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Mushroomin



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WA State ID - HUGE mushrooms
#19000109 - 10/19/13 02:56 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm wondering if these are edible. If so, I will not have to grow or buy mushrooms in the fall because there are TONS of them. I could have easily picked 20 lbs today.
Habitat: Coniferous forests - both interior and near edges. Especially prolific in my driveway (which is cut through a fir forest).
Gills: White
Stem: White, solid.
Cap: HUGE - the photos below are not of the biggest ones. I've found some that are a few feet in diameter. These things are monsters, and there are a ton of them.
Spore print color: In progress
Bruising: No bruising
Other: They break out of the ground, usually taking a large chunk of earth or moss with them.
Photo:
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FoxDie
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Re: WA State ID - HUGE mushrooms [Re: Mushroomin]
#19000283 - 10/19/13 03:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Russula brevipes? That's my guess. Wait for a "Trusted Identifier "
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Eddeee
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Re: WA State ID - HUGE mushrooms [Re: FoxDie]
#19000330 - 10/19/13 03:56 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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If you are in Russia Hmmm. Well Im in USA and that looks a lot like a Russula. to give an edgucaated guess R.angustispora that is a USA speces. It could be a lactarus as well. If a Lac it would bleed a latex. Also give it a taste. Some Russulas and Lactarius are hot acrid. As far as Edible there are very few Russulas that are worth it. They are usually Very bland with a grainy texture.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: WA State ID - HUGE mushrooms [Re: Eddeee]
#19000340 - 10/19/13 03:59 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Russula brevipes is likely.
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FoxDie
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The Russula brevipes is kinda easy to recognize because it's HUGE! Often, the cap is tilted, showing a LONG side of gills. The stipe/stalk is FAT... like a broom-handle and bigger. It's stark white on the underside and comes up funneled enough to push up lots of soil. Often, you can see a vast network of mycelium right where the stipe meets the forest-floor. It's not usually buried much. Lobster mushrooms often engulf this variety from what I've seen since they target Russulas.
I've read that it's "edible" although lacking flavor so it's undesirable.
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dodeski
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Re: WA State ID - HUGE mushrooms [Re: FoxDie]
#19002605 - 10/20/13 03:29 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Those pics are kind of washed-out for me to tell I agree with Russula. OP What color are the tops of the caps?
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Mushroomin



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Re: WA State ID - HUGE mushrooms [Re: dodeski]
#19003425 - 10/20/13 11:17 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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From the photos I've looked at online, I'd say these are indeed Rusullas. All parts of the mushroom (including the cap) are white, but some get a bit tan in their old age.
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dodeski
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Re: WA State ID - HUGE mushrooms [Re: Mushroomin]
#19003808 - 10/20/13 12:51 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Alan Rockefeller said: Russula brevipes is likely.
-------------------- "People use the word "natural" ... What is natural to me are these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system. What I consider artificial is 4 years at Harvard, and the Bible, and Saint Patrick's cathedral, and the Sunday school teachings." -Timothy Leary “You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness.” ― Terence McKenna "In defying the authority we become the authorities" - Unknown
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