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James3481
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Registered: 01/16/15
Posts: 26
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ID Request -- Cen. Cal.
#21131920 - 01/17/15 01:00 AM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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First off, this is my first post, so thanks to all of you who are patient with me and take the time... so here goes:
#1:
Habitat: Cow Pasture; near cow dung but not growing from the dung.
Gills: Creamy in color, semi-spacious and wavy; attached to the stem up high.
Stem: Whitish; thick and meaty; Interestingly, I found an insect (caterpillar (?); not pictured) located under one of the caps. When I cut the stem in half I found a couple hollow tunnels through the middle and a ton of larvae inside near the base of the cap. The larvae were orange in color. The roots looked almost like a cotton material, but firm. Width: 1 - 1.75 cm, length 2 - 2.25 cm, root 1 cm.
Cap: White/really light brown/gray; asymmetrical, wavy around the edge; Slightly textured and cracking in places. It looked like insects had taken a few bites out of the top. Width 3.5 - 5.5 cm.
Spore print color: In progress.
Bruising: No color change was observed.
Smell: No significant odor was observed.









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#2:
Habitat: Growing directly from cow dung under an oak tree; these were extremely dry when I found them so they've probably been sitting there for a while.
Gills: The gill color varies from a golden brown to dark brown. The gills are spacious.
Stem: Whitish/latte with some black marks, dry and thin, hollow, brittle; lines running up the length of the stem but not straight. Width 1 - 3 mm, length 2 mm - 5.5 cm. The roots looked almost like a cotton material, maybe spider-web like.
Cap: Golden-brown; textured (dry). More golden around the rim and golden-brown near the top. Width 2.5 cm.
Spore print color: In progress.
Bruising: No color change was observed, but they're extremely dry.
Smell: No significant odor was observed.








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And lastly, #3:
Habitat: Under an oak tree, growing directly from a dense patch of oak leaves.
Gills: Sponge; purple/red near the center with an olive green toward the outside.
Stem: Fat and meaty; purple/red and white cream near the bottom. Width: approx. 2" near the bottom and the top, 3" near the center; length: approx. 2.5". The root was like a solid ball with large sponge-like (Swiss cheese) holes in it. The top of the stem was rotted out and full of worms (?).
Cap: Smooth and solid (meaty); purple/red; asymmetrical and irregular. Width: approx. 5"
Spore print color: In progress.
Bruising: No color change was observed.
Smell: No significant odor was observed.







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Thanks again for reading my post.
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Ran-D



Registered: 12/19/10
Posts: 16,323
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Re: ID Request -- Cen. Cal. [Re: James3481]
#21133024 - 01/17/15 10:40 AM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think there's a couple different species in the first set. I see Lactarius alnicola and maybe a Hebeloma sp.. Hard to tell since they're dry. #2 Maybe Protostropharia semiglobata #3 Maybe Boletus eastwoodiae
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James3481
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Registered: 01/16/15
Posts: 26
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Re: ID Request -- Cen. Cal. [Re: Ran-D]
#21156968 - 01/21/15 12:49 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thank you, Ran-D.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get any spore prints since the caps were too dry. I tried some of the methods mentioned on the site to no avail. I was hoping to get rid of the maybes.
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