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Nor. Cal. ID help?
#19218075 - 12/02/13 04:32 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hi guys!
I'm new into the world of mushroom hunting and cultivation! Every one said I needed a hobby and now they wish I never started looking! 
Anyway onward to the mushrooms!
I'm in the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada mountains around 2000ft elevation.
Species #1;
First up are these rather large guys which I'm guess are Oysters? I've spent several hours digging through Mushrooms demystified but second opinions are golden. 



Habitat: Mid sized dead oak tree in more or less direct sunlight. Type of oak was indeterminable to me as it had no branches nor leaves left.
Gills: The gill color varies from a off white to slight brown depending on size/age.
Stem: Whitish, strong and spongy.
Cap: Brown - light brown and smooth. Smallest measured roughly 8cm across and the largest was easily 25cm.
Spore print color: White with a small hint of grey or lilac purple.
Bruising: No color change was observed.
Odor: Not strong but distinct odor, it's hard to explain kind of pungent but not necessarily bad.
Location: 1700~ ft Elevation Sierra Nevada foot hills Surrounded by a sea of blackberries.
There was roughly 5-6x as much as I took left at various ages. They grew in clumps tightly packed one on top of the other.
Species #2
Up next we have these little guys, I found them growing on heavily decomposed oak wood much around the same place as the above mushrooms. Unfortunately I only have one picture of the little thing. I've spent hours and hours trying to identify it but I'm completely stumped.

Location: Same as above.
Habitat : Decomposing oak pieces, partial sunlight Growing alone, not in clumps
Cap: Springy latext-eqsue - brown - light brown 5-7cm plane to depressed.
Gills: Well formed - pale brown. Does not fork nor secrete any liquid when cut.
Stem : Short, gilled until the last 1-2cm. Slight white fuzz, strong but not chalk like. Center - off center.
Spore print: White to my surprise.
Species #3;
And last but not least my dad want's to know what this little guy is. I'm inclined to believe it's an ink cap?

Habitat: Very soggy corner of our field by an irrigation outlet
Gills: Dark brown perhaps even black on the largest.
Stem: Yellow with little white spots.
Cap: Yellow and slimy no more than 3cm abroad.
That's it for now! If there's anyway I could make my post clearer or my pictures better please let me know.
Thanks in advance, -Torm
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Re: Nor. Cal. ID help? [Re: Tormented]
#19218173 - 12/02/13 04:49 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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The first ones look like oysters to me. The second ones may be a Clitocybe. I think the third might is a Bolbitius species.
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After some research they do quite look like Bolbitius titubans/vitellinus. Guess I'll try to get him to make a spore print. 
Cheers, Torm
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