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Adrenalien
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Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego
#19148111 - 11/17/13 01:00 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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A large custard colored clumpy fungus growing out of the base of an old eucalyptus tree in the city of San Diego.
Not quite sure what it could be. Impressive none the less.

Any ideas?
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Adrenalien]
#19148406 - 11/17/13 04:08 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: limentroll] 1
#19148885 - 11/17/13 09:27 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Laetiporus gilbertsonii
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Ran-D]
#19148906 - 11/17/13 09:35 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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 I wouldn't eat it if it was growing on Eucalyptus, though.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19149444 - 11/17/13 12:07 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dr.Tooty said:
 I wouldn't eat it if it was growing on Eucalyptus, though.
Why not? Does eucalyptus produce something you do not want to consume?
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19149689 - 11/17/13 01:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes, what's wrong with fungi growing on Eucalyptus?
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Tas75]
#19149697 - 11/17/13 01:07 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19149741 - 11/17/13 01:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dr.Tooty said:
 I wouldn't eat it if it was growing on Eucalyptus, though.
I would still eat it.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#19149775 - 11/17/13 01:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have eaten the COTW from cedar and had no ill effects. I would be willing to have a go at this too.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Ganzig]
#19149984 - 11/17/13 02:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Wow, I never would have guessed a Laetiporus because I would expect to see some "shelves" or gills or some other distinguishing feature, but double checking on mushroomobserver, they do often appear to be amorphous like this.
Is this specimen in a particular stage of development? If I had to guess, I would say this isn't a mature specimen, but perhaps I'm wrong.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Adrenalien]
#19150068 - 11/17/13 02:38 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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You will never see gills on Laetiporus.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Ran-D]
#19150105 - 11/17/13 02:45 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yuo sure it's not confusion with something like Omphalotus nidiformis?
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Ran-D]
#19150121 - 11/17/13 02:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ran-D said: Laetiporus gilbertsonii
100% agree with this ID.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Ran-D]
#19150282 - 11/17/13 03:24 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ran-D said: You will never see gills on Laetiporus.
Of course not. I was actually thinking of something different in my head when I wrote gills--It is just surprising to me that you guys can look at an amorphous blob of fungi and ID it, especially when photographs of the same species can look wildly varied in form.
Is this specimen in a particular stage of development though? I would be tempted to try it, but I wouldn't want to harvest it prematurely (or perhaps now is the prime time to harvest).
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Adrenalien]
#19150296 - 11/17/13 03:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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It is usually best to consume chickens young. But while Ganzig might be willing to eat this, I personally wouldn't. I have tried Hericium off Eucalyptus and it did make me sick.
The reason I can ID it so easily is because I see TONS of chickens on Eucalyptus in California this time of year.
Edited by Ran-D (11/17/13 03:28 PM)
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Forager]
#19150328 - 11/17/13 03:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Alan Rockefeller said:
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Dr.Tooty said:
 I wouldn't eat it if it was growing on Eucalyptus, though.
I would still eat it.
I've seen several references in field guides and online regarding not consuming edibles growing on Eucalyptus, is this a falsity?
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Dr.Tooty said:
 I wouldn't eat it if it was growing on Eucalyptus, though.
Why not? Does eucalyptus produce something you do not want to consume?
If eaten; the leaves make most animals sick, sans the Koala... But Maybe there's something I don't know...
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Edited by Dr.Tooty (11/17/13 03:37 PM)
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19163811 - 11/20/13 07:08 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Eucalyptus grown fungi wont make you sick. Not cooking the mushrooms all the way might.
People often get this into their head that they make things toxic... then get psychosomatic symptoms.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: limentroll]
#19163953 - 11/20/13 08:23 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Um no, it can make you sick and it has happened to me. I'm telling you, I have eaten Hericium off a variety of substrates and Eucalyptus was the only one that disagreed with me. Even the fumes smelled bad while I cooked it.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19163989 - 11/20/13 08:41 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dr.Tooty said: I've seen several references in field guides and online regarding not consuming edibles growing on Eucalyptus, is this a falsity?
Mushrooms on Eucalyptus don't make me sick. They make some people sick.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#19165199 - 11/20/13 12:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Interesting...I don't know if I'd be willing to chance it...
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Ran-D]
#19168316 - 11/21/13 12:57 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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cook whatever is giving those fumes off and no more problem.
If some compound is giving a certain group trouble... then cooking that out of the mushrooms with prolonged cooking should render it edible...
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: limentroll]
#19168465 - 11/21/13 02:09 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Coprinus micaceus sometimes have a scent I would characterize as not unlike volatile fumes which make me ill. Even smelling a bunch of them fresh. I wonder if there's something to this along those lines.
On an unrelated note, I've heard the volatiles in california bay make some people faint. I use them as a bay laurel substitute and when camping/hiking in areas were they grow as a deodorant.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: limentroll]
#19168908 - 11/21/13 08:07 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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limentroll said: cook whatever is giving those fumes off and no more problem.
If some compound is giving a certain group trouble... then cooking that out of the mushrooms with prolonged cooking should render it edible...
Yea ok, you're obviously the expert here
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Ran-D]
#19171269 - 11/21/13 05:10 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ran-D said:
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limentroll said: cook whatever is giving those fumes off and no more problem.
If some compound is giving a certain group trouble... then cooking that out of the mushrooms with prolonged cooking should render it edible...
Yea ok, you're obviously the expert here 
Yeah, wtf?
I've thoroughly cooked Psilocybe cubensis and still felt plenty of its effects...Obviously some compounds don't come out with cooking.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19171923 - 11/21/13 07:15 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think limetroll is thinking more narrowly in terms of volatile essential oils in particular. Also, though; has troll in name.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: canid]
#19172392 - 11/21/13 08:04 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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lol,
In case anyone is interested in a follow up... I did not harvest the fungus, and thus did not eat it.
There seems to be a lot of controversy about whether or not fungi grown on eucalyptus should be eaten...
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Adrenalien]
#19172677 - 11/21/13 09:04 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes, but it's minor controversy.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: canid] 2
#19174265 - 11/22/13 09:41 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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There is no mycological controversy minor enough that we will refrain from bickering about it at the Shroomery.
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Re: Interesting Fungus Growing on Eucalyptus in San Diego [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19572688 - 02/15/14 11:50 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm not a hunter but I'm told...
A baby koala first meal is it's mum's poo. Without the microbe's obtained from this first meal the koala baby would be unable to digest the eucalyptus it eats. If our guts are our microbe gardens then maybe our subjective reaction to eating mushrooms has much to do with the particular ecosystem we have growing inside of us.
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