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NOH or NaOH
    #21424711 - 03/17/15 10:33 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

is it possible to use Noh or NaOH to identify a mushroom species?


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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: LordCyris]
    #21424724 - 03/17/15 10:36 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

I only ask cuz I'm a total noob and I'm trying to tell the difference between gyms and gals


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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: LordCyris]
    #21424838 - 03/17/15 11:10 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

Taste is a pretty good way to tell them apart. Take a little bite, move it around your mouth, and then spit it out. Gyms are usually extremely bitter while Galerina are not.

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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: o8u]
    #21424865 - 03/17/15 11:21 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

OK was hoping to avoid the chance of putting gals in my mouth. I work in a woodyard an there are many many of these look a likeS. Plus I have an unlimited supply of 50% an 10% NaOH and Koh


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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: LordCyris]
    #21424876 - 03/17/15 11:27 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

What's Noh/NOH?

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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: o8u]
    #21424886 - 03/17/15 11:30 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

Caustic soda or NaOH is sodium hydroxide and KOH is potassium hydroxide


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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: LordCyris]
    #21424895 - 03/17/15 11:36 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

Potassium Hydroxide is KOH. :smile:  KOH can help identify some fungi, but I don't think it will help here.

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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: Byrain]
    #21424898 - 03/17/15 11:39 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

NOH is not potassium, it is quite an important difference. The correct nomenclature for potassium hydroxide is KOH, not NOH. NOH is nothing - it's wrong.


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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: Byrain]
    #21424905 - 03/17/15 11:42 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

I was also wondering what NOH was and was searching online like a noob!!

I use them both  NaOH and KOH and I do not see any major difference either to rehydrate dry specimens or to clean / wash congo-red stained specimens or to mount. Nevertheless, for some reason or other, most books quote KOH so I think there should be a slight advantage. Maybe, NaOH is less stable to weathering/standing or it might form deposits. Also badly stoppered NaOH makes a mess (dunnot know KOH)as it reacts with atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Probably other members will give you better answers, but there are my words from my little experience.


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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: Tcm19277]
    #21424911 - 03/17/15 11:43 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

Yes true just a typeo  I'm on my phone to post but yes should have mentioned koh considering  K is potassium


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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: LordCyris]
    #21424925 - 03/17/15 11:50 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

Neither Galerina nor Gymnopilus react much with strong bases.

Taste is a good way, though there are a few Gymnopilus species that are not bitter, and not everyone can taste the bitter chemical.

It is fine to taste Galerina as long as you don't eat any.  Galerina tastes very mild.

Cap texture is a good thing to look at, Galerinas have a smooth cap. 

Most of the active Gymnopilus species are quite a bit larger than the largest Galerina.


Both NaOH and KOH pull carbon dioxide out of the air and make insoluable Sodium / Potassium carbonte crystals, making older solutions look cloudy.

They both work about the same for mycological purposes, but it is best to use KOH since that is  what most of the other mycologists use.

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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #21424952 - 03/17/15 11:58 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)

Thanks guys I'll keep that in mind. Everyday with every post I am blown away by the knowledge that is on this site!


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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: LordCyris]
    #21425176 - 03/18/15 02:01 AM (9 years, 2 months ago)

Just want to show a little test I did just now with 3 drops of 10% NaOH


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Re: NOH or NaOH [Re: LordCyris]
    #21425665 - 03/18/15 07:47 AM (9 years, 2 months ago)

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/macrochemicals.html

his pages almost always include reactions to the various tests even if negative.

also, gyms are spore-quantity-ridiculous. they coat themselves in it sometimes.  galerina not so much?

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