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id help: bangor area mushroom *pics
#1957953 - 09/27/03 06:46 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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found these in the bangor,me area, could use some help with an id, pics included at bottom
cap: tan, hemispherical, ~2.5cm tall at center, ~2cm wide at bottom, moist, lines on cap except on the very top where smooth, thin flesh, dont notice an odor,
gills: free, black, crowded/close
stem: white, hollow, central, ~6.5cm long, .4cm wide, equal, moist, fibrous, fragile (splitting lengthwise) but pliable
veil: none
spore print: appears black/dark grey
habitat: found near (less than 1 inch away) from unknown tree stump, in grass, grouped

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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: ]
#1958104 - 09/27/03 07:35 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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That sure looks like Coprinus micaceus, a very common edible mushroom. To verify, look (with a magnifier, if possible) at the surface fo the cap. There should be some tiny, mica-like (like glitter, sort of) particles on it.
You should only eat them while they're young and the gills are still white. After that they become nasty.
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: ToxicMan]
#1958112 - 09/27/03 07:39 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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yup, definately some tiny glittery shit on it. by "they become nasty" are you saying they taste bad or make you sick?
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: ]
#1958145 - 09/27/03 07:50 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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by the time the begin to sporulate [produce spores], they start to deliquess [turn into nasty black goo] nd don't taste good. you ca get food poisoning from deliquessant mushrooms aswell. you will be able to tell when they have begun to sporulate when they gills start to become black. they are good when immature and fresh.
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: ]
#1958156 - 09/27/03 07:55 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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As far as I know they just taste really bad. I don't know anybody who ever ate any amount of them once they started turning.
Even fresh, they're not very strong tasting. They're good fried in butter with a little garlic (what isn't?). If you water the area you should get more of them.
Also, check around your neighborhood - there are probably a bunch more of them coming up. When they start coming up you can often find them everywhere.
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: ToxicMan]
#1958180 - 09/27/03 08:03 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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btw; i have notced the fresh young ones to have a mild but unpleasant phenolic odor at first that makes me nausious. this odor dissapears after sitting a while or after cooking. has anybody else noticed this; i believe i asked yhis before but i don't remember if it was answered.
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: canid]
#1958377 - 09/27/03 09:36 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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thanks for the responses. i tried a small, fingernail sized peice of the cap of both an immature one (white gills) and a mature one. the immature one didnt taste like much at all, the mature one was similar but kind of gritty. i didnt really notice an odor with either.
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: ]
#1958486 - 09/27/03 10:31 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
i tried a small, fingernail sized peice of the cap
in the future; don't ever eat a field find at least untill the id has been confirmed by at least two recomended identifiers. this time you where rather safe, but next time you might not.
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: canid]
#1958539 - 09/27/03 10:56 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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yes Coprinus micaceus. does it contain any chemicals that react negatively with alcohol? and what are these chemicals (of especially shaggy mane etc)?
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: canid]
#1958544 - 09/27/03 10:58 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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i ate the small peice right before i made the 3rd post, so it had been confirmed. i appreciate the concern though, thanks.
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: ]
#1958549 - 09/27/03 11:01 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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Magma: i don't think so.
iamhim: justlooking out you understand .
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: canid]
#1959242 - 09/28/03 08:28 AM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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MagmaManiac: there's been a post about the alcohol-coprinus issue a while ago, let me look it up for ya...
Ah, found it:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat...rue#Post1936275
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: koraks]
#1959275 - 09/28/03 09:16 AM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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concretefeet - I've never noticed the odor especially, but I haven't picked this species in many years. The next ones I see I will check out.
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Re: id help: bangor area mushroom *pics [Re: ToxicMan]
#1960167 - 09/28/03 04:10 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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i am thinking the substrate may fe a factor. at least the first time i noticed this they where growing from the roots of a sickly bush. i believe it was one of the many bushes in the area who's flowers smell noxious. i collected a whole large bowl of them, washed them and then i started to notice. i set them outside for about an hour and they where just fine after.
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