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curious_horse
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ID Request on species found in urban Melbourne region. Are they Pan Cyan..?
#19167943 - 11/20/13 10:39 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Habitat: These were found growing on the lawn beneath some kind of tree I am unsure of the type... The lawn may have been quite nourished but I did not see any manure or anything on it, but the grass is strong and healthy and bulky looking.
Gills: Colour: On younger specimens the gills are white, on the aged specimens they are black, as can be seen in the photos. Attachment: They are attached to the stem but only at the last 1mm before the absolute top of the underside of the cap.
Stem: Length: The length of the stem on my largest specimen is about 10cm perhaps a few centimetres more, on the smaller specimens it can be less than 5cm although perhaps these are very immature specimens. Colour: The colour is white and I have noticed no real bruising, except perhaps a turning off-white and very light (still almost white) greyish colour. Diameter: They are less than 1cm in diameter, perhaps closer to 5cm, give or take 2cm on either + or -.
Cap: Length: The diameter of my largest cap is 3cm, maybe a little more on some of them, but this is in its conic form, they have a larger surface area and if I were to spread it out flat it would be larger of course. Geometry: They are very conic shaped. Colour: They are white coloured mainly with patches of light yellow or tan in areas. Height: About 3cm on my largest specimen.
Spore print color: The spore print in actually in progress now, but from the appearance of the aged specimens, it looks to be black... I will get back to you dudes with this.
Bruising: Bruises to a very pale grey or off-white. I bruised them not too long ago, so I will get back to this if it changes...
Other information: They smell like typical mushroom scent, a wet-ish farinaceous smell I believe it is called. Very similar to the ones you may buy at grocery stores (the white cap mushrooms) although perhaps slightly less intense and a more sweet kind of smell. But certainly a typical mushroom smell...
AND LINK TO IMGUR GALLERY
Thank you guys!
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nexxone
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Re: ID Request on species found in urban Melbourne region. Are they Pan Cyan..? [Re: curious_horse]
#19168050 - 11/20/13 11:14 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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not pan cyans
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Lhun
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Re: ID Request on species found in urban Melbourne region. Are they Pan Cyan..? [Re: curious_horse]
#19168057 - 11/20/13 11:15 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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They are Coprinellus micaceus, or another similar coprinoid.
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curious_horse
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Re: ID Request on species found in urban Melbourne region. Are they Pan Cyan..? [Re: Lhun]
#19168072 - 11/20/13 11:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Cool, thank you guys. Well at least they are edible. I won't go hungry tonight!
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Tas75
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Re: ID Request on species found in urban Melbourne region. Are they Pan Cyan..? [Re: curious_horse]
#19171814 - 11/21/13 06:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Probably too late but I would not eat them.
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