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perspectiveshiftin
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New to mushroom hunting, hoping for some ID's
#19028692 - 10/24/13 10:24 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hello! I've just moved on to a piece of property in Western Washington that is absolutely filled with mushrooms, so I've decided it's finally time to pursue my latent curiosity for mycology. Below are five species of mushrooms that I've gathered samples of, photographed, and attempted to create spore prints of. If I can provide any more information, or correct the format of my post in any way, please let me know. Thanks in advance for the help!
ID#1


Habitat: Grass meadow (formerly horse pasture)
Gills: Greyish Gills, adnexed
Stem: Aprox. 70mm long, 2mm wide, whitish grey, smooth, thin, hollow
Cap: Aprox. 25mm diameter, varying brown in color, smooth, conical, convex
Spore print color: Black (or very dark blue/purple)
Bruising: Not observed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ID#2


Habitat: Grass pasture
Gills: Whitish grey, adnexed
Stem: Aprox. 75mm long, 2mm wide, white, smooth to the touch but slightly grooved, thin, hollow
Cap: Aprox. 20mm diameter, yellowish cream in color, smooth, spherical and nippled, convex
Spore print color: Black (or very dark blue/purple)
Bruising: Not observed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ID#3



Habitat: Bark and horse dung strewn soil. Used to be right next to a horse stable (stable was removed, dung was not).
Gills: greyish brown, adnexed
Stem: Aprox. 7mm long, 2.5mm wide, whit, smooth, thin, hollow
Cap: Aprox. 28mm diameter, tan/brown at apex, fades to darker brown/grey, smooth, conical, convex
Spore print color: Black (or very dark blue/purple)
Bruising: Not observed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ID#4


Habitat: Bark and dirt area under large trees that I believe are Douglas Firs
Gills: Whitish grey, adnexed
Stem: Aprox. 80mm long, 23mm wide, white, mottled and slightly bumpy at base becoming smooth for majority of stipe, fairly thick, solid, noticeable annulus ring on more mature specimens
Cap: (Cap description based partially on better specimens of same species from same location found after sample gathered) Diameter varying largely between 25mm to around 60mm, yellowish turning to neutral brown with white edges in presumably more mature specimens, smooth, spherical to flat, convex to flat
Spore print color: Black (or very dark blue/purple) - observed "printing" on closely huddled mushrooms (my specimen was to immature to leave a good print)
Bruising: Not observed
Other information: Very curious about this one. There is a large group of them growing, and they look similar to several species of researched that grow in the area. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Lhun
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#1 Panaeolus cinctulus #2 Protostropharia semiglobata #3 Psathyrella sp. #4 Stropharia ambigua
Awesome first request!
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perspectiveshiftin
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Re: New to mushroom hunting, hoping for some ID's [Re: Lhun]
#19028809 - 10/24/13 10:49 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Awesome, thank you for the quick ID!
I'm starting to learn that mushrooms can vary in appearance pretty hugely within a species due to a variety of factors - is there anything, other than a large amount of experience, that can be utilized to identify a species, despite their variance in morphological characteristics? For instance, looking up more pictures of Panaeolus cinctulus results in images that look quite similar to my specimen, as well as specimens that I would have identified as separate species entirely, had I found them myself.
Thank you for the help, I'm enjoying getting to know the world of mushrooms!
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Lhun
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Its mostly about getting familiar with the mushroom in question. First hand experience is best of course, but other resources help. Websites like this one, or MushroomObserver.org and MushroomExpert.com help a lot too. Just keep at it and it will come on it's own. As long as your enjoying yourself, your doing the right thing.
This site has members that are rated as "Trusted Identifiers" or "TI's". They are the go-to guys for solid identification. You can see the Trusted Identifier tag beneath their names when they post. There are others like myself that enjoy testing our knowledge as well. But if you were ever to consider eating a mushroom I would wait for a TI confirmation.
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perspectiveshiftin
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Re: New to mushroom hunting, hoping for some ID's [Re: Lhun]
#19028916 - 10/24/13 11:14 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Good to know, I appreciate the extra resources.
I'll keep my eye out for more of what appear to be Panaeolus cinctulus in the area, but wait for a TI to consider consuming any. The others don't appear to have any culinary or psychedelic use, so I'll know which ones to leave alone in the future.
Thank you for the help!
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Lhun
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My pleasure. Good finds with the P.cinctulus too! It looks very likely to me.
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