some spots but predominantly tannish-white. Seems to have solid stem, about 4-5 inches in height, one inch in diameter if that, maybe 3/4 inch. Gills from the stem out to the perimiter, gills are grey/sand/light brown. I think they are non-attached?..
Cap is a convex conical shape with specs of the thing that covers amanitas...lol Im sorry i am not remembering the word for that now of course when I go to post an ID request. But it looks like amanitas i have had/found. Cap is white/tan tones and is about 4-5 inches in diameter.
Spore print color: Not yet checked, if needed I will separate the stem and set up a couple spore print pages for them.
Bruising: Not yet checked. I want to do it safely if needed, let me know how I should go about checking this, I apologise as I am still learning a lot about mycology.
Other information: Mushroom smells very faint, nothing too different than say a bell mushroom would smell, but i have a very insensitive sense of smell so to speak. There is a ring on the middle of the stems of these, presumably from where the veil (is that the word?!) broke open when the mushroom was growing. The gills are crowded in my opinion. Also, as stated in the title of the post, I've never seen these growing around where I live until about a week ago I saw two in one place and two maybe three more near the woods as i was walking my dog, didnt want to carry them or let my dog get near them! But when i saw these same looking ones on my front lawn I had to procure them from mother earth just cause I was so curious with getting some help ID'ing them! Thanks so much for all comments, questions, responses, and help! peace and love
PS: I have only found the farm grower's shrooms around here really, the previous ID i had asked about, glad to have something I KNOW is not in that family. I know it is not Agaricus, right? Am I close in some kind of agar? Lepiota aspera? I just realised how many species there are in PA! WOW! Thanks again yall!
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ToxicMan
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Re: Two Mushrooms I Have Never Seen Before! (Pennsylvania Area) [Re: Jordainio]
#18808045 - 09/06/13 04:21 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Chlorophyllum molybdites, the mushroom that causes more poisonings in the US than any other.
-------------------- Happy mushrooming!
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Jordainio
Jazz Drummer



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Re: Two Mushrooms I Have Never Seen Before! (Pennsylvania Area) [Re: ToxicMan]
#18818261 - 09/09/13 09:25 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey thank you so much! BUT FOR REAL these are the mushrooms that cause the most poisonings?!? I did not know that. The questions that i thought of were: Why have I not seen them in my area before? Do spores of mushrooms flow and get dispersed like some seeds in the wind? Are dogs affected like humans are by these mushrooms' poisons?!
I posted this as an ID . But seriously whoever tells me the bit about why they are grwoing around here or if they are toxic to dogs gets mad +rep or something...cause two of my neighbors are scared to let their dogs walk off the leash in case of mushroom...
Thanks!
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Lhun
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Re: Two Mushrooms I Have Never Seen Before! (Pennsylvania Area) [Re: Jordainio]
#18818286 - 09/09/13 09:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Jordainio said: Do spores of mushrooms flow and get dispersed like some seeds in the wind? Are dogs affected like humans are by these mushrooms' poisons?!
Yes, and Yes.
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Tangich


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Re: Two Mushrooms I Have Never Seen Before! (Pennsylvania Area) [Re: Jordainio]
#18818290 - 09/09/13 09:36 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah, of course mushroom spores get spread by the wind, they are microscopic and can travel very long distances. Whenever they fall on a suitable habitat (rich grassy areas in this case), they grow and spread. Dogs have different digestive systems than humans, and react differently to some chemicals. Some mushroom species that are edible to us are poisonous to dogs, and vice versa. But in this case I think it would be safer to assume that C. molybdites is toxic to dogs as well, however to humans it's not lethal. Probably isn't to dogs either, but it's best not to test that.
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