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Dense Cake
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ID Request for a pacific northwest mushroom
#19237112 - 12/06/13 03:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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This is my first ID request, so bare with me and let me know if this is enough info.

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Habitat: Grassy clearing, near woods, some dirt, and sort of long grass. Temp at just about freezing today.
Gills: brown, adnexed.
Stem: 2.5 inches, ~6 milimeters, white/brown, soft, spongy, solid but porous and pretty thin.
Cap: 1.2 inches, Brown, soft, conical, concave,
Spore print color: not sure yet Brown, I imagine?
Bruising: possibly some brown bruising where I picked the cap from the stem to try and get my spore print, as well as on the stem. No sign of bruising at the base, and certainly no odd colors present yet.
Other information: Smells like flour. First picture is the mushroom when I found it. The second picture shows stem detached from the overturned cap. Again, the mushroom was found in a large grassy clearing in the pacific northwest US. Found it growing alone, but there were some growing in clusters sort of in a nearby dirt patch underneath of some brush.
Thanks guys. I'm pretty n00b!
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Edited by Dense Cake (12/06/13 03:34 PM)
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suchen
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Re: ID Request for a pacific northwest mushroom [Re: Dense Cake]
#19237251 - 12/06/13 04:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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It's possible you found Marasmius oreades, but the photos are a little too overexposed. Could you try taking some photos without the flash, or with the camera further away but still focused on the mushrooms? Well done though on the description. Great first post
-------------------- Rod Tulloss said: The bulb is the bulb. The volva is the volva. They have a very long term realtionship, but they’re “just friends.”
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mountainplayer
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Re: ID Request for a pacific northwest mushroom [Re: suchen]
#19237393 - 12/06/13 04:43 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Maybe psathyrella?
I might see remains of a cortina on the stipe on pic 1, with some trapped dark colored spores.
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mycoscopy
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Re: ID Request for a pacific northwest mushroom [Re: suchen]
#19237438 - 12/06/13 04:54 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
suchen said: Well done though on the description. Great first post 
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Dense Cake
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Re: ID Request for a pacific northwest mushroom [Re: suchen]
#19237557 - 12/06/13 05:22 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Are these pics better?
Still no spore print after 2 hours, and obviously no bruising still. Definitely thinking NOT psychoactive haha. But after picking it I am still wondering what it is. I'm so curious.
I looked up the Scotch Bonnet, and I just wanted to point out that it was not growing in fairy rings. It was a stand alone and the rest of the look-alikes in the immediate vicinity were also not in fairy rings. Of course I don't expect that to exclude the possibility.
Thanks for the great, quick feedback everyone. I know I'm on this forum to stay!
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suchen
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Re: ID Request for a pacific northwest mushroom [Re: Dense Cake]
#19237599 - 12/06/13 05:31 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oh sorry, should have said definitely not psychoactive.
-------------------- Rod Tulloss said: The bulb is the bulb. The volva is the volva. They have a very long term realtionship, but they’re “just friends.”
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BittrBuffalo
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Re: ID Request for a pacific northwest mushroom [Re: suchen]
#19238091 - 12/06/13 07:30 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I usually let it sit overnight for a print, 24 hours if it's a bolete.
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jet li
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Re: ID Request for a pacific northwest mushroom [Re: BittrBuffalo]
#19238098 - 12/06/13 07:33 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I agree with M. oreades.
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