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Offlineejlaw001
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Costa Rica PCs?
    #18928156 - 10/03/13 09:14 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Hey all, I just wanted to double-check that these are what I think they are.  I’m familiar with cubies, but have never eaten mushrooms found in the wild, so I’m a little apprehensive.  I found them today in a cow pasture in Costa Rica.  It’s the middle of the wet season, and the last few days have all had a decent amount of rain.

Here are the characteristics I’ve noticed:
Environment: Cow pasture in tropics during wet season, about 350 feet above sea level (too low?), inland on the Caribbean side.
Caps: The caps are all golden-brown in the center.  The more mature-looking ones are closer to white around the outside, and a little gray at the roughed-up edges.  They are mostly flat, slightly concave with a nipple in the the center.  The younger-looking ones are all golden-brown, with convex caps.  Caps are 1-3” across. Some have been nibbled on.
Gills: Gills are a soft shade of medium brown and attach to the stem just above their lowest point (adnexed?).
Spores: I don’t have a proper spore print, but what I found on the cap of one mushroom appears to be dark brownish-purple spores.
Stem: Stems are mostly straight and white with a small ring from the veil. Slightly hollow, 2-8”.
Feel: I picked these when it was raining, and caps were somewhat slimy to the touch. Now that they’re dry, they don’t feel slimy.
Smell: Mushroom-y
Bruising: Bruising response is not very strong (worrisome?).  But bruises appear to be greenish-brownish-blue.

Here are some pics:

(the whole collection)

(cap detail, spores on right cap?)

(younger specimen with veil attachment)

(blueing? maybe not the best picture. there were some more clearly blue bruises on others where I cut the cap off, but I felt like this should have bruised more)

Thanks for your help, guys.


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Re: Costa Rica PCs? [Re: ejlaw001]
    #18928209 - 10/03/13 09:27 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

:thumbup:


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Re: Costa Rica PCs? [Re: RiverDweller1]
    #18929123 - 10/04/13 12:31 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

yup


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Re: Costa Rica PCs? [Re: flat1]
    #18929603 - 10/04/13 03:53 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

You guys are lucky. It must be so incredibly easy to spot those. P. semilanceata on the other hand...


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Re: Costa Rica PCs? [Re: Untitled]
    #18930000 - 10/04/13 07:44 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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Untitled said:
You guys are lucky. It must be so incredibly easy to spot those. P. semilanceata on the other hand...



yeah they kinda stick out like a sore thumb.:crazy2: but libs are on my list of mushrooms to hunt one of these days, and i hear its on hands and knees sometimes to find em. probably worth it though


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Re: Costa Rica PCs? [Re: flat1]
    #18941608 - 10/06/13 06:16 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Thanks for the confirmation.  Yes, they do stick out like a sore thumb, or rather a multitude of sore thumbs.  The only issue is that fan drying has been difficult due to the humidity.  I'll be taking them in a few days on the beach with some friends who are visiting us, tell you how it goes @_@


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Re: Costa Rica PCs? [Re: ejlaw001]
    #18941636 - 10/06/13 06:23 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

lets us know how its goes, can you get yuour hands on any Damp Rid? it will help with the drying process alot.


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